On Digital Media

On Digital Media 129: Pseudonymous

In this episode, John Federico (@gadgetboy), Steve Hatch (@shatch) and Craig Calder (@ccalder) discuss:

• Ultralight Startups will introduce new, innovative format at next week’s event
• Facebook launches Ads API
• The Great Real-Name / Pseudonym Debate (Google+, Facebook)
• Here’s a great piece on the use of pseudonyms by danah boyd
• Facebook wants real identities for commerce
• Randi Zuckerberg leaves Facebook to start social marketing firm
• Web.com acquires Network Solutions for $400 million (down from $800 million, which was down from the original purchase price of $21 Billion. Ouch.) We express our true feelings for NetSol.
• Foursquare integrates with Klout - your check-ins now increase your Klout score. Do you care?

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On Digital Media 128: Shiny Disc Debate

In this episode, John Federico (@gadgetboy), Steve Hatch (@shatch) and Craig Calder (@ccalder) discuss:

• Our own Chia-Lin Simmons (@chialinsimmons) was named one of the Top 27 Women in Tech to Follow on Twitter by Huffington Post
• Spotify launches in the U.S.
• Rdio, MOG or Spotify? What about Pandora and Last.fm?
• Netflix price increase is a strategic imperative, not a financial one
• @shatch predicts that neftlix will no longer distribute DVD’s in 5 years,
• Google+
• @shatch believes that Google+ will impact the growth of Facebook in 2 years 
• @shatch believes that Google+ will impact the growth of Twitter in 6 months
• BIG show for Mr. Hatch. ;)

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On Digital Media 127: The Cloud Wars

In this episode, John Federico (@gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (@chialinsimmons), Steve Hatch (@shatch) and Craig Calder (@ccalder) discuss:

• Best Buy’s Music Cloud. (3 of us predict FAIL - but who’s the optimist?)
• Best Buy’s Music Cloud vs. Apple’s iCloud with iTunes Match vs. Amazon’s Cloud Drive vs. Google Music. Fight!
• Mobile Social Gaming is HOT! HOT! HOT!
• PopCap games acquired for $1 Billion - but by whom?
• The most successful mobile social gaming company you never heard of
• First self-published Kindle author hits the 1 million mark
• Is local media storage a thing of the past?
• Netflix Streaming goes down, down, down
• iPhone on Verizon has slowed the sale of Android phones in the US
• Next Apple iPhone to coincide with iOS 5. Our wallets are already open.

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On Digital Media 126: Grouponimous

In this episode John Federico (@gadgetboy), Steve Hatch (@shatch) and Craig Calder (@ccalder) dig into the effectiveness of Groupon, Living Social and their ilk. We also take a peek at Pandora’s business and discuss Apple’s Chief of Retail’s ship jumping.

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On Digital Media 125: LIVE from Blogworld in New York City #bweny

We’re joined by special guests Tom Webster from Edison Research (@webby2001) and our old friend Ken Gellman of StrongMail for this special live episode where we wrap-up the Digital Broadcasting Track at the inaugural Blogworld and New Media Expo New York conference.