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Ed Kountz | October 06, 2008, 07:44 AM
Citi Thrusts ... But is Parried...in Wachovia Bid
Citigroup won a weekend injunction designed to keep its bid for troubled Wachovia in the forefront, but found itself facing a setback a day later when the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court threw out Saturday's order, issued by Justice Charles Ramos. Ramos' injunction would have upheld the Citi/...( more )

David Card | October 04, 2008, 10:05 AM
Are Kids Using Kindle?
Right now (Saturday morning) there are two bestellers in Amazon's top 100 Children's books that are Kindle editions, i.e., for its digital e-book. There are none in the Top 100 for adults. Does that mean more Kindle users are kids? Doubtful. The more likely answer is that more Kindle users...( more )

Mark Mulligan | October 04, 2008, 07:58 AM
Give Me My Music! UK Artists Talk Tough
A group of UK artists have got together to form the Featured Artists Coalition to demand better rights for them from record labels. There are some big names (Robbie Williams, Radiohead, Kate Nash, Dave Gilmour etc.) and among their priorities are owning the rights to recordings and a say in...( more )

Diane Clarkson | October 03, 2008, 04:42 PM
Online travel gets greener
There are undoubtedly varying shades of green. We discussed this in a recent report called “Green Online Travelers Assessing the Brand Impact of Travelers' Environmental Concerns” in which we determined that, while 42 percent of online travelers agree with the statement that they are concerned about the environment, those “dark...( more )

IanFogg | October 02, 2008, 06:42 PM
Signs & Portents: Nokia's 5800 with Touch Screen
Today, Nokia announced its first mainstream touch screen mobile phone, the 5800 XpressMusic. This is a mass market phone that's an evolutionary extension of existing Nokia designs. Priced at Euro279 pre tax or subsidy, the phone will be available for free on many contracts and should rapidly become available on...( more )

John Lovett | October 01, 2008, 12:00 PM
Conscientiously Objecting to Twitter
Since my peers are jumping onboard, I’ll offer a contrarian’s opinion and my rant about Twitter. Someone asked me recently if they could follow me on Twitter and my response was an emphatic No! Admittedly, I’ve checked on Twitter to see what individuals are up to – or even last...( more )

Thomas Husson | October 01, 2008, 02:42 AM
Twitter
Like my colleague, I am also a late joiner in the Twitter dance. I had always been reluctant to join the micro-blogging phenomenon (I started this blog 3 years ago) but was finally intrigued by the fact that the company would stop delivering SMS alerts for free outside the US....( more )

Doug Williams | September 29, 2008, 10:14 PM
XOHM WiMAX Launches in Baltimore; Will a New Type of Cord-Cutter Emerge?
The focus here is on wireless Internet access, but home service is offered too. Here are the breakdowns: • Home: $25 per month for six months, $35 thereafter. Twenty-five dollars is a steal, and even $35 is pretty aggressive, particularly for a standalone service (that is, not bundled with voice...( more )

Bobby Tulsiani | September 29, 2008, 09:51 AM
It's the TFE Economy, Stupid
While Congress was debating the $700 billion bailout this weekend, we at Jupiter Research were hard at working preparing our latest report: Television and Filmed Entertainment Spending: Understanding Consumer Behavior in Challenging Economic Times. In the report, we dive into which customer segments are most likely to cut back on...( more )

Zia Daniell Wigder | September 25, 2008, 03:02 PM
Germany or Australia?
Having just completed a report that looks at how companies are leveraging the Internet to build their global brands, I've been spending time recently looking at global perceptions of certain brands. I was therefore interested to read Anholt-Gfk Roper's most recent Nation Brands Index (NBI) report. The index, which is...( more )

Zachary McGeary | September 23, 2008, 01:36 PM
New Report Demonstrates Evidence of Significant ROI from Well-integrated Email and Online Self-service
Today we published "Online Self-Service Case Study: Carfax Cuts Support Costs and Raises Quality Through E-mail Deflection" which outlines the tactics CarFax has leveraged to reduce TCO of email and online self-service by 49 percent. Since deploying this integrated offering in 2001, Carfax has experienced dramatic and sustainable improvements in...( more )

