There is a growing – nay, inexorable – movement towards the school of thought that ‘free’ content is not a sustainable business model. Rupert Murdoch is perhaps the biggest evangelist – the FT has proved that online subscription models can work in the UK. The screening of the forthcoming England v Ukraine game on a [...]
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Don’t Pay a VC any Fees!
A guest post on Techcrunch is a warning to entrepreneurs working with Venture Capitalists. Article here.
Apple’s Censorship – Too much?
Most developers think so. But it’s unlikely that Apple themselves made this obfuscation… http://bit.ly/kdxDG
Online Spend > TV Spend
We’ve known it for a while, now it’s official – advertising spend online has outstripped TV for the first time. Read the full artice from Revolution here.
Orange get the iPhone
O2′s UK exclusivity has finally come to an end with the announcement that the iPhone will be available on Orange ‘later this year’. This can only be good for consumers – competition means falling prices… Full story here.
Microsoft v Apple
Bill Gates, no doubt buoyed by the blows he’s struck Google with Bing, is taking on another behemoth in Apple – plans are afoot for a Microsoft tablet, which will no doubt eat into Apple’s forthcoming device’s exposure and market share. Full story from Wired here.
Construction Companies fined £129m
That’s the last thing the struggling, recession hit industry needs… Read the fully story on the FT site here.
HMV Buys 50% of 7Digital
In a smart move that shows HMV to be progressive and market aware they have purchased 50% of digital content supplier 7Digital. The article in full from Techcrunch: Laggard UK music retailer HMV announced at its AGM today that it’s buying a 50 percent stake in the online music retailer 7Digital for £7.7 million. The [...]
Augmented reality contact lenses…
… give you Terminator-vision. As reported in Revolution… http://bit.ly/ziT8q
eBay sells Skype stake
eBay has sold its stake in Skype for £1.17bn – taken from Mediaweek: The consortium, led by private equity company Silver Lake, includes UK firm Index Ventures, an investor in Skype, Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The decision follows a year-long review of Skype by eBay. The auction company bought Skype [...]