Tag: Business
NOISE GATE: Do geeks know anything about the music business?
An almighty beef has kicked off between Idolator and Listening Post, where the former has blasted the latter with a headline accusing them of stupidity, claiming that “online nerds” don’t know anything about the music business.
It started with the disclosure of EMI’s financial data the other day. In that, it was revealed that 88% of EMI’s artists make a loss, almost 50 per cent of CDs were returned unsold in April and May 2007, and the label spent £700,000 on taxis in London in the last financial year. To anyone but old-school music business people, that would seem ridiculous and not a good way to run a company, right…?
Radiohead "pay what you want" numbers released
Ever since Radiohead’s revolutionary “pay what you want” experiment on their most recent album, “In Rainbows”, the band has steadfastly refused to release any figures on how successful it was.
This led some to conclude that it was a massive flop with millions paying nothing. However, the band’s publisher, Warner-Chapell, has just released figures proving doubters wrong. Across all mediums, physical and download, the band sold three million albums. Considering their previous three albums sold in the low hundreds of thousands, that’s not too bad…
AMD to split into two companies
Business news anyone? It might not be very exciting, but if you don’t have an Intel chip in the PC you’re reading this on, then you’ll almost certainly have an AMD chip in there, so pay attention.
AMD are splitting their business into two companies. The first will be focused on designing microprocessors, and the second will actually manufacture them – a process which is expensive and debt-laden. The new manufacturing company will be called the Foundry Company, and AMD will own 44.4 percent of it, with the rest being owned by a Abu Dhabi company called Advanced Technology…
HP to release touchscreen iPAQ smartphone for consumers
Following Apple’s lead in the “laptop companies starting to make phones” stakes, the Wall Street Journal are reporting that HP are going to launch a Windows Mobile 6.1-powered smartphone in Europe within the next two months…
NOISE GATE: Why music subscription services will eventually work
This is the second installment of Noisegate, my weekly column on digital music. If you’re interested, then you can find last week’s, as well as future weeks’ columns right here.
This week I’m going to talk about subscription services and mobile phones. With the launch of Nokia’s “Comes with Music” expected this Thursday, and Sony Ericsson’s “PlayNow” service expected soon, too, I thought now would be a good time to muse on whether subscription services will ever really work in the long term.
Yahoo! start discussions with AOL
It’s been a little while since the “Microhoo” shenanigans of earlier this year where titans Microsoft tried to take over the struggling Yahoo! Yahoo! haven’t really got too far since – a hoped-for ad deal with Google is struggling to get regulatory backing, and investors are worried…
UPDATED: RUMOUR: Google to buy Valve?
If this story’s true, it’s massive. The Inquirer are reporting that sources close to both companies are reporting that Google is about to acquire Valve. Valve is the company behind the hugely popular and genre-defining Half-Life games, but more than that, it owns a content delivery service called Steam.
InFocus pushes out IN3100 Series multimedia projectors
InFocus continues to push out business-friendly projectors with the launch of three new models in its IN3100 range. You know what, I wouldn’t mind seeing one of these sitting in my front room.
Sitting neatly between the IN1100 and IN5100 Series of projectors, these units features both DisplayLink and HDMI connections, meaning you should (with the help of an adapter here and there) be able to connect it to pretty much any PC or AV product…
Bizarre rumour of the week: Mormons make a bid to buy Facebook
Wow, this one’s rather out of left field. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, better known as the Mormons, have apparently made an unsolicited bid to acquire Facebook…
InFocus launching IN1100 and IN1500 series of video projectors
InFocus has launched two new projectors aimed at those in business and education. While they’re not the most sexy projectors going, they pack some nifty features that’ll make them the envy of the conference room or classroom (if that’s possible).
The IN1100 series of projectors are small enough to hold in the palm of your hand, so are easily transportable…
