All posts tagged ‘Microsoft’
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The $35,000 House Tour, Guided by Bill Gates
Waiting for Online Ads to Roar Back? Be Patient.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
More Money for “Real Time” Ad Tech: AppNexus Raises $5 Million
Monday, November 2, 2009
Microsoft Goes Back on Message: No Recovery in the Works
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Looking for Microsoft’s Ad Exchange? Wait Until (Early) Next Year.
Microsoft bought ad exchange company AdECN more than two years ago. And unless you’ve been paying very close attention, that’s the last you ever heard of it.
This should finally change next year. People familiar with Microsoft’s plans say the company intends to open the exchange for business in January, which will allow online ad buyers and sellers to match up in real time. That will put it several months behind Google, which opened up its ad exchange in September.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Microsoft Bails Out of “Family Guy” Windows 7 Episode After Actually Watching “Family Guy”
Remember Microsoft’s plan to use “Family Guy,” Fox’s ribald, off-color cartoon sitcom, to promote Windows 7? No more, says Microsoft, which is pulling out of plans to sponsor a special episode of the show scheduled to run Nov. 8. What happened? Apparently, Microsoft realized that “Family Guy” is a ribald, off-color sitcom.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Investors Bet on Another Real-Time Start-Up. Next Up for Hot Potato: Product, Users.
Here’s a good way to get your hands on scarce venture capital money: Create a start-up geared around Twitter-like “real-time” sharing and conversations. The newest entrant: Hot Potato, a buzzy start-up that’s supposed to let users converse about a particular event, whether they’re attending it in person or watching from afar. When it’s up and running, that is. The five-man crew doesn’t have users or a product just yet. But it has just raised around $1 million.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Is Everyone Using Twitter Yet? Nope.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Condé Nast Tries Turning the App Store Into a Newsstand: Will You Buy GQ for Your iPhone?
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Twitter Tackles Spam, and Sets Its Sights on Bigger Challenges (Take a Guess)
Now that Twitter doesn’t have to worry about raising money ever again (right?), it can spend time tackling all sorts of projects, big and small. Here’s one of the small ones: The company has created a better way for users to flag spam accounts. The big stuff? Coming up.
Is There Anything You People Won’t Watch on the Web? Nope: Video Views Up 25 Percent.
Friday, October 9, 2009
The AP Tries a “Truthiness” Approach: “We’re Not Talking to Google” Means “We’re Talking to Google”
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Google: We’re Hiring, and Spending, Again
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Another Ad Exchange Boss Leaves: Jeff Green Out at Microsoft’s AdECN
Ad exchanges–giant, automated markets for online advertising buyers and sellers–are supposed to be a huge deal. So why doesn’t anyone want to run them anymore?
Last month, Google lost Michael Rubenstein, the head of its ad exchange, shortly before the ad giant formally rolled out the service to the public. Now Jeff Green, the top guy at Microsoft’s AdECN exchange, is out as well.
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