Google to acquire Admob for $750M

What was originaly planned finally happened. Admob, from the beginning of its life, thought of being acquired by Google i.e this was their Exit Strategy.

The question is who’s next now.  Buzz City was in close competition with Admob. Big Internet Giants are going shopping pretty soon into mobile advertising networks.

New Video from the authors of Did You Know

The Gen Y guide to Web 2.0 at work

The Gen Y Guide to Web 2.0 at Work

View more presentations from Sacha Chua.

After Web 2.0 the Web² {square}

If Woz ran Apple – a nice pic by the Joy of Tech

Once your TV is connected…

I believe the future of video consumption on TV will be driven by 3 things:

1. Watching Live content (mainly sports, news, events, TV series, reality show)

2. Access to On-Demand content through recommendations, social networks,from Internet

3. User Experience -a simple, easy and convergent interface, TV, Web & Mobile – and soon to come is the 3D technology (see finepix real 3D)

Of course the device on which you will watch this content will just depend on “where you are” when you want to watch it.

In this post I will focus more on companies aiming at providing video services directly to end users, mostly without going through a Pay-TV provider.

What the F**K is Social Media: One Year Later

Sky Player and the apps…now what next?

The company is giving nothing, telling followers @SkyMobile that they should keep an eye on the iTunes store in a coupe of weeks for more details.

Sky already released 3 iPhone apps : Sky News, Sky Sports Live Cricket and a Sky+ PVR remote.

Maybe we will see an app for booking or VOD Catalog app…let’s keep an eye on the app store.

The Sky Player is: “the home of Sky TV – but online. For anyone. Hundreds of Sky Movies plus loads of top TV titles. Available right now. You don’t even need a Sky dish! Want more information?” That is how they advertize it…at least on their website.

Doesn’t this sound like a defensive move to you…

Do you Sling? …I do

An article from the NyTimes talked about the future of Sling Media and its flag-ship product: the Sling Box.

The editor starts by a glimpse on what could be heaven for a TV fan:

Technology evangelists and television aficionados want all their TV on the Web, and they are tired of waiting for Internet companies and content owners to make it happen.

But such an entertainment nirvana already exists — at least for owners of a silver and black gadget called the Slingbox.

Why Sling Box was created? The basic need covered by the SlingBox was the ability to watch your favourite content anywhere i.e watching the NFL/NHL finals when abroad, outside of your home or in another country. And I knew some Americans living in Singapore using Sling Boxes of friends in the US to watch their favorite sports events.

While on twitter…

I started using twitter recently and I found that sometimes there are overflows…