Shocker: People Realize That Mobile Carriers Won't Make Money From Music

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Shocker: People Realize That Internet
Affairs Are Damaging

Shocker: People Realize That Internet
Affairs Are Damaging 04/19/2004 04:15 AM
For those who didn't yet figure it out, even an online "affair" can damage a relationship. That's what a new study says, though, I question the methodology. They study was only conducted with students who may have a fairly different definition of what constitutes a relationship than those out of college and in the working world. Still, as the study shows, even those who don't necessarily think of an online affair as "cheating," most still realize that it would hurt their partner to know about it. It seems pretty obvious that if something you're doing would hurt your partner that it's probably not going to do much good for the relationship.

Money 2005: Microsoft Unveils Simplified
Approach to Financial Management and
Helps People Make Sense of Their Money

Money 2005: Microsoft Unveils Simplified
Approach to Financial Management and
Helps People Make Sense of Their Money 09/21/2004 08:41 AM
Marking the largest development effort for Microsoft(R) Money since the personal finance software was launched 13 years ago, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced Microsoft Money 2005 Premium, Deluxe, Standard and Small Business. Completely rebuilt to simplify daily financial tasks, Money 2005 is designed to answer the growing number of consumer requests for a simple solution that addresses the three primary areas of financial concern: tracking account balances, monitoring spending and paying bills. Consumers today have less time than ever to spend managing their finances, which has contributed to the number of American households banking online -- due to its convenience and efficiency -- reaching nearly 33 million.(1) Money 2005 builds on this trend by helping people access all their accounts in one place and providing automated tools that reduce or eliminate the manual entry required by traditional personal finance software.

Shocker: People Don't Think They Should
Be Sued For Downloading

Shocker: People Don't Think They Should
Be Sued For Downloading 06/29/2004 09:49 PM
A new study shows that completely unsurprising results that most people don't think the RIAA should be suing people for downloading. While the majority of those over 55 had no problem with the lawsuits, under that age barrier they felt the RIAA was going too far. Of course, the RIAA lawsuits are not about downloading. Every one of the lawsuits so far have been about offering songs (i.e., potentially uploading songs) rather than the actual downloading of songs. Still, it certainly suggests that people are getting fed up with the RIAA's heavy handed tactics.

Shocker: More People Prefer Online Car
Sales To Dealing With Dealers

Shocker: More People Prefer Online Car
Sales To Dealing With Dealers 04/11/2005 03:31 PM
Can you possibly imagine that people wouldn't like going in to car dealers and buying cars from a profession that seems to be defined by its own sleaze? Indeed, it appears that the less sleaze-inducing internet route for buying cars is picking up steam -- with plenty of car purchases originating online. Also, person-to-person car sales have been increasing as the internet has aided that process, and cut out the need for dealers to broker those types of sales. Meanwhile, fewer people seem to be going to the old newspaper classified section to find out about car deals, as it just doesn't seem efficient any more. The car sellers are looking elsewhere and car buyers prefer going online and avoiding dealers as much as possible as well.

McDonald's Starting To Realize The
Promotional Power Of Music Files

McDonald's Starting To Realize The
Promotional Power Of Music Files 11/06/2003 06:12 PM
For years now, a bunch of people have been saying that music is a promotional item, and should be used to sell something else. Each time the topic came up, some recording industry defender would come along and say that was ridiculous, and that if people value music they should pay for it - which was missing the point. It has nothing to do with value, but plenty to do with competitive pressures. It appears that some folks at McDonald's are catching on. They've worked out a deal to give away 1 billion iTunes songs as a promotion. It's certainly not at the level it will eventually get to, but this is actually a step in the right direction. The trick will be when someone realizes that giving away music shouldn't be a 1-time promotion, but a long term deal. Also, it would help if it didn't involve music that was tied down with annoying copy protection. In related news, it looks like more and more people are getting angry about all the different incompatible formats and restrictions on downloadable music. Sooner or later someone is going to realize the full picture: music, by itself, is a promotional item and as such, the more you make it so that customers can do what they want with it - the more they'll want it, and the better a promotional item it will be.