Julie Ask | September 22, 2008, 12:57 AM
OneWebDay in San Francisco by Meraki
Monday will be OneWebDay in San Francisco. Efforts around Gavin Newsom's vision to create an access cloud around San Francisco stalled a while back when plans that involved Earthlink ran into snags in the approval process. And, eventually Earthlink left the business of Muni Wi-Fi. A new initiative with Meraki...( more )

Barry Parr | September 19, 2008, 05:36 PM
I'm not a PC...
...nor am I a Mac. Microsoft's new "I'm a PC" ads are very postmodern, as they deal with the subtext of Apple's advertising (PC users are nerds*) but not the explicit message (Macs are easier to use, Macs are easier to set up, Macs are easier to interface, Macs are...( more )

Nate Elliott | September 18, 2008, 07:01 PM
Online Classifieds More Popular Than Print Classifieds - Even Among Older Users
Last week we published a new report, Online Classifieds in Europe: Consumers Moving Online More Quickly Than Advertisers. The report finds that approximately one-quarter of European online users read some form of classifieds (print or online) each month, and that consumers' channel shift from print classifieds to online classifieds is...( more )

Emily Riley | September 12, 2008, 03:22 PM
This one works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBWPf1BWtkw Its long and great for a viral video; so many jokes, good chemistry. Much more interesting than the first one....( more )

David Schatsky | September 09, 2008, 05:25 PM
New European Research on Access and Digital Media at Home
Our European research team has recently published a suite of great research of interest to strategists looking at high-speed access and digital media consumption in the home. Check out the European Digital Home Forecast, by Tushi Banerjee, for example, which puts home network penetration at over 50% across Western Europe...( more )

Pfreemanevans | August 21, 2008, 10:12 PM
Online Sales and the Economic Environment: Q2 Update
News regarding the economic situation continues to be relatively gloomy and has been reflected in the Q2 results that offline retailers have been reporting. For example JC Penny reported Q2 comp store sales declined 4.3% versus last year, Abercrombie and...( more )

Ina Sebastian | May 07, 2008, 01:45 PM
Deal for a National WiMAX Network Announced
Sprint, Clearwire, and additional investors (Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner, Bright House Networks) have reached an agreement regarding a national WiMAX build out through a new company named Clearwire. My colleague Julie Ask wrote a very insightful blog on the motivations of the investors yesterday. As she implied, success of...( more )

David Daniels | December 18, 2007, 11:49 AM
Not Always for Geezers
My colleague David Card makes a good point about the merit of emusic’s unprotected MP3’s and their _gradual_ foray into the “mainstream.” Now this is the point that I evoke the Proton Pack wearing words of Harold Ramis – “whatever you do, don’t cross the beams, Ray.” Crossing my beams...( more )

Sapna Satagopan | August 27, 2007, 04:21 PM
Talking Multimedia at SES
I moderated a panel on ‘Optimizing for video search’, a topic that we wrote on last year here. What has changed since last year? Increasing advertiser interest and agency enthusiasm, for one. According to our survey, 15 percent of search marketers performed multimedia search optimization in 2006, and 36% plan...( more )

Peter Sargent | August 09, 2007, 11:10 AM
Findings from the Online Video Custom Research Report
One of the points within the report I discussed in my last blog will surely get the attention of advertisers and publishers alike. In the consumer survey, we presented respondents with a scenario in which online video content was free...( more )

Marcia Loewenstein | April 10, 2007, 12:51 PM
Accessibility and Dunkin' Donuts?
Recently, I have seen some great examples of ‘accessible technology’ and the more broad application ‘universal design’ rising in importance – a couple of examples that I will point to… · Apple’s Leopard release and ‘Universal Access’ highlighted as one...( more )

Marcia Loewenstein | May 17, 2005, 01:39 PM
Is Technology Accessible? (How Do You Increase the Font?)
My Mom just got an iMac. Most of it was up and running before I stopped by (except AOL). I wanted to show her some AAA rates on a hotel site, so while I was there she installed AOL - didn't need any help there. .....but, as soon as she...( more )