Archive for October 26th, 2008
Act NOW for Better Internet Access. Support Technology Innovation in America.
My friend Tom Evslin reminded me that on November 4th there is a good chance that the FCC will do something really good to improve Internet and mobile phone access in the US: on that day the Commission is planning on voting on regulations to open huge swatches of idle but extremely valuable radio spectrum for open UNLICENSED use. The spectrum in question is the so-called TV White Spaces, the radio frequencies between existing TV stations. Making such spectrum available for unlicensed use wil...
obviously very necessary
10 Tips for Building Revenue in the Ad Recession
Late last week, my partners and I here at Polaris Ventures hosted a summit for all of our portfolio companies in and around the online advertising sector. In addition to the some 20 portfolio executives that attended, we brought in a handful of senior industry execs to share their experiences, among them Joe Gillespie, EVP of CBS Interactive CBS/CNET; Michael Barrett, formerly of Fox Interactive Media; Carolyn Everson, EVP of MTV Networks; Scott Kurnit, founder of About.com; Stewart Bogarty EVP...
Light in the Tunnel
Jack Welch was on This Week with George talking about the economic crisis. He said that by 3Q09 we will see the light at the end of the tunnel. There are many pieces of the bail-out that have yet to be put in place. Things will get worse in the next couple of quarters and then improve by 2010. That means we will be hearing “I’ll save you money” as the pitch for the next year - even more than we do now. I don’t think it will work. As I told the Adtran-XO Partner aud...
Top 10 Web Tools for Election ‘08
Election Day is just around the corner. So in order to help you get informed about the candidates, the issues, the numbers and the process, we’ve pulled together a list of the top 10 election-related tools on the web. Enjoy — and get out there and vote! Refresh your memory as to what the candidates have said in their speeches. Add election-related gadgets to your site, like Google’s series of electoral map and video mashups that link to clips of major candidates’ speech...
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