Wednesday, 2 September 2009

Cleaning out my closet...
























Few relevant snippets from New Media Age, 6th August 2009 edition

Vonage Says Apple OKs iPhone App

"Vonage (VG) shares are skyrocketing after hours following the company’s announcement that Apple (AAPL) has approved its mobile application for iPhone and iPod. "


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Comment: Let's have that again, shall we? "Vonage (VG) shares are skyrocketing" Skyrocketing. SKYROCKETING!!!!

And can Blinkx's utterly clueless, totally useless mgmt get it together to release a Blinkx-branded app for the iPhone? Well CAN THEY?......

So where's the Blinkx app then?



















Tuesday, 1 September 2009

Top Developer Reveals Android Market’s Meager Sales

"It’s no secret that Apple’s App Store has been leaps and bounds more succesful than Android’s comparable Market, but it isn’t often we get concrete data that shows just how poorly Android’s store is faring in comparison. Today Android developer Larva Labs has postedsome of the sales figures for its top applications, and the results are not impressive: Larva has two apps in Android’s top paid apps list called Battle For Mars and RetroDefense, ranking #5 and #12 respectively, and between them the company has raked in an average of $62.39 per day over the last month. Ouch..."


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Comment: OK, so maybe Blinkx shouldn't waste dev time writing an app for the Android store - but surely such clear evidence of the Apple store's massive popularity and lead makes it all the more unforgivable that the company hasn't yet released an Apple store Blinkx-branded app?

Where exactly is Blinkx in this article?

"Hulu, Blinkbox and YouTube: Our ultimate guide to VOD

The UK video-on-demand market is in a state of war with Hulu, Blinkbox, YouTube, MSN Video and Arqiva all battling to become the nation's favourite web TV service..."

The Telegraph


Hey, I've got an idea:
sack Blinkx's PR company and get a new one!

Google reveals next-gen search engine plans























from New Media Age, 20th August 2009 edition

Google teams with Rockabox to offer dynamic video ads














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Is it just me, or does anyone else feel that Blinkx just isn't moving fast enough and is being left behind in the hyper-accelerated online video industry?

from New Media Age, 20th August edition