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Should U.S. Govt. Track You with Cookies?
Should the government allow federal Web sites to use web-tracking technologies like cookies? The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) within the White House is pondering that question and wants your input. Federal agencies have been banned from using web-tracking technologies since 2000, but a lot has happened in nine years, and OMB is now looking ...
Digital Music Market: Evolving Business Models, New Challenges and the Future
A new Digital Market Outlook study says that the increasing adoption of broadband and mobile technologies and the widespread adoption of smartphones and portable music devices continue to drive the digital music marketplace. Key findings: The global digital music market will grow from $4.81bn in 2009 to $13.74bn by 2013 The industry is characterized by rapidly ...
Could an Apple "Cocktail" Bring New Life to the Album and the Music Inudstry?
Apple and the four major label groups are reportedly collaborating on an interactive album bundle that would add additional content like liner notes, lyrics, videos and more to every album download. Code named Cocktail, “It's all about recreating the heyday of the album when you would sit around with your friends looking at the artwork while ...
How an Apple Tablet Could Pit iTunes Against Amazon.com
With rumors piling up about a forthcoming Apple tablet, it appears more and more likely that such a device will emerge soon. But whats still unclear is how this gadget will set itself apart from Apples multimedia-savvy product line, including the iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as the scores of failed tablet PCs that have ...
Can Technology Save Us from the Recession?
At an afternoon panel at Fortune Brainstorm Tech, there was a lot of discussion of technology and its role in the recession, and the reverse. Moderator Stephanie Mehta brought up a Fortune story that suggested that there was no big idea as important as the semiconductor or the browser. John Chen, CEO of Sybase disagreed, talking ...
Twitter Will Remain Free, May Add Business Accounts
Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, said instead of thinking of the service as a social tool to connect with friends, he wants Twitter to be seen as a communications and information network for discovering and sharing what is happening right now. This was part of a discussion at Fortune Brainstorm Tech about the company, perhaps the ...
News Corp.: Constraining Content Produces Piracy
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AOL's New Focus: Content, Mapping
AOL's new CEO Tim Armstrong believes the company can improve its core products and focus much more on the consumer experience, which will let the company grow and attract more advertising. In a discussion on Thursday at Brainstorm Tech, Armstrong said he is focusing AOL on content, Advertising.com, local and mapping, messaging, and AOL Ventures. Armstrong ...
Myspace Music Showing Strong Growth
Growth may have slowed for MySpace, but the same can't be said for its music.myspace.com subdomain. New Nielson figures show a 190% increase at MySpace Music since its launch in September 2008 and year-over-year traffic to the URL has increased a whopping 1,017% That's a jump from 4.2 million unique visitors to 12.1 million ...
Music Widgets Come of Age
Widgets to share and sell music began appearing as early as 2008. But with the increased focus on direct to fan channels, a widget's ability to spread virally and be updated instantly has led to greater adoption from music marketers. In addition to standalone widget suppliers, both Topspin and ReverbNation, for example, have made widgets a ...
