Vergence Entertainment Podcasts

• 027 - January 30th, 2008
  A look at the Bionic Woman mini site. Time Warner testing tiered broadband. Barcodes coming to e-mail. The future of the cell phone-as-wallet. Skyfire browser for Windows Mobile brings iPhone elegance to other smart phones. Amazon declares to go international with mp3s. More talk of a social network bubble. Facebook will now let their widgets go all over the web. MySpace will launch their own open developer platform. Yahoo plots to eliminate jobs. 700 Mhz auction is silently underway. Nielsen will run the largest focus group ever during the Super Bowl. PlayYoo offers personalized mobile casual games.
• 026 - January 15th, 2008
  Facebook's cottage industry of widgets. Online video grows. New ad networks targeting mothers. Tips for cheap market research. The Wii spawns motion-control imitators at CES. Microsoft to wire shopping carts. Social network Badoo lets users pay their way to fame. MySpace launches celebrity portal.
• 025 - January 4th, 2008
  AOL officially kills Netscape. IBM offering semantic searching. Wikia offering user-edited search results. Online ads more engaging than TV. Apple files "cell phone wallet" patents. Bunchball offers gaming across different social networks. An Oregon ski resort is now using texted barcode coupons.
• 024 - December 21st, 2007
  Microsoft files a patent for ad-supported video downloads and posts a job opening for satellite TV development. A Trojan targets Google Ads. FTC releases privacy policies. The 2007 top online destinations for video content.
• 023 - December 20th, 2007
  Developers gripe about Android. Nokia files a patent application for hybrid cell phone/gaming system. Steve Jobs' iPhone negotiations in Asia get rocky. AT&T delays mobile TV launch. MTV Games partners with Jerry Bruckheimer. New study reveals teens actively create content on the web. Ask.com unveils the success of a guerilla ad campaign. RIAA threatens radio stations.
• 022 - December 19th, 2007
  Verizon to broadcast bowl games via V Cast. FCC releases 700 Mhz auction participants. Microsoft and Viacom make ad/content exchange deal. AT&T experiments with interactive U-Verse. Cellware offering ringtone creation service. Chictini launches Digg-like fashion reviews. FCC lifts ban on cross-ownership. Ad widgets beginning to dominate the scene.
• 021 - December 18th, 2007
  New ad networks form. Cell phones overtook land lines in 2007. Virtual currency the preferred payment for online surveys. Mobile social network BuzzD. Yahoo! Unveils the Political Dashboard. Rating service Quantcast toots their Internet horn. NBA announces deal with Joost. User-generated video contests are hit-or-miss as ad campaigns. Ribbit offers VoIP developer kit.

• 020 - December 17th, 2007
  Only a small percentage of viewers are seeking out more content because of the writer's strike. Some writers seek out deals in Silicon Valley. Ad spending on social networks to double. Video site Mywaves ads social network functionality. Microsoft unveils new platform for marketers. NY Times reviews the best and worst ad campaigns. Google unveils Wikipedia competitor Knol and launches Google Profile. A web 2.0 video parody gets threatened with copyright litigation.
• 019 - December 14th, 2007
  EU targets Microsoft with another anti-trust case. Leap Communications acquires Hargray. Sprint offering free mobile MySpace. Parents react to Webkinz 3rd-party advertising. A discussion of Apple's marketing. Google's AdSense goofs. Paramount offers Jack Ass 2.5 online for free prior to DVD sale. A discussion of social network's presence in the presidential race.
• 018 - December 13th, 2007
  AOL to distribute MTV content on its portals. Facebook's growth outpaces MySpace as they open their developer platform. Mobile ad startup investment is booming.
• 017 - December 12th, 2007
  NBC refunds advertisers. Nokia tries to engage the Facebook crowd. A proposed Android app game. Review of irreverent trivia game You Don't Know Jack.
• 016 - December 11th, 2007
  YouTube offering ad revenue sharing service with users. Stats show cell phones more prevalent. New York governor spearheads rural broadband planning. LinkedIn launches widgets. Media Post discusses "localized" mobile services. Scout Labs offers to troll the net for you. Dell unveils a tablet PC. The thriving LA geek scene.
• 015 - December 10th, 2007
  "Audio spotlight" technology can beam sounds into your head. A look at TiVo's future. MSN launches mobile ads. A pyramid scheme-cum-social network. Google developing tech for "white spaces." Congress considers raising piracy fines. Universal Music strikes deal with a social network. CASH music site lets fans remix songs.
• 014 - December 7th, 2007
  Nielson's top 10 news portals. ESPN's user-generated journalism. Jet Blue tests wi-fi service. AT&T touts their "openness." Webs.com focusing on social network gaming. Microsoft wants to get in on the OLPC.
