New Media
The Reality of New Media
If you liked the EPIC video, you’ll like this one too. It speaks of the death of copyright. I’ll take that statement a little further and suggest the death of patents too.
The State of Singapore Blogosphere
We conducted a recent review of blogs in Singapore. Our sample was a list of 1397 that our crawler matched against our database. So how has Singapore fared?We’re still very active bloggers with the 83% of bloggers posting at least one every six months. 206 bloggers quit. 32 bloggers moved.So we have a 14% drop [...]
Printeet.com
A photo printing website run by a local Singapore SME. A snapfish wannabe? Interesting. Check it out.
New New Media for Singapore’s Civil Service
Terence spoke on New New Media at the Civil Service College recently. The topic of focus was “ROI” in New Media. Now for most Web 2.0 groupies, we would be wondering why there would be a “Return on Investment” in New Media? Every project usually has a return. That is a hard fact of Singapore. [...]
The Person “Harro”
I recently met some people who thought “Harro” was a person because their collegues were talking about ‘Harro said this’, ‘Harro said that’ etc… and they laughed when they realised that Harro is a business and not a person. We prefer that Harro is perceived as a person, approachable, and hopefully user-friendly. Our intention is [...]
Google is NOT the Media
Pacific West commented on an article by Greg Miller of Marketcom PR. Greg talks about how unmanageable the New Media 2.0, and really, with not much of a solution to address communications control. Pacific West then suggests that Google is the Media? I disagree. “YOU” are the media, and that is the problem that PR [...]
Googlezon vs. Viacom
Google and Viacom locks horns over copyright infringement over content from media properties like MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Spike TV, BET, CMT, Paramount and Dreamworks. Viacom also has its own video sharing site called “iFilm”. This all sounds very serious. Open content is still the future. Business strategies for content just have to adapt. Read more [...]
Google Re-considers Singapore?
To be or not to be? That is the question. Google threads lightly on Singapore’s shores. Maybe a better way to setup R&D in Singapore is to participate in Media investments in Singapore companies? Read more.
Google Expands into Singapore
The Associated Press reported today that Google intends to open an R&D centre in Singapore. This will be the first in SouthEast Asia making a total of 8 R&D centres across the world, with 3 in Asia. “Google’s research centers outside of the United States typically focus on adapting its products for local markets, but [...]
