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• Advertising, Buzz

  In four days… will Sony do it again?

  04.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!It’s a little bit crazy that I am actually writing about an ad that I yet haven’t seen. But as we have learned from before when Sony do commercials that don’t just do something small they put everything (and a […]

• Buzz

  It is after all April 1st

  04.01.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  You all probably know what day it is today and that you have to be careful believing things you read. BuzzFeed has gathered a few of the most discussed pranks emerged on the wild wild web. I wonder what the world would be like if gDay were true. Google letting everyone see tomorrows content on […]

• Buzz

  Yahoo to Launch Flickr Video Next Month

  03.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Many blogs are writing about the news that Flickr will launch video functions next month, among them are MarketingVOX. Some critics are worried that Flickr will loose it’s soul and that the hard core photographers will abandon the service.

  I’m not really sure what to think about this move. What new functions in the video arena […]

• Buzz

  When great minds need to rest

  03.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  This is a picture of a Google employee relaxing in one of their “nap pods”, which blocks out light and sound at the Google headquarters in California. That might just be the perfect way to relax in these hectic days.

  Tomas Nihlén, Urban Lifestyle
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• Buzz, Social network

  Facebook exhausted?

  03.13.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Facebook has taking a lot of fire recently and primarily due to its ad system Beacon that is considered a serious threat to user privacy.  Online communities like Facebook, MySpace and Bebo are still the most popular social services online but it seem that we are on the verge of a major shift toward more nische oriented […]

• Buzz

  The demise of wifi?

  03.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Johan Bergendahl, Chief Marketing Officer at Ericsson is predicting that due to the increasing popularity of mobile broadband, WiFi hotspots will soon be “the telephone boxes of the broadband era”. More to read at Wired and Computer World.
  - Andreas DF
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• Buzz, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social media

  Google & Microsoft preparing bids for Digg?

  03.08.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The acquisition war continues; rumour has it that both Google and Microsoft are preparing bids for social bookmarking site Digg. More info @ TechCrunch.
  - Andreas DF
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• Buzz, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social network

  Google buying Bebo? A lot of rumors these days…

  02.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Rumors say Google has bought the social network Bebo for 1 billion dollars. According to TechCrunch they got the information from a “high level source” that an acquisition was finalized on monday earlier this week. Google’s own social network Orkut is very big in Latin America but not at all that big in English speaking […]

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