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“Podcast” is the word of the year, according to the New American Oxford Dictionary. Yet it is amazing how many people that I come across who have no idea what it means, or who have an idea of what it means but have never listened to one, or who think that it is an Apple [...]

Google has agreed to purchase 5% of AOL from Time Warner. The deal puts a $20B valuation on AOL (good for TW); means that Google will prioritize AOL in search (changing the Google fair and balanced approach to search); and makes Microsoft – who thought they had the deal wrapped up now a distant 3rd [...]

The BBC, via the Creative Archive License Group is temporarily opening its news archives to the U.K. public, specifically for people to access, remix, podcast and otherwise subject the content to creative repurposing. Some restrictions apply, for example, the content may not be used for commercial purposes, and anything created using the content must, itself, be [...]

Low cost computers are already here. Dell charges 299 in the US for entry level desktops. But the 100 dollar computer project will be a deep dagger into price levels. The Financial Times reports that Quanta, the worlds biggest laptop maker is unenthusiastic about the contract they won to supply a third of the worlds [...]

Thom Barnett has a great blog about Chinese influence in Africa. “We love the United States. You're always telling us what we should do. Now China is giving us the things you say we need”. Thom is concerned with defence strategy and is about as inside as you can get. In the mean time the [...]

21% of Internet Users now consider that advertising on line is more relevant than advertising in newspapers, magazines or radio. By 2010 it is expected that Internet Advertising will double. When you consider the value of Google and Yahoo! and how much of advertising revenue is channeled through them this has absolutely incredible impact on [...]

Mobile Phones lead all other devices in terms of market adoption according to Parks Associates. Some interesting data regarding how convergence of content and other technologies into the mobile space is seen: