Archives for the 'Internet' Category
“I like it better than Google…” (Cue the Darth Vader music.)
At our last week’s ad:tech SF, Drew Ianni premiered some screenshots of SearchMe, a new engine financed by, among others, Mark Kvamme of Sequoia Capital. (It’s an open beta so go sign up right away.)
SearchMe, a bit like the Windows Vista operating system, is a highly graphical search engine that displays screenshots of results pages [...]
The Internet Hits Adolescence: What’s Next?
This came out in this morning’s ad:tech Daily, and I wanted to share it with you here:
Last year the publicly-available internet turned 13.
If we think of the early banner ad, spam and the pervasive pop-up as interactive advertising’s first baby steps, then we might also think of the pop-up blocker and the spam filter as [...]
Will Hulu finally make me buy an Xbox?
I’m digging Hulu a lot: great interface, terrific content, and a compelling advertiser proposition that foregrounds the exchange between a viewer’s time and the advertiser.
For example, take a look at this screenshot of the offer that runs before the “Firefly” pilot, which is quietly running in the background as I write this post:
(Click the image [...]
Facebook as serendipity engine
I check Facebook several times each day, each time for a minute or two. I have it on my Treo and can check it in bad traffic (yeah, yeah, I know) and enjoy how it keeps me connected or reconnects me with people as young in my acquaintance as today and as old as [...]
Save 49 precious minutes…
Don’t watch the State of the Union, just watch this brilliantly-edited summary from Mahalo Daily.
Way to go, oh democratization of technology!
