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23 Jul 2008

CPM vs CPA

I’ve been recently discussing with industry friends what is going to be pricing model of the future: the publisher-friendly CPM or the advertiser-dream CPA. The industry as it stands now sees CPA as the bastard child of online advertising and many times... (posted on 23 Jul 2008 by SkyHorse.Org)
Facebook had their second f8 conference today.  I’ve consolidated all of the information without all the fluff in this blog post.  Here are some of the key takeaways from the presentation. iPhone Framework Benjamin Ling, Director of Platform Product... (posted on 23 Jul 2008 by Pulse 2)
Check this post The 7 deadly sins and 10 lessons of a failed startup from Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: "Building a startup is the most difficult, and most rewarding, thing anyone can do. Sometimes you can even make some money at the end of it all.... (posted on 23 Jul 2008 by Pito's Technology Blog)
Matchmine—the Foxborough, MA-based startup whose recommendation engine helps consumers find songs, videos, and other content they’re likely to enjoy at various content-oriented websites, and which we profiled in September 2007 and again in April... (posted on 23 Jul 2008 by Xconomy)
Nobody’s going public these days, but the acquisitions market is certainly heating up. A day after Boeing announced its purchase of Bingen, WA-based Insitu, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is getting into the act. The San Jose, CA-based networking giant announced... (posted on 23 Jul 2008 by Xconomy)
  I once read an article in Business 2.0.  The article asked the reader which software company do you think touches our everyday lives the most.  The answer was Adobe Systems (NASDAQ:ADBE).  Adobe software is used for the magazines we read, the... (posted on 23 Jul 2008 by Pulse 2)

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