Posts Tagged ‘internet’

Job Creation and Innovation in Jeopardy From SOPA and PIPA Congressional Bills

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Influence, Internet, Money, Politics | Jan 14, 2012 | Tags: American Express, Aol, Congress, Congressional Bills, Discover, Ebay, Etsy, facebook, foursquare, google, internet, linkedin, Motion Picture Association Of America, Movie Studios, Mozilla, Mpaa, Music Industry, Opendns, Paypal, Pipa, Recording Industry Association Of America, Riaa, Senate, Sopa, Television Studios, twitter, Visa, Wikimedia Foundation, Yahoo, Zynga | No Comments

Two bills being voted on next week in the House of Representatives contain language that could censor the Internet in ways you would never imagine. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House of Representatives and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate are well meaning, but if passed, will be destructive to internet freedoms we’ve all ...Read more.

ICANN Top Level Domain Release Won’t Beat .Com Relevance

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Business | Jun 28, 2011 | Tags: Cognitive Bias, Domain Name, Dot-Com, Icann, internet, Internet News, Online Business, Top-Level Domain Names | No Comments

ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, just approved extending top-level domain names. Currently, there are 22 general top-level domains and, with this historical vote, that number will now increase to as many as our imaginations can create. What this means is that for the first time ever you can have a website address that ...Read more.

Why You Should Opt-Out of the Internet Do Not Track Bill

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Consumerism, Marketing | Dec 3, 2010 | Tags: Advertising, consumerism, Do Not Call, Do Not Track, Federal Trade Commission, ftc, internet, Marketing, online marketing, Targeted Advertising, technology, telemarketer | 1 Comment

Yesterday the Federal Trade Commission took the first steps towards creating a Do Not Track feature to allow internet users to opt-out of having companies obtain data on their online surfing habits. This mechanism is being designed in the spirit of the Do Not Call registry that regulates the activities of telemarketers. On the surface ...Read more.

The Primitive Internet of 1981

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Videos | Jul 13, 2010 | Tags: content, facebook, internet, ipad, moore's law, news, news report, primitive internet, technological advancement, technology, you tube | 5 Comments

A friend sent this to me on Facebook and it struck me. We talk about how things have changed so much in our lifetimes, but we usually reference things like 8 track tapes and vinyl records switching to compact discs and bytes on an iPod. Did you realize that the patent for the compact disc ...Read more.

Internet Statistics to Make Your Head Spin

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Social Media | Feb 26, 2010 | Tags: internet, internet statistics, jessee thomas, newsweek, state of the internet, statistics | No Comments

Jesse Thomas’ video on the State of the Internet shows the amazing amount of users on the internet and how we’re using it. We’ve come a long way from 1995 when Newsweek declared that the internet would fail. My takeaway from this is that it’s a great reflection of how connecting online has become a ...Read more.

Augmented Reality Promises to Change How You Use Your Phone

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Consumerism, Social Media, Videos | Oct 16, 2009 | Tags: augmented reality, cell phone, internet, iPhone, jeremiah owyang, mobile phone, smart phone, web strategy | 3 Comments

I’ve seen other videos on what’s happening with augmented reality, a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are merged with (or augmented by) virtual computer-generated imagery – creating a mixed reality. But after seeing this video in a great post by Jeremiah Owyang, I had to pass it on. ...Read more.

Welcoming The Age of UGC and Participatory Media

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Influence, Marketing, Media, Social Media, Videos | Sep 15, 2009 | Tags: braodcast, braodcast marketing, internet, interruption marketing, Media, media landscape, newspaper, participatory media, permission marketing, radio, social media platform, social networking, tv, tweet, twitter, ugc, user generated content, vcr, Videos, wassup, wassup video, you tube | 1 Comment

We have definitely hit the age of participatory media. Old mass media is very sick and broadcast methods of interruption marketing have gone from annoying to impotent, but I don’t agree with the idea that mass media will die. It will be re-engineered like all industries must in this time of change. According to the ...Read more.