Time Warner to test internet billing based on usage
The second largest US cable operator said it will test consumption-based billing with some subscribers later this year as a part of a strategy to help reduce network congestion caused by heavy users. Source: Reuters
Condé Nast Portfolio expands online apps for Facebook and LinkedIn
The network of sites is expanding through Google's Open Social platform. Source: JackMyers.com
Centralisation vs. decentralisation: what's the value of Twitter?
If we all created a separate feed on our blogs for really short posts, would we need Twitter? Source: Publishing 2.0
LoveFilm drives online ad sales by opening up site to non-subscribers
The DVD rental specialist's move will place it in direct competition with other leading film sites, such as Empireonline, Total Film, Odeon and Time Out. Source: New Media Age
ABCE audits search agencies to 'provide trust'
New service for auditing search agencies in order to "provide a level of trust" on search specialists' practices. Source: New Media Age
Search giants prepare to fight for off-portal mobile
Emerging off-portal publishers like Eurosport and The Sun have started to include Yahoo!'s Onesearch service on their mobile sites. Source: New Media Age
Steve Jobs: Oh yeah, and Amazon's Kindle won't work either
No-one reads books anymore, says Apple chief executive. Source: Valleywag
Revision3 launches a new Digg show
New show highlights to most popular videos in Digg. Source: Valleywag
Guardian to carry ads in its podcasts
Audio ads will be introduced cautiously. Source: journalism.co.uk
Could technology turnaround the economy?
During the last turndown, technology helped boost US productivity by 2%. Source: Beet.TV
TiVo pacts with online indie distributor
TiVo is partnering with Jaman.com, while Amazon's IMDB is to acquire Without a Box, an 8-year-old Los Angeles Web-based media shop focused on the indie film biz. Source: Variety
Terra links to Disney
Disney has entered the Web-content arena in Latin America. Source: Variety
HMV celebrates 'highly successful Christmas'
Music and books chain HMV today reported a record Christmas, with sales driven by a bumper DVD, music and books line-up and strong growth online. Source: Guardian
Can we talk about Twitter for a second?
Just a noisy back-channel, or a useful conversation? Source: louisgray.com
Google: melding TV's 'emotion' with web tracking
Google wants to take the ad-targeting capability that powers Internet ads and marry it with the 'emotion' provided by television advertising. Source: Multichannel News
2008 is 'key year' for mobile internet, says T-Mobile
T-Mobile predicted 2008 will be a 'key year' for mobile internet as it announced a strategic partnership with web giant Yahoo to provide banner adverts on its web'n'walk service. Source: Guardian
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