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WebReport: UK Leads Global Surge in Mobile Web UseAuthored by Scott Goldberg on June 5, 2007 - 9:00am.
 Bango, a company that delivers mobile web simplifying technology, published statistics on mobile web growth today, and found the UK to be leading the charge. According to the company, the top 5 countries accessing the mobile web were the UK (27%), the US (21%), South Africa (11%), India (9%), and Indonesia (3%). Bango has mobile web statistics for over 190 countries.
Web-based File Storage Firm Box.net Raises $1.5 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 25, 2006 - 1:44pm.
Palo Alto, Calif. - Box.net, a provider of Web-based file storage and sharing services, said that it has raised $1.5 million in its first round of funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). The company also said that it has now registered more than 500,000 users in its first seven months. Aaron Levie, the CEO of Box.net, said that the new capital will allow his company to expand its service and enter new markets. In addition to providing simple online storage, Palo Alto, Calif.-based Box.net's platform allows users to upload, access, share and collaborate on their files within third-party applications and devices.
Report: News Corp. Among Suitors for Digg News Aggregation SiteAuthored by robert on October 25, 2006 - 1:03pm.
San Francisco - Digg, a site that posts news stories whose prominence is determined by votes from a community of users, has recently been in acquisition talks with companies including Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, according to TechCrunch.com.
Teens Migrate from Buddy Icon Sites to Those Helping Them Build ProfilesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 12, 2006 - 1:07pm.
New York - Over a three-year period, the top sites among teens 12-17 have shifted from those offering a selection of instant messaging buddy icons to those providing assistance with social networking profiles and page layouts, according to a new report from Nielsen/NetRatings. In September, sites offering tools to improve social networking profiles with song lyrics, pictures, quotes and layout designs -- led by PLyrics.com -- ranked among the most popular with the age group. In fact, nine out of the top 10 teen sites either offered content or tools for social networking site profiles, or were social networking sites themselves. That compares with three years ago, when the top teen sites included Originalicons.com, Buddy4u.com and Badass Buddy. Ken Cassar, chief analyst at Nielsen/NetRatings, said that while it's no surprise that teens are actively engaged in social networking sites like MySpace and YouTube, "What is surprising, however, is the extent to which a wide array of supporting web sites has developed in conjunction with these bigger, more well-known web destinations."
Opera, 4INFO Release Sports-Based Mobile Phone BrowserAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 5, 2006 - 3:18pm.
Oslo, Norway - Opera Software, developer of the open source Opera Web and mobile browser applications, announced on Thursday that it has expanded a partnership with 4INFO to build sports-based versions of its free Opera Mini browser for mobile phones. Opera said the success of its initial World Cup mobile browser, Opera Mini Goal '06, led to the creation of Opera Mini Endzone '06, a mobile browser tailored to the NFL and NCAA fantasy football. The sports-themed browsers provide access to text alerts for live scores, news and statistics. The free Opera Mini Endzone '06 application is available now.
Browzar – New Browser to Provide Total PrivacyAuthored by Jay Baage on September 1, 2006 - 8:32am.
10th Annual Webby Awards Presented at Ceremony in New York CityAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 14, 2006 - 1:51pm.
New York - The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences held its 10 Annual Webby Awards ceremony on Tuesday night, where those recognized for their outstanding websites in a range of categories gathered and delivered the Awards' trademark five-word acceptance speeches.
Super Bowl Ads Spike Web Traffic; GoDaddy.com Leads WayAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 10, 2006 - 2:53am.
Reston, Va. - Companies that paid millions of dollars for television spots during Sunday's Super Bowl also received a nice bonus on the Internet, according to new statistics from comScore Networks. GoDaddy.com, which ran an ad ending in a near "wardrobe malfunction" with the tagline "More at GoDaddy.com," saw the number of unique visitors to its site surge more than 1500% on Sunday compared with the average of the four previous Sundays. Traffic to Budweiser.com increased more than 500%, while Pepsi's ads with P. Diddy and Jackie Chan drove its web traffic up nearly 300%. Other big winners included Cadillac, Nationwide, Anheuser-Busch, Ford and Pizza Hut.
IMG, MSN Video, Sprint to Provide Web, Mobile Coverage of Fashion WeekAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 1, 2006 - 7:55am.
New York - IMG Worldwide, a sports, entertainment and media company, announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Microsoft's MSN Video and Sprint to provide online and mobile TV coverage of the Fall 2006 Olympus Fashion Week in New York. IMG's site will provide live streaming of Bryant Park runway shows, while MSNVideo.com will offer on-demand highlights from all 67 shows. Sprint will offer subscribers with compatible handsets behind-the-scenes video and interviews streamed to their phones.
Blinkx Adds Smithsonian Clips to Web Video IndexAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 15, 2005 - 5:16am.
San Francisco - Blinkx, a searchable index of Web video, announced on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement to include multimedia content from the Smithsonian in its online archive. The video includes virtual tours and other educational videos from the museum.
Hurray, Baidu Offer Chinese Song Exclusively Via Mobile, WebAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 25, 2005 - 6:45am.
