Despite Insensitivity, PS3 Amazon Sales Soar
Recent Sony news presents an interesting case study in the difference between advertising and marketing. For just as the company was marginalizing yet another group of people and offending the politically correct, sales of PlayStation 3 soar upon price cuts. Before Sony was anywhere near launching the PS3, the gaming crowd was salivating. Their mouths [...]
Microsoft Won’t Blog Stupidly
David Weller, the Community Manager at Microsoft’s Game Technology Group, took issue with a post penned by Penny Arcade that derided Microsoft’s blogging practices. There’s only so far a company blogger can go with being open about his employer. The observing public wants all the inside dirt they can get, the blogger may want to [...]
iPhone: The Pre-Launch Aftermath
Love it or hate it or sick of it, Apple’s iPhone is a hit before it hits, with searches for information spiking hundreds of percent, people lining up outside stores, old men complaining about it just as the rate plans are announced, three full days before the thing actually launches. If you’re just here to [...]
What Contributes To A Popular Video Game?
Video games are a phenomenon that reflects our computer based society. They are played by young and old alike and are now offered by nearly every browser, many websites and many cell phones. No longer does one have to buy specialized equipment for games, such as a Nintendo player or Game boy. Nearly… More: continued [...]
Opera Community Site Reaches Everywhere
From the desktop to the mobile, even to the Nintendo Wii, Opera Software’s free networking site offers its users several points of access.The recently updated My Opera community site has a reach that goes straight for the youthful audience that social networking sites crave. Opera Software distributes browsers for several desktop OS platforms, as well [...]
Lycos Top Searches
Lycos, a community destination for broadband entertainment has released The Lycos 50, the most popular search results for the week ending February 24, 2007. “American Idol� contestant Antonella Barba had a surge in Web users searching for her. Not because of an outstanding performance on the show but because news surfaced that there were nude [...]
Valentines Day, Grammys Top Weekly Zeitgeist
Searchers looking for last minute gifts for the special someone, researching the origins of Valentine’s Day, and music enthusiasts soaking in the coverage from this year’s Grammy awards comprised the majority of Google queries last week. Senior Airman Michelle Manheart also came in with a strong showing backed by the momentum of her public dispute [...]
Nintendo Launches Wii News Channel
Besides television, radio, Internet and newspapers where do you get your news? Would you consider using a game console to receive your news? That’s what Nintendo and the Associated Press are hoping. A new feature for Nintendo Wii owners is the “Wii News Channel“, which launched on Saturday. The content will comprise news from the [...]
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