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Esquire magazine is leading the new digital revolution. Another digital revolution, not the 1985 one using Mac’s, or the 1994 one using the web, but an altogether better, uh, revolution. This latest revolution using E-In - the stuff that Powers the Kindle and similar to Sony’s Ebook reader (if not the same) means print magazines can finally jump 100 years ahead of where they were and display digital text on their pages. Although this version is a bit ropey - even the publisher is calling it 1.0 technology (I’d call it 0.5), it could lead the way to a true revolution - meaning the entire magazine is no longer printed on ink/paper but produced using a flexible screen. When that day comes, I’ll be the happiest guy in the media world.

Having been a Netflix subscriber for a couple or 3 years, I was pretty pleased when they started the “watch now” streaming service. It’s pretty good when you’re on the road, but not so good watching at home on a laptop… That changed with the launch of the Roku Netflix player. Before I go any further, stop what you are doing, ie, reading this blog, and click here to go buy one.

Microsoft has dropped its flamboyant offer to buy Yahoo because the Yahooligans were greedy and thus the two sides could not agree on an acceptable sale price. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer formally withdrew the offer in a letter to Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang.

Folio Magazine have an interesting story on how some of the biggest B2B publishers are coming together to create the BBN (business to business network anyone?) to combat the drop in print revenues. Folio are dead wrong. I really think the BBN will be going head to head with Google. Publishers […]

Facebook is for students - right? It used to be, and by staying focussed on that niche is what made Facebook go global. Today we have Yeek - the Drupal based site for gamers to interact, write comments, create online profiles, talk smack and generally hang out with fellow gamers - when they aren’t kicking ass and taking names in Call of Duty, Halo and WOW. Check it out, you’ll be amazed at how much freedom you have to create your own stuff.