Combining aspects of things that people already enjoy is one of the best ways to make an impression on a market without having to be completely original or creative. For the past couple of months, there has been a surge of such activity in the form of ‘angry' video game reviews. ...
Continue ReadingSo while reaching the $21 billion plateau for the first time sounds great, the growth of internet ad revenues is also slowing down.
The data, collected by the Interactive Advertising Bureau, suggests revenues grew an estimated 25 percent last year, up from $16.9 billion in 2006. That’s a whole 10 percentage points lower than the previous year’s growth. ...
Continue ReadingWe’ve written about the One Laptop Per Child project before on The Bivings Report. Now they have launched the Give One Get One promotion running through November 26th. The way it works is for a $399 donation one laptop is donated to a child in a developing nation and one is sent to another child of your choice....
Continue ReadingEveryone knows about author bloggers like Guy Kawasaki and Seth Godin. But outside of the Technorati Top 100, there are a lot of authors that have used blogs to create fantastic communities of users. Here are my five favorite, slightly lower profile author blogs:
(5) Malcolm Gladwell
Gladwell,...
Continue ReadingOne trend to watch this year is the boom in well produced, niche video blogs. The children of Rocketboom.
My favorite example is Wallstrip, a daily video blog that takes an in depth look at a hot stock each day from a sort of layman’s perspective. Using humor, they try to explain in real world terms why a stock is doing so well....
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