Paying to Hear the Complaints [New York Times]
Sites like RelevantMind, a product research aggregator, tap the wisdom of crowds and make it easier for both shoppers and small businesses to get feedback from consumers.
Music Test: Can a Firm Profit From Free Tunes? [Wall Street Journal]
NGT fav Rcrd Lbl has opened up to the WSJ. The ad-supported record label-cum-blog from Engadget’s Peter Rojas and Downtown Records offers free and unrestricted downloads from its artists like the Cold War Kids and Mos Def. Game-changing stuff.
CBS Offers Midtown Manhattan Free Wireless Internet Access[CenterNetworks]
As New Yorkers mourn the WiMax setback, they can tide themselves over with a free high-speed Wi-Fi zone in the middle of the city to be created by CBS.
The Paperless Map Is the Killer App [BusinessWeek]
Mobile navigation and location-based services will prove more popular than even media downloads. The number of GPS-equipped cell phones will hit 162 million this year, or more than seven times the number of navigation devices sold for use in cars or other nonphone gadgets.
YouTube HD Coming Soon [TechCrunch]
Although preliminary testing has shown that HD video’s long buffering times could drive away certain viewers, YouTube will offer its first HD content within 3 months.
Most at NYU Say Their Vote has a Price [Washington Square News via Politico]
Most NYU students would forfeit their vote in the 2008 election for the right price. 66 percent would give up their vote for a year’s tuition, and 20 percent would exchange it for an iPod Touch. Reminds us of Chinese youth who rank a Wii ahead of democracy.
Mobile TV: Leaping Hurdles, Gaining Speed [The Bridge]
Mobile video revenues jumped 317% to almost $200 million from 2005-2006. Driven by advancements in wireless and handset technology, worldwide mobile video subscriptions are expected to reach 46 million by 2010.
Web Videos Stealing TV Viewers, and Marketers [New York Times]
As broadband becomes more common in homes, online video is drawing viewers and marketers away from television.
Related: Online Videos Attract Broad Audience [MediaPost]
Twentieth, Yahoo! Plan Joint Show [TV Week]
Retailers Come Calling, Literally, for the Holidays [Wall Street Journal]
Major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Nordstrom and Best Buy have embraced mobile advertising and couponing this holiday season. J.C. Penney will even offer a cell phone wake-up call to eager shoppers on Black Friday.
Google Has Even Bigger Plans for Mobile Phones [Wall Street Journal]
Latest word is that Google will bid on that hotly contested wireless spectrum airwaves that can be used to provide wireless phone and Internet services—in an FCC auction in January. Bigtime.
Amazon to Debut Kindle E-book Reader Monday [Cnet]
Want another way to go green? Stop buying books. Try Amazon’s new Kindle e-book Reader, the new version will have Wi-Fi capabilities that allow it to connect to an Amazon e-book store. Consumers can even listen to audio books by plugging in headphones.
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