MSN Shopping Does iPod?<< Living in Longhorn’s Shadow | Main | Testing the Smartphone's Smarts >> Joe Wilcox | November 13, 2003, 09:07 AM I was reading a news item (OK, a review of the new Bugs Bunny movie) this morning and noticed a banner ad blinking at me. I typically don't pay that much attention to banner ads, but something subliminal poked through my consciousness: MSN Shopping and Apple's iPod. The MSN Shopping banner ad cycled through a number of gifts Holiday frolickers might find if they only clicked through to the e-commerce site. That the banner ad featured an iPod just cracked me up. Last month, Microsoft executive Dave Fester raised a ruckus about Apple’s closed music system and how many portable music players support the Windows Media Audio format. Brandishing is good public relations, but people buying stuff pays the bills. Apparently someone over at MSN Shopping recognizes that iPod looks to be one of this year’s more popular stocking stuffers. |
 Subscribe for free email updates:
|