Posts from August 22, 2008

David Card | August 22, 2008, 08:56 PM
What Needs to be Covered at the Olympics
D@mn, how did I miss this? I am now a fan of Icelandic handball, regardless of whether handball should be an Olympic sport or not. First, we have sharks and Brennivin: The seafood-related alcohol beverage. "When we eat the shark we drink this Brennivin," Sigfus Sigurdsson said, referring to the...( more )

Emily Riley | August 22, 2008, 01:58 PM

I was recently briefed by Facebook where they showed me a sneak peak at their new Engagement Ad platform. My colleague Jeremiah Owyang wrote it up here. I was also briefed this week by Omar Tawakol, the CEO of the new behavioral targeting startup, BlueKai. The company takes an innovative...( more )

Ed Kountz | August 22, 2008, 07:29 AM
More mobile...FDC's GoTag study and a Visa U.S. Update
First Data believes that contactless stickers—its so-called-GO-Tags—will be a game-changer in the race to mobile proximity payments. Go-Tags are flexible RF antennae, linked to a prepaid account, designed to be affixed to consumers’ cellphones. If successful, the tags will help to jump-start mobile proximity payments, and FDC has just rolled...( more )