The Internet was ablaze this morning with the leak of a sensational memo from Nokia CEO Stephen Elop about the state of the company. Originally obtained by Engadget, (and reprinted in full below), the memo compares Nokia’s current predicament to that of a man on a burning oil rig, faced with the choice of either [...]
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What the Music Biz Can Learn From Nokia CEO’s ‘Burning Platform’ Memo
Posted by @brunotm on February 11th, 2011
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Apple Allowing Google to Sell Targeted Ads on iPhone
Posted by @altair02 on July 3rd, 2010
New York – Mobile ads from Google’s AdMob are not being rejected from Apple’s new iAd platform, as Apple had implied several weeks ago might be the case, The Wall Street Journal reported. Developers confirmed for The Journal that their iPhone applications that utilize AdMob for ad-serving are being approved by Apple. Apple had previously [...]
Apple Introduces us to a New iTunes “Concert Ticket +” System
Posted by admin on April 16th, 2010
The latest Apple patent to hint at its future music plans is for a service called Concert Ticket, which would take the form of an iPhone and desktop application. It’s described as an “iTunes based web service for tickets that will naturally enhance the iTunes music empire”. It includes e-tickets distributed to the handset, maps to [...]
iPhone Gets Multitasking, New Ad Platform
Posted by @altair02 on April 10th, 2010
(Billaboard) In a move that will please iPhone developers everywhere, Apple introduced the much-anticipated multitasking ability during an event highlighting the features of the iPhone 4.0 operating system. Multitasking refers to the ability for the iPhone to run multiple apps and services at the same time. For instance, until now users of the Pandora app [...]
How the Music Industry Is About To Change
Posted by @altair02 on January 13th, 2010
By Jerry Del Colliano (Inside Music Media) The bad news is in — as it has been almost every year since 2000. Album sales in the U.S. are down year to year 13% and that includes digital revenue according to Nielsen SoundScan. That’s a decline for eight of the last nine years for record sales. [...]
