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Trends and Predictions
My how our dictionary has changed. Podcast, Skype, Wikipedia, Googlebot and WiMax
were all regularly used terms during 2005. VoIP, WiFi, Blog, iPod, and SEO are
in every day vocabularies.
Google
– Monetizing the World’s Media
So Google decided it's time to see just how far they can take their "pay-per-action"
ad model and acquired a radio advertising network. I spent a lot of time yesterday,
discussing this move with a number of people. Here's a collection of some of my
thoughts…
VNU
Unites Word of Mouth Research Firms
Jonathan Carson sounds very excited. In an email he sent to "key stakeholders
in the marketing industry" this morning the CEO of BuzzMetrics announced
news that VNU, the majority stakeholder in his firm...
Google
and Microsoft to Join?
Fortune
on CNN is wondering if Google and Microsoft would join forces to go against
Apple. Sigh. I'm tired of these "who will defend against whom?" articles. I'd
rather hear what each company will do for customers and what they'll stand for.
Not against.
Microsoft
Bashes Google
Danny
and Gary
manage to cover much the same topic via two separate posts. Some interesting snippets...
Apparently in response to rumors of what Google will announce at CES, Gates said:
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01.23.06
Yahoo, Verizon Pair On Broadband
 By
David A. Utter
The initiative provides Verizon FiOS connectivity co-branded with Yahoo, and an assortment of Yahoo's content features as part of the package.
Consumers in parts of fifteen states, where Verizon already provides fiber-to-the-premises networking, can sign up for Verizon Yahoo! For FiOS. The services offers up to 30Mbps downloads and 5Mbps uploads for users in eligible parts of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and Virginia.
Verizon and Yahoo have previously partnered on a DSL offering. For FiOS-eligible users, the speeds available exceed DSL even at the basic FiOS level of 5Mbps downstream/2Mbps upstream, which they price at $34.95 per month on an annual service plan. 15Mbps downstream/2Mbps upstream can be had for $44.95 per month.
30Mbps downstream/5Mbps upstream goes for $179.95 per month. Fast upstream connections command a premium everywhere, and Verizon is no exception at pricing it substantially higher than services with slower upstream speeds.
Part of the deal makes Verizon Yahoo the default option for new users signing up for Verizon FiOS service. Those Yahoo services come at no additional charge to the customer. A joint statement from the two companies listed what broadband-specific features Yahoo plans to offer:
- Premium, on-demand news and entertainment video content
- 500,000+ content sources to personalize the broadband-optimized home page
- Customizable commercial-free radio, with near CD-quality audio
- Access to the largest library of online, on-demand music videos from Yahoo! Music
- 11 award-winning Yahoo! Mail accounts with virtually unlimited 2 GB of storage each and premium anti-spam protection
- Unlimited photo storage and high-resolution photo downloads with Yahoo! Photos
- Premium online file storage, with 100 MB capacity for primary accounts
- Easy-to-use online security dashboard with one-click access to key security tools
- Anti-virus protection for both the PC and e-mail
- Award-winning parental controls to protect children while online
- Anti-spyware to detect software that may be considered spyware/adware
About the Author:
David Utter is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology and business.
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