"people it's somehow understandable how
some people might be driven to kill
"activist" Judges who make unpopular
decisions"

"people it's somehow understandable how
some people might be driven to kill
"activist" Judges who make unpopular
decisions" 04/06/2005 03:07 AM

Java Jumpstart Promises Fast Money for
Wireless Carriers

Java Jumpstart Promises Fast Money for
Wireless Carriers 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
Two mobile software publishing firms have introduced a new deployment program based on the Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) platform. Dubbed Java Jumpstart, the program is backed by Handango and Tira Wireless and promises to get a complete J2ME-based application system up and running in about a month.

Carriers Make 'Super 3G' Plans

Carriers Make 'Super 3G' Plans 01/03/2005 10:33 AM

Development of the next round of high-speed wireless data services has officially started, with a new consortium of carriers signing a 'Super 3G' agreement. The new system, planned to be at least 10 times as fast as modern 3G services, should first been seen in testing environments in 2007, with commercial deployments to follow. Companies involved include NTT DoCoMo, Vodafone, Cingular, Siemens, and Alcatel. I wasn't sure if they'd be able to come up with a name as goofy as '3G,' but 'Super 3G' is definitely 10 times as dumb as modern names.

And as Wireless Watch points out, this new standard will be global, so it's likely European and Asian carriers will interoperate (the US is anybody's guess).

Mobile firms sign 'Super 3G' deal [Textually]

Bypassing the Mobile Carriers

Bypassing the Mobile Carriers 04/09/2004 04:00 PM

AP: Skype Going Mobile. The peer-to-peer phone program Skype, which lets computer users make free calls to each other anywhere in the world, is going mobile, with a version being released Tuesday for Wi-Fi-equipped digital assistants.

I've been in a two-day gathering about the future of mobile communications, and one of the issues has been whether Wi-Fi and its successors will open up a bypass opportunity that causes big trouble for the mobile carriers. The answer was obviously yes, and the announcement by Skype makes that even clearer. Now the question arises which maker of mobile handsets will sell a model that switches back and forth from Wi-Fi voice over IP to the mobile network. This is what users will want, but the carriers have huge clout over the handset manufacturers. The market is moving, fast. I wonder if the carriers are smart enough to move with it.

Mobile Carriers Avoid European 3G

Mobile Carriers Avoid European 3G 04/27/2004 06:03 AM
Hankooki Apr 27 2004 9:09AM GMT

Suspension on Mobile Carriers Starts

Suspension on Mobile Carriers Starts 06/21/2004 04:27 AM
Hankooki Jun 21 2004 8:50AM GMT

Will US Carriers Be Able To Prevent
Mobile Spam?

Will US Carriers Be Able To Prevent
Mobile Spam? 06/30/2004 04:31 AM
Lots of people have been predicting that the next big spam problem is going to be text messaging SMS spam to your mobile phone. While it's already a problem in some countries, some are now suggesting that it won't be that big of a problem in the US -- though, some of the reasoning may be questioned. The first reason given is that US users don't text message as much. The obvious response to that is that the word "yet" needs to be added to that sentence. The trend is pretty clear, and text messaging use in the US has been rising rapidly over the last year. Next, they claim that the US carriers have learned from overseas carriers and are better prepared. Perhaps that's true, but spammers are pretty good about getting around any kind of "preparations." The next reason is my favorite: "Text messages sent from one carrier to another may not go through, because the networks are not always technically compatible." In other words, "because US carriers are so technically screwed up, many spam messages may just disappear -- as may many legitimate messages." Funny that this comes right after the experts claim the US carriers are better prepared to stop spam. If they still haven't figured out interoperability, then how can they really be prepared for text spam? Still, the biggest reason why text spam may not be as big an issue in the US is that many carriers charge for each text message, adding quite the speedbump to any traditional spammer's plans. Unfortunately, though, there are often ways around this, as many phone systems either offer web gateways for sending free text messages or have an email-to-SMS system that will let people send text messages over email. In such cases, the spammer just needs to figure out what email address goes to your phone, and (once again) there will be plenty of mobile spam annoying you everywhere you go.

