David Barrett writes "If you sell three billion ads a month and can't break even, what do you do? Drop prices by 40% and switch business models, apparently. Is this an isolated incident, or does it contribute to the growing pile of evidence that ad... ...full story at slashdot
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Strange Bedfellows - I have been asleep, apparently, at the big switch. (I, Cringely . The Pulpit | PBS) » techmeme Strange Bedfellows — I have been asleep, apparently, at the big switch. This is according to former Harvard Business Review editor (and technology pundit in his own right) Nicholas Carr, who said as much this week in his very nice... |
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The three business models that make Twitter a billion-dollar business ... (Jason Calacanis/The Jason Calacanis ...) » techmeme The three business models that make Twitter a billion-dollar business in 12-24 months. — Allen wrote a blog post today about Twitter focusing on a business model. Allen, my friend, you're thinking small. Get out of Brooklyn... |
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The Internet Was a Real Pile of Shit in 1996 » digg Pepsi's website might be the best source of evidence to this claim. |
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Cybercrime Now Worth $105 Billion, Bypasses Drug Trade » slashdot Stony Stevenson writes "Citing recent highly publicized corporate data breaches that have beset major companies like Ameritrade, Citigroup, and Bank of America, McAfee CEO David DeWalt, said that cyber-crime has become a US$105 billion business that now... |
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Nathan Myhrvold and the Business Of Invention » slashdot elwinc writes "There's a great New Yorker story about Nathan Myhrvold's Intellectual Ventures company, whose business model is to nurture ideas, write patents, and sell them. Apparently they're filing about 500 patents a year including a passive thorium... |