Beijing - Hurray Holding Co., a Chinese mobile entertainment publisher, announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Chinese search engine Baidu, to jointly release the latest single from Chinese pop star Chen Hao, which will not be released on CD, through Baidu's digital music service and Hurray's mobile platforms. Hurray said it has also licensed additional songs from Chen Hao's album for mobile distribution.
Survey: European Youth Increasingly Ditching TV, Radio for WebAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 23, 2005 - 8:38am.
London -- European youth are spending less time watching TV and listening to the radio in favor of surfing the Internet, according to a survey of 15-24 year-olds across Europe conducted by the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA). Of those surveyed, 46% said they watch less TV as a result of using the Internet; 34% said they talk on the phone less; 33% said they read fewer newspapers; and 22% said they don't listen to the radio as much. In terms of overall media consumption, European youth still spend the most time watching TV (31%), compared with radio (27%), the Internet (24%) and newspapers (10%). Almost half of the young people surveyed said they were prepared to pay for music online (47%), while 25% said they would pay for online gaming. "The 15-24 age group is the holy grail for most advertisers and the EIAA research conclusively demonstrates the extent to which the internet now represents an essential media for this audience, increasingly replacing other media including TV and radio, said EIAA chairman Michael Kleindl.
Leaked Sony PSP Update Hints at Web, Office Applications for Handheld GameAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 20, 2005 - 7:51am.
Tokyo -- A software update for Sony's new PSP (PlayStation Portable) handheld video game system that was inadvertently leaked onto the Internet contains details on potential new applications for the device, including Web browsing, e-mail, text-to-speech, word processing and calculator functions. While Sony confirmed that the leak was genuine, it warned that the update may in fact damage PSP hardware if installed by owners. The addition of such non-gaming functions to the PSP -- which can already play music and movies pre-recorded on its proprietary Universal Media Disc format -- would set it apart from the more gaming-centered DS handheld recently released by rival Nintendo. Separately, Sony has hinted that it may open up its Universal Media Disc, a 2.4-inch, 1.8GB format, so that outside companies can publish music and movies that can be played back on the PSP.
Tacoda Online Ad Network to Target Users Based on Web Surfing HabitsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 15, 2004 - 5:22am.
New York -- Online marketing firm Tacoda on Monday announced the launch of a new online advertising network that will enable advertisers to bid on audiences determined by their Web surfing habits, such as "sports fans," "technology enthusiasts" or "business travelers." The AudienceMatch Network will not personally identify users but instead group them based on the websites they visit and the content they access there, and then auction placement of ads to these users to advertisers who will pay only when their ads are clicked on. New York-based Tacoda's new network will initially consist of 60 sites, including USAToday.com, and 100 advertisers, eventually ramping up to a thousand sites and advertisers during a two-month launch phase. The company claims its network will eventually reach more than 85 million individuals, or about 60% of the monthly U.S. Internet audience.
Playboy Latest Firm to License Acacia Research Web Streaming PatentsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 15, 2004 - 5:26am.
Newport Beach, Calif. -- Acacia Research, holder of a number of patents purporting to cover the basic process of streaming media online, announced on Monday that Playboy Enterprises has become the 118th licensee of its technology. The company has targeted a slew of other online pornography distributors with its patent licensing efforts, but has also recently won larger licenses from firms including The Walt Disney Company and hotel video-on-demand provider LodgeNet.
Source Code of Anticipated "Half-Life 2" PC Game Stolen, Posted to WebAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 7, 2003 - 5:03am.
Bellevue, Wash. -- The source code for the highly anticipated PC game "Half-Life 2" was stolen from Washington-based developer Valve Software's internal computer network last week, and has been distributed across the Internet. Valve managing director Gabe Newell confirmed the leak in a posting on Half-Life2.net. The thief or thieves apparently used keystroke-logging spyware to record passwords entered by Valve employees on company PCs, and were able to access the company's internal network in this way -- also possibly causing a number of recent denial-of-service attacks on the company's servers. However, those searching for the finished game will be disappointed with what they find, according to a post from Valve on Half-Life2.net. "It contains a map… you can walk around in it, unfortunately the fairy tale ends there. There are no sounds, no models, no official textures and you can't even read the console as there are no font files. The leaked source is only that; the source."
Overture To Acquire Web Search Unit Of Norway's FASTAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 25, 2003 - 2:33am.
Pasadena, Calif. -- Overture Services, a provider of pay-for-performance searches for websites, said on Tuesday that it will acquire the Web search unit of Norway-based Fast Search & Transfer (FAST), for $70 million in cash, as well as a performance-based cash incentive payment of up to $30 million over three years. The deal, combined with Overture's previously announced plans to purchase AltaVista, bolsters Overture's position in the commercial search market.
ComScore Increases Some Web Traffic FiguresAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 25, 2003 - 2:32am.
San Bruno, Calif. -- ComScore, a provider of Internet measurement services, is reissuing its web measurement figures for the past three months after underestimating the amount of people using the Internet at their places of work in the U.S., the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. The numbers, used for various purposes, including to sell advertising, were reportedly off by several million in some cases, due primarily to a change in how the company estimates workplace Internet usage. Among the most prominent changes, search engine Google will see its December numbers increase 14% to 49 million.
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