“Blogging has been declared dead at least five times. But that’s like saying creativity is dead, or personal expresion is dead. Ultimately some percentage of the people who get a taste for it through Facebook and Twitter want their own space. And for the most part, that’s a blog.” -Matthew Mullenweg
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Quoting IT: Blogs and WordPress are not dead
“Blogging has been declared dead at least five times. But that’s like saying creativity is dead, or personal expresion is dead. Ultimately some percentage of the people who get a taste for it through Facebook and Twitter want their own space. And for the most part, that’s a blog.” -Matthew Mullenweg
Discover Seamless Video Publishing and Web Content Management webinar
Find new audiences, make your products come to life and build customer loyalty with quality content
In an inspiring, educational webinar, digital marketeers will be presented with an insight into how Atex’s new partnership with Brightcove will enable seamless online video publishing and web content managementfor media publishers around the world.
IMImobile wins ‘Multimedia Content Management Solution of the Year’ at Cloud Africa Awards
London, UK, May 24th, 2012 - IMImobile, a global mobile data technology infrastructure and solutions provider to telecom operators, media companies and enterprises, today announced that it has won ‘Multimedia Content Management Solution of the Year’ at the Cloud Africa Awards, hosted in Johannesburg last night. IMImobile’s DaVinci Content Management System (CMS) powers MTN’s mobile content service - ‘MTN Play’ - across 19 countries in Africa and the Middle East.
The Cloud Africa Awards celebrate exceptional services and initiatives in the African cloud services industry. The awards commend deployments that have overcome challenges in the diverse African markets and have demonstrated outstanding innovation, coupled with a differentiated offering.
IMImobile provides ‘MTN Play’ subscribers with full track music, mobile entertainment such as videos and games, infotainment, premium content sourcing as well as subscription services. IMImobile’s platform helps MTN to deliver personalised and localised content with a seamless user experience to more than 130 million of its total 164.5 million subscribers.
“We are honoured to be recognised once again for our innovative work with MTN. Not only have we helped MTN to deliver a market leading mobile content service that has proved incredibly popular with its subscribers, we have also boosted MTN’s ARPU and reduced its CAPEX” said Vishawanath Alluri, CEO, IMImobile. “We continue to work hard with our operator customers to deliver outstanding services that deliver clear business benefits.”
Tradedoubler to Help More Companies Seize Share of £200 Billion European Online and Mobile Market
London, 24 May 2012 - Performance marketing and technology company Tradedoubler has today announced its campaign to help clients and affiliate marketing partners identify and harness the latest opportunities in online and mobile commerce.
The campaign reflects Tradedoubler’s determination to help customers navigate their way through the hype and confusion around mobile marketing. Its launch is accompanied by a revitalised website and brand identity, unveiled today.
Emerging communications technologies and an increasingly social, mobile and empowered consumer base are driving massive changes in the way people research and purchase products and services. E-commerce sales in Europe are forecast to grow by 16.1 per cent to £197.19 billion (€232.76 billion)[1] in 2012, representing around one in seven retail sales in the most mature European markets. M-commerce sales are set to grow 40 per cent each year for the next five years,[2] yet Tradedoubler estimates that just eight per cent of European retailers have a transactional mobile site or application.
Tradedoubler believes that this lack of uptake reflects widespread confusion and concern among organisations about where and how to best invest resources and how to address technical and ethical obstacles such as platform and device fragmentation, user experience, security and data privacy.
“M-commerce is already starting to transform the retail landscape and this trend will only continue and escalate,” said Urban Gillström, CEO, Tradedoubler. “The data is breath-taking. Our mobile traffic is already generating more than two million sales per month. No advertiser or online publisher can afford to ignore such an opportunity. We live in an anything, anytime, anywhere world and companies need to develop and implement powerful offerings that seamlessly integrate e-commerce and m-commerce to meet the needs of consumers and the challenges of competition. We appreciate that this is a daunting prospect for many advertisers and publishers and we want to help.”
Facebook: Two Day Rally!
It's now officially a two-day rally.
It's High Time For The Wireless Industry's Smaller Players To Consolidate
With growth slowing in a saturated wireless market and growing concerns about the duopolistic environment that the industry is heading toward, some of the smaller incumbents may be looking at ways to consolidate and grow through acquisitions.
Comcast's NBCU May Buy Microsoft's Stake In MSNBC.com
Comcast's NBCU unit is in talks to buy back Microsoft's 50% stake in the Web news site MSNBC.com, Ad Week reports.
Devils In The Details: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of 'Diablo III'
Blizzard's 'Diablo III' is a guilty pleasure of a game, but not without problems.
Solar Power More Competitive Than Decision-Makers Or Consumers Realize
Are the decision-makers entrusted with determining the future of energy infrastructure operating under an outdated understanding of the cost-competitiveness of solar power? In many cases, the answer is yes, according to a paper released last week by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). In “Reconsidering the Economics of Photovoltaic Power,” (PDF) BNEF
New Exhibition: Syd Mead
Syd Mead describes himself as a futurist designer. After all, his perspective of the future is what has come to define that vision for the rest of us. His work is instantly recognizable in the film “Tron,” “Bladerunner,” “Alien" for “Mission Impossible III.” Mead has designed it all — from Ford cars to The New Yamato toy characters to commissioned futuristic concept vehicles. He also designed for many Japanese clients including Sony, Minolta, Dentsu, Dyflex, Tiger, Seibu, Mitsukoshi, Bandai, NHK and Honda.
Three Broadband Strategies
Another way to put the point I was making in my last post is suggested by this tweet from Jon Henke:
Wouldn't it be simpler/less problematic to simply require utilities to build "open access" pipe chases or utility ducts/corridors, rather than imposing it on providers?
Here are three
How Big Will Alibaba Group Become?
Jack Ma's Alibaba Group is an extremely powerful force of e-commerce in China. It's really like the combination of Amazon (AMZN) and eBay (EBAY) in China today.
MEMC: S&P Downgrades To Junk As Solar Sector Crumbles
In the latest sign of the depths of trouble in the solar industry, Standard & Poor's today reduced its debt rating on MEMC Electronic Materials, which produces polysilicon for the chip and solar sectors and develops solar projects, to junk status.
US Orders Agencies to Offer Cellular-Enabled Services
The White House demands enhanced mobile services from government agencies.
A faster, simpler Google Search app for iPhone
Starting today, when you use the Google Search app on your iPhone, you’ll see a completely redesigned interface that gives you faster results, beautiful full-screen image search, and a simple way to access all your Google apps in one place.

