The Amazon Kindle may be a failure as a new media platform, but it’s great for reading books, right?
Maybe not.
Based on the experience of Gear Diary’s Dan Cohen, buying a book on the Kindle platform is a game of digital Russian roulette.
The Kindle book reader is a technological wonder - but some bloggers are beginning to recognize that the device is a bit of a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
The Kindle looks like it should be a new media platform, but it’s primary focus is old media.
As a result, supporting the Kindle is, at least for some bloggers, a waste of time.
Internet users viewed a record 16.8 billion online videos in April, representing an increase of 16 percent…..since March!
The days of televisions being broadcasting terminals are over; the future of television is open and interactive. You don’t watch TV anymore - you Twitter about it, blog about it, embed it, respond to it and remix it.
Why are sites like Hulu still torturing us with long, untargeted ads?
Don’t advertisers know that we’re muting the sound, checking our email…..or Twittering about how bad their ads are?
Podcast advertising revenue is growing, but not as fast as the podcast audience, according to the latest research from ZenithOptimedia.
By 2011, podcast ad spending is expected to grow to $43 million — but that amount comes to less than 0.2% of projected revenue for the total online advertising space.
Will podcast advertising ever catch up with podcast adoption?
Young adults have already adopted Web-to-TV video technology and mass adoption is coming by 2013, according to market research firm In-Stat.
“Once Web-to-TV video becomes simple and convenient, mass consumer adoption will follow quite rapidly,” says Keith Nissen, In-Stat analyst. “Users want a variety of their consumer devices to enable a web-to-TV video experience.”
Edison Research has released their annual joint study, with Arbitron, of Americans’ radio consumption habits - and it shows that podcasting continues its steady, unrelenting growth.
According to the report, the audience for podcasts has grown by a healthy 22% since last year.
Pew Internet has released a new report, looking at The Internet’s Role in Campaign 2008.
Based on their survey of 2,254 adults, Barack Obama won the 2008 election because he understood new media and captured the attention of social media users.
The National Association Of Broadcasters has asked Apple to change the design of iPods to incorporate an FM receiver.
Are broadcasters grabbing at straws to protect an industry that no longer has a monopoly on your ears?