Archives for the "digital media" tag
Yahoo! acquires WebJay
A few minutes ago, I learned that Yahoo! acquired WebJay, a site that allows for categorization, editing, listening, and sharing of playlists online (In a way, it can easily be compared to del.icio.us for multimedia.) WebJay was created in early 2004 as a way to create the internet equivalent of mix tapes. Lucas Gonze, the [...]
Tags: Google, HTML, Yahoo, digital media, media types
In Analysis
Modular by Design – Introduction
I’ve been looking at the different trends in digital media and have started developing a common theory in terms of the issues relating to music, TV, phone service, weblogs, and software and the impact the Internet has on all those business models. From there, I came to a conclusion that what the Internet does well [...]
Tags: Cable TV, Telephony, digital media
In Analysis
The changing musical landscape
Two entries popped up in my RSS reader today that made me think about the ever-changing musical landscape: On the shifted librarian, Jenny talks about changing behaviors when it comes to music. A 9-year-old thinking of music as something you burn, not a piece of plastic, represents one of the biggest challenges to date to the [...]
Tags: digital media, media types
In Analysis
Microsoft Lock-in?
The recent announcement of a partnership between AOL Time Warner and Microsoft represents an interesting new twist in the shaping of the Internet. For the past few years, Microsoft has been trying to figure out how to remain relevant in an era of increasing openness. The rise of HTML and of HTTP as the underlying protocol [...]
Tags: Computing, HTML, HTTP, Intel, Linux, Microsoft, Telephony, Verizon, digital media
In Business, Technology
AOL-Microsoft Settlement: The Future
AOL and Microsoft have announced an end to their feud. It seems to me that there is a lot in there that needs to be dissected and pondered about. It will impact the development of the Internet for years to come. IM : One of the conditions for the AOL/Time Warner merger was that AOL open its [...]
Tags: AOL, Internet Explorer, Linux, Media, Microsoft, Netscape, Software, Time-Warner, digital media, instant messaging
Microsoft and AOL: Friends again
Microsoft and America Online settled their browser lawsuit, putting an end to speculations that AOL would dump IE from its leading client. As part of the deal, AOL receives a seven year royalty-free license to include Internet Explorer and will get an early peek at anything new in Redmond. Most interesting to me in the [...]
Tags: AOL, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Yahoo, digital media
In Business
