“Last but not least, Tumblr plans to launch two revenue generating features next month. Details are scarce (all we know is they’ll be powered by the widget, pictured below), but with constant talk of Twitter’s revenue generating plans (which are still completely open to interpretation), it’ll be interesting to see how Tumblr plans to tackle the issue. Its success (or lack thereof) might pave the way for microblogging networks (although Tumblr arguably stands in the middle, between blogging and microblogging), an area traditionally devoid of revenue.
About Mashable:
“Mashable is an Internet news blog, started by Pete Cashmore in July 2005. With a reported 7+ million monthly pageviews and an Alexa ranking just over 400, it ranks as one of the largest blogs on the Internet. Mashable regularly writes about YouTube, Facebook, Google, Twitter, MySpace, Apple and startups, but it also reports on less high-profile social networking and social media sites. Mashable is popular on many social networks. As of December 21, 2009, it has over 1.8 million Twitter followers, over 90,000 fans on Facebook, and over 330,000 RSS subscribers.” (wikipedia)
Check Mashable’s “About Us” page.
First spotted via Oueb Niouzes.
• Mar 08, 2010 link notes tagged: technology communication economy business Tumblr social
The Business Insider | CHART OF THE DAY: “Amazon’s Stock Wins Day One Of The iPad Onslaught” by Jay Yarow and Kamelia Angelova, Jan. 27, 2010
“Amazon won the first day of its battle with the iPad. At least, as measured by investors. Amazon finished the day up almost 3%, while Apple was only up 1%. This is a long term battle, but Jeff Bezos is probably feeling better than he thought he would today.” (more)
• Jan 27, 2010 link notes [via] tagged: technology communication iPad Amazon book electronic business economy chart statistics
 | It takes a hell of a lot of nerve for a man to stand up at the Oscarcast and proclaim himself King of the World. James Cameron just got re-elected. |
A good critic by Ebert, 8,4 on IMDb (as for now, only 3821 members voted), a promising 83% on Metacritic : that’s not a bad start. People playing on HSX seems to think the film will be able to make a little over 200M$ in the next four week (estimations are a little more optimistic on Cantor Exchange, a parent company of HSX). The estimated budget is 230M$ (though it as been speculated it cost much more: there’s a good paper on the subject in The New York Times). Gross numbers related to first day and first week-end of exploitation should give a more precise idea of the situation.
• Dec 17, 2009 link notes tagged: art technology film filmmaker science-fiction avatar business blockbuster commercial box office critic reception