Consumers Still Hate Mobile Phone
Carriers

Consumers Still Hate Mobile Phone
Carriers 01/04/2005 10:51 PM
The latest Consumer Reports research on mobile phone operators in the US suggests that, well, people still aren't that happy with their provider, they experience plenty of dropped calls and many are hoping that the grass is greener (signal is stronger?) on the other side of the fence (next tower over?). The dropped call issue may be the biggest -- as that's often how people judge the quality of the service they receive. Finding out that 70% of users experienced at least one dropped call in the week prior to the study being done is not a good sign for the industry at all. About the only thing that keeps these rates acceptable is the fact that everyone else is equally as bad, so there's really no where else to go. In the meantime, I don't know if I've just been lucky, but it's pretty rare that my mobile phone drops a call (though, I should admit that it did so three times in the course of one conversation this past weekend).

Wireless carriers develop mobile
standard

Wireless carriers develop mobile
standard 01/06/2005 12:35 AM
Buenos Aires Herald Jan 6 2005 2:17AM GMT

Mobile Carriers Tagged With W10.1
Billion in Fines

Mobile Carriers Tagged With W10.1
Billion in Fines 12/29/2004 08:06 AM
Hankooki Dec 29 2004 12:21PM GMT

Mobile carriers brace for New Year's
textstravaganza

Mobile carriers brace for New Year's
textstravaganza 12/30/2003 12:14 PM
Telecom providers in Australia, Japan, and Europe are bracing for a bumper crop of text-messaged new year's greetings:

Mobile phone companies are bolstering networks in anticipation of a record 35 million text messages New Year's Eve revellers will send tonight. The figure would surpass the record estimated 29 million text messages on Christmas Day. With many texters in places where it will be hard to hear a phone ring, never mind hold a phone conversation, some are predicting the volume of text messages could eclipse voice calls for the first time. A Telstra spokesman said that on Christmas Day customers made 15 million voice calls and sent 11.8 million text messages. Virgin, which has the smallest, but youngest and most text-mad customer base, expects to carry about 4 million messages on New Year's Eve - an average of 10 texts per customer.

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Mobile carriers seek cheaper antipiracy
software

Mobile carriers seek cheaper antipiracy
software 04/01/2005 03:10 PM
A powerful group of mobile telecom operators wants lower prices for essential antipiracy systems, warning that high royalty payments could stifle the burgeoning digital music and video markets.

Mobile Carriers Seek Cheaper Anti-Piracy
Software

Mobile Carriers Seek Cheaper Anti-Piracy
Software 04/01/2005 02:18 PM
A powerful group of mobile telecoms operators calls for lower prices for essential anti-piracy systems, warning that high royalty payments may stifle the markets for digital music and video.

Mobile Carriers Seek Cheaper Anti-Piracy
Software (Reuters)

Mobile Carriers Seek Cheaper Anti-Piracy
Software (Reuters) 04/01/2005 08:58 AM
Reuters - A powerful group of mobile telecoms operators on Friday called for lower prices for essential anti-piracy systems, warning that high royalty payments may stifle the markets for digital music and video.

Warner Music Tries (And Fails) To Make
Friends With Music Bloggers

Warner Music Tries (And Fails) To Make
Friends With Music Bloggers 08/16/2004 06:48 AM
MP3 blogs have been getting a lot of attention lately. The blogs, which usually focus on certain genres of music with the idea to highlight or expose certain new or obscure acts to a wider audience are growing in popularity. They often post an entire MP3 as well. However, it appears that some of the attention directed at these blogs made it to some executives at Warner Brothers Records. In a moment of enlightenment (considering typical record company reaction), instead of trying to shut these sites down, they decided to see what would happen if they embraced them. Someone from Warner contacted a number of these blogs, including an MP3 from a band they wanted to promote. This is somewhat surprising, as many of the sites certainly expected to get sued before they received MP3s from a major label. Still, the effort had its problems. The musician had already been featured months ago on some of the sites, and didn't fit at all with the focus of some of the other sites. Plus, the fear of looking like record company lackeys didn't appeal to many of the sites. Even worse, though, was that on the one site that did post the tracks, a number of out-of-place comments began appearing talking about how "awesome" the band was. A quick check of the IP addresses of the posters, though, showed they came from... Warner Brothers. So, while it's really great that they're actually trying to embrace these sorts of promotions, they still need to learn a thing or two about dealing with bloggers. Still, it's clearly a step forward from an industry that hasn't made many steps in that direction recently.

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Make War and Money

Make War and Money 10/28/2003 11:09 PM
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Can you make money?

Can you make money? 11/06/2003 06:11 PM
At the recent OS X conference, the question came up at the Innovators presentation whether it was possible to make money developing OS X applications.

