http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/?cxntfid=blogs_next New trends, news and developments on the Web. en-us cheisel@ajc.com 2008-03-21T12:05:39-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 New trends, news and developments on the Web. http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/entries/2008/03/21/testing_cover_it_live.html?cxntfid=blogs_next See below for live updates (350px pt 2):... 2552303@http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/ 2008-03-21T12:05:39-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/entries/2007/06/07/from_microsoft_kitchen_to_talk.html?cxntfid=blogs_next We thought we had heard it all last week when Microsoft revealed its plans for “surface computing,” which essentially means an ordinary surface, such as a tabletop or a wall, can become a computer. Remember Tom Cruise scanning newspaper headlines... 171631@http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/ 2007-06-07T13:23:00-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/entries/2007/05/18/big_deals_rock_online_ad_world.html?cxntfid=blogs_next Here we go again, another huge online purchase. Microsoft today bought the Internet ad services firm aQuantive for $6 billion. Why aQuantive? It owns two major players — the marketing ad services firm Avenue A/Razorfish and ad-management technology provider Atlas.... 166763@http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/ 2007-05-18T17:53:32-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/entries/2007/05/17/google_amazon_and_apple_oh_my.html?cxntfid=blogs_next What a time to return to the blogosphere and the online industry wars. Already this week: —Google unveiled its “universal search,” which means users will be able to get search results from news, video images, local and book search engines... 166588@http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/ 2007-05-17T22:23:23-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/entries/2007/03/13/divvio_the_real_deal.html?cxntfid=blogs_next A new startup launched today has the potential to gain a lot of attention in the online industry, should the product live up to its promises. Divvio, the brainchild of telecom pioneer Hossein Eslambolchi, reportedly will find audio and video... 143664@http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/ 2007-03-13T08:37:36-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/entries/2007/02/15/say_hello_to_web_40.html?cxntfid=blogs_next Web 2.0? What about Web 4.0? No, another hiatus from blogging hasn’t left us loopy. ZDnet’s Dan Farber picks up the discussion this week of where some people believe the Web will go over the next 25 years. He focuses... 136316@http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/ 2007-02-15T18:46:55-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/entries/2007/01/30/youtube_walks_a_tightrope.html?cxntfid=blogs_next Lots of news — some significant and some not — has been shared in recent days about video phenom YouTube. However, nothing matches in importance for owner Google and the YouTube team than a Harris Poll released Monday. Nearly three-quarters... 130838@http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/ 2007-01-30T14:05:35-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/entries/2007/01/28/sing_that_search.html?cxntfid=blogs_next Can’t remember the name of that song you heard but you can remember the melody? Plug a microphone into your computer and sing or hum a few bars at Midomi, a new site whose mission “is to build the most... 130140@http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/ 2007-01-28T17:08:47-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/entries/2007/01/27/brands_its_all_about_the_web.html?cxntfid=blogs_next What are the world’s most influential brands and what makes them so appealing? Brandchannel.com’s annual consumer poll makes it clear — it’s not about traditional companies, it’s about Internet-related brands. Brandchannel asked 3,625 branding professionals and students “Which brand had... 130099@http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/ 2007-01-27T18:35:11-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/entries/2007/01/24/google_debate_revisited.html?cxntfid=blogs_next We’re back after a little hiatus with Google in mind. Read/Write Web, an intriguing site focusing on Web 2.0 issues, has launched a new Point/Counterpoint feature with the question: “Can Google take over the Internet?” That question recalls a previous... 129215@http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/ 2007-01-24T17:13:14-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/entries/2007/01/10/the_3cs_content_convenience_an.html?cxntfid=blogs_next The battle for digital dominance, as expected, has escalated to an unparalleled high, with Microsoft and Apple facing off this week and a host of new companies entering the fray. Bill Gates made a strong push for a Microsoft home... 124749@http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/ 2007-01-10T09:21:49-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/entries/2007/01/03/online_video_20.html?cxntfid=blogs_next David Berkowitz has two interesting takes on the immediate future of online video that are worth examining. Berkowitz, director of strategic planning at online marketing firm 360i, writes: — Online video will face a backlash because of users need to... 122643@http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/ 2007-01-03T09:34:09-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/entries/2007/01/02/google_reign_near_end.html?cxntfid=blogs_next As the co-founder and CEO of news aggregator site Topix.net, Rich Skrenta certainly commands attention when he blogs. That’s why his post on Monday is even more disturbing when you consider the source. To summarize, Skrenta believes the online battles... 122375@http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/ 2007-01-02T10:49:09-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/entries/2006/12/27/page_views_losing_reliability.html?cxntfid=blogs_next With Web page views losing reliability as a major method of measuring audience, how will the industry evaluate a site’s effectiveness down the road? The issue: The new Web 2.0 technologies can keep users on a site without having to... 121438@http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/ 2006-12-27T11:15:29-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/entries/2006/12/26/searching_for_wikiasari.html?cxntfid=blogs_next We previously mentioned a host of start-ups poised to take on Google in search. Now comes Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales who over the weekend revealed that he plans to launch a search engine to compete against Google and the other... 121211@http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-blogs/ajc/next/ 2006-12-26T11:17:54-05:00