• 013 - December 6th, 2007
  Advertising.com launches WIDGNET. Interactive TV guides are a successful ad server. Online video grows. Hulu offers high-def content. Nielson unveils a digital watermarking system. A lawyer crusades against fishy ringtone services. Nokia studies the future of media. Facebook CEO apologizes for Beacon fiasco. Coke launches new virtual world. Verizon execs leery of mobile ads. McDonald's advertises on report cards. Google's 2007 top search queries.
• 012 - December 4th, 2007
  AT&T to sell off its pay phones. "Tween" mobile stats. Consumers prefer gift cards. Advertisers like NBC's Hulu. The future of in-game ad revenue. MySpace launches Transmissions for artists. Scorsese pitches wine in a new mockumentary. Verizon announces support for Google Android. The lords of web 2.0 talk about the Internet's future. Use of widgets doubled over the last year.
• 011 - December 3rd, 2007
  Wal-Mart and Amazon demand record companies sell DRM-free digital music. NBC contracts out a primetime slot. TiVo can services photo sharing sites Picassa and Photobucket. Facebook Beacon sponsors leery of the controversial ad program. Social networks for divorcees and green people. Google Apps presented. Yahoo's top searches of 2007.
• 010 - November 30th, 2007
  Android Challenge updates. Google officially announces intention to bid in 700 Mhz auction. Steve Jobs says the 3G iPhone is coming while Apple may sue Nokia over Nokia's new touch screen phone. 2008 will bring GPS-enabled cameras for geotagged photos. Congress mulls legislation to monitor Internet for terrorism. Verizon to switch to GSM. Video game industry sees a boost in sales. Game publisher Big Fish acquires developer Thinglefin. Facebook's Beacon switches to opt-in. A panel discusses web metrics while TV networks see rise in streaming video ad revenue.
• 009 - November 29th, 2007
  Ads for Adobe PDF Powered by Yahoo! Ads via Bluetooth cell phones. Japan's cell phone classroom. eBay mulls Skype options. Google's Mobile Maps gives GPS functions without the GPS. Wine social network Snooth.com.
• 008 - November 28th, 2007
  An exploding LG phone kills a South Korean. More Verizon "Any Apps, Any Device" initiative details. AOL's Userplane service a hit with TV networks. Firebrand.com offers "the best" commercials on demand. Yahoo! developing social network aggregator/chat service MyM. Google launches a green effort. One ad expert says a social network bubble is forming.
• 007 - November 27th, 2007
  "Cyber Monday" nearly had double the amount of online retailer discounts as last year. A government advisory board wants to fund rural broadband. Google talks of "cloud computing." Verizon opens its network to unlocked phones. Skypephone launches in Asia and Europe. NBC working with TiVo to provide interactive ads. X-Box Live adds social network functionality.
• 006 - November 26th, 2007
  News Corp. is in talks to buy out LinkedIn. ABC News is putting political correspondents on Facebook. MoveOn.org protests Facebook's Beacon program. France agrees to have a three strikes-type law against digital piracy. The EU scrutinizes targeted ads. Ringorang-esque Moola.com launches.
• 005 - November 20th, 2007
  A consulting firm thinks Americans will prefer broadband to TV in a few years. FindingDulcinea, a human-powered search engine. Amazon unveils their e-book reader. Bango creates mobile versions of your website. Caring.com, the social network for adults taking care of the elderly.
• 004 - November 19th, 2007
  Android Challenge details. Genetic screening services. Poll Daddy widgets. NBC picks up a MySpace show for TV distribution. Bravo's "in-text" ad experiment is successful. Congress wants universities to filter and censor their students' downloads. David Droga spearheads NY schools to use cell phones in school.
• 003 - November 16th, 2007
  Google's Android is their own type of Java, which they've apparently been testing on a mini cell network in anticipation of the FCC's upcoming 700 Mhz auction. AOL revamps games.com while Popcap experiments with ad techniques. Comcast is being sued for throttling bandwidth. Mobile marketing is on the rise.
• 002 - November 13th, 2007
  Latinos like gift cards. Two services pay bloggers to talk up products. There's a social network for mothers. The FCC talks of regulating cable and deregulating print. As the WGA strike begins, marketers begin to back away from TV, and Europeans already have. NBC plots to keep eyes on the tube with their interactive "L-Bar." Google offers $10 million in prizes for Android developers while being sued for patent infringement and battling upstart Facebook. At the Internet Governance Forum, the world frets about the US' control of domain names.
• 001 - November 6th, 2007
  Google talks about their high hopes for the Open Handset Alliance while an OpenSocial app gets hacked. Apple purportedly is developing a tablet PC. Radiohead's "pay what you want" digital release nets $2.26 per album. New social networks for college grads, small businesses, and amateur athletes. An "ad as entertainment" portal. MySpace and Martha Stewart launch ad networks.