Yes, it’s possible.

But, before you start, here’s some advice:

1. Don’t expect investment from VCs or Apple or anybody else.

You’ll need to fund development yourself. Folks developing for Windows or doing web applications may be able to find investment, but it’s been a long time since Mac development attracted investment.

2. You need to have a really good idea for an app that other people like.

It’s worthwhile to show a few people privately an early prototype. Choose people who won’t just say nice things because they like you. Your friends and family will be encouraging. You want honest opinions.

We originally had an app named MacNewsWire, the precursor to NetNewsWire, that didn’t catch fire. It had a fixed list of Mac news subscriptions. You couldn’t add or remove subscriptions. I thought it would be popular; it wasn’t.

Then I prototyped NetNewsWire and showed it to some people, and they liked it an awful lot. Had they not liked it, we would have done a different app.

3. Communicate. Be open. Most of all, listen.

If you don’t have a weblog, start one. Part of buying software from a small independent developer is knowing that you’re buying from people.

Put your bugs list on-line. Start a mailing list or two. You want to be open about your software and you want people to get to know you.

But the biggest part of this is listening to other people.

4. Don’t imitate Apple.

One of the things I see often is people name their apps iSomething; their apps use metal windows; their websites look like Apple’s website.

I think this is a mistake. I know these folks aren’t trying to fool people into thinking their apps are really made by Apple. However, the benefits of your own unique presence will outweigh any impression of a relationship to the iApps.

5. Be realistic. Work matters.

There’s no room for idealism of this sort: people should like your app, investors should provide funding.

What matters is what actually happens. When you concentrate on the shoulds you’re not working.

You need to work and keep working. There may be dinners and movies and even vacations, but then you come back to work.

"Make Money"

"Make Money" 06/03/2004 12:52 AM

Convert Any Digital Image to a Mobile
Picture – FasPay Releases Make Your Own
Mobile Wallpaper Application

Convert Any Digital Image to a Mobile
Picture – FasPay Releases Make Your Own
Mobile Wallpaper Application 07/21/2004 02:45 AM
FasPay Technologies Inc., a leading provider of mobile content services and applications, announces the release of its new mobile graphics creation application Make Your Own Mobile Wallpaper (MYOMW). The MYOMW application enables the user to convert in real time almost any digital image into a mobile phone wallpaper or screen saver. Once the personalized image is created the item can be sent directly to the creator’s mobile phone. There are currently over 160 phones supported by the product. The function will save content owners money and also allow them to offer all and not just a subset of content for sale as mobile content. [PRWEB Jul 21, 2004]

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What Does It Take to Make Money Online?

What Does It Take to Make Money Online? 04/23/2004 04:15 PM
WebDevInfo Apr 23 2004 8:08PM GMT

Make big money fast

Make big money fast 09/18/2004 05:43 AM
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Are you looking to make a little money
with your webl0g

Are you looking to make a little money
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How to Make Money with Your Blog

How to Make Money with Your Blog 07/01/2004 03:48 PM
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Make Money as a Landlord

Make Money as a Landlord 07/15/2004 10:06 AM
Fools sound off on the benefits of landlordship and offer advice.

I Make Money Online. You Can Too

I Make Money Online. You Can Too 04/10/2004 01:07 AM
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License to Make Money

License to Make Money 08/05/2004 04:12 PM
Cherokee's CFO shares the strategy that made the apparel maker one of the leaders in licensed brands.

Make Money Fast

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Wireless gaming is a match made in
venture capital heaven: The mobile
carriers need new ways to hold on to its

Wireless gaming is a match made in
venture capital heaven: The mobile
carriers need new ways to hold on to its 08/17/2004 06:48 PM
Newsweek Aug 17 2004 9:58PM GMT

Make Free Money With Google

Make Free Money With Google 04/15/2004 02:37 AM
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Santorum: the right to life, and to make
money

Santorum: the right to life, and to make
money 04/11/2005 06:03 PM
The Republican senator from Pennsylvania cashed in during the Terri Schiavo mania in more ways than one.

Is It Possible To Make Money Developing
OS X Applications

Is It Possible To Make Money Developing
OS X Applications 11/06/2003 09:39 PM
Yes, it's possible. But, before you start, here's some advice. (Brent Simmons via MyAppleMenu)
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