Aug. 23, 2007
The future of Rhapsody
L.A. Times
Jon Healey covers the love hate relationship between Hollywood and high tech for the L.A. Times.
” The future of Rhapsody America, the joint venture between RealNetworks and MTV, depends to some degree on MTV’s marketing prowess — not what it once was, but better than nothing. And when it comes to marketing Rhapsody, “nothing” is a pretty good description of what Real has done. CEO Rob Glaser just doesn’t like to spend money the way Steve Jobs or even Chris Gorog does.”
The partnership between Novell and Microsoft
Daily Tech
Michael Hoffman answers the question if this partnership can be good for Linux.
“Microsoft’s recent agreement with Novell was met with both cheers and jeers from analysts and Linux enthusiasts alike. Even though Microsoft also made agreements with the Linspire and Xandros operating systems – the deals didn’t grab as many headlines as the Novell and Microsoft deal.”
Facebook will use profiles to target ads
Tech Crunch
Duncan Riley has Facebooks’ dirty little secret.
”Facebook is planning a new advertising system that will target ad delivery based on profile information added by Facebook users..”
