The amount of money spent in the US online advertising market will double, to $50.3 billion in revenue, by 2011, according to research from the Yankee Group. The internet accounts for approximately 20% of overall media consumption in the US, but advertisers currently invest only 7.5% of their budget online. There is tremendous potential for […]

Revision3, the video podcasting network launched by the guys from Digg, has introduced a new weekly show, The Digg Reel, that offers 15-minutes of highlights from the highest-rated videos on Digg for that week. “There’s so much crap out there, it’s great to have the Digg community filter out the best, but no one can […]

Writer’s Guild of America members plan to launch Strike TV, an Internet fund-raiser to help members affected by the strike. Set to launch in February, the online channel will feature original video shows created by working professionals in the TV and Film industry. “Strike TV videos will not be about the strike,” according to the […]

By now, you’ve probably seen one of the live blogs of Steve Job’s Macworld Keynote. You’ve probably also had a chance to read about Steve Jobs’ announcements, includin: the new Macbook Air; the Time Capsule wireless backup device; updates to the iPod touch; iTunes movie rentals; the new Apple TV software; the free iPhone updates; […]

Apple today unveiled MacBook Air at Macworld, which they describe as the world‚Äôs thinnest notebook. MacBook Air measures 0.16-inches at its thinnest point, while its maximum height of 0.76-inches is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks. MacBook Air has a 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display, a full-size and backlit keyboard, a built-in iSight video […]

Several people are using Twitter to offer live, on-the-scene commentary on Steve Job’s 2008 Macworld Keynote: Tech evangelist Len Edgerly is twittering from the MacWorld keynote, offering an immediate take on the announcements. The Macworld twitter feed. Ars Electronica’s twitter coverage. If anybody else on site is Twittering, let us know in the comments. Thanks, […]

The new year feels as though it is off to a galloping start. Barely two weeks into 2008, and we’re bracing for the fourth or fifth batch of big announcements from the fourth or fifth big industry convention in two weeks. This week features the big auto show in Detroit, the music industry convention NAMM […]

The Association for Downloadable Media has invited its members to an ADM committee update meeting/conference call being held during this week’s MacWorld. All ADM members are encouraged to participate on the call. The Association for Downloadable Media is an industry association focused on providing advertising and audience measurement standards for episodic and downloadable media (like […]

VideoEgg, a video advertising network for online communities, today announced three new partnerships to expand its distribution of invitation-based video advertising. VideoEgg‚Äôs partnership with imeem, Metacafe, and Buzznet increases the ad network’s reach by more than 50 million unique users.‚ÄúThese sites are the new MTV‚Äôs,‚Äù said Matt Sanchez, CEO of VideoEgg. ‚ÄúBrands need to find […]

Ever since Windows Vista came out and was pretty universally panned, Windows users have been worrying about upgrading. Infoworld is doing what it can to help, though, by sponsoring a Save Windows XP video contest: InfoWorld encourages you to contribute your own videos on why XP should be saved. (Although our plea is serious, why […]