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The Social Network Wars Begin In Earnest: Facebook Bans Google Friend Connect

Posted in Market research, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

It was bound to happen. The Web 2.0 community have long been all open and for sharing of information. That was until today, when face book banned Google Friends connect to harvest information and share from FaceBook.

Here is one of the seven paragraphs they posted as a response to this shift: “Now that Google has launched Friend Connect, we’ve had a chance to evaluate the technology. We’ve found that it redistributes user information from Facebook to other developers without users’ knowledge, which doesn’t respect the privacy standards our users have come to expect and is a violation of our Terms of Service.”

This is only natural, the integrity of the individual must come first – even if information is free – the risk for backlashes is far to greater then the service enablement. I am sure that this is just a beggining of what to come.

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Successful Date Certain M&A of “Business Unit and Intellectual Property”

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Steven R. Gerbsman, Principal of Gerbsman Partners and James McHugh, a member of Gerbsman Partners Board of Intellectual Capital, announced today their success in maximizing stakeholder value for a medical device company that focuses on flexible endoscopic technologies that enable surgical procedures through the body’s natural openings.

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Making money on online Video

Posted in Gerbsman Partners, Market research, Technology, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 12, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Where web 2.0 brought us nice features and video, it have had a hrad time producing business models that enables solid buiness plans. One new company, Videorix emplain themselfs as being a “self-service marketplace connecting advertisers with publishers of online-videos“. Walking the well established path of Goggle AdWords, this may be one way of generating some cash on all those videos that are everywhere on the web.

Here is a good piece Mashable:

“The system is still in very early development, and according to the creator, Nadim Elgarhy, the system is still in development, working out the kinks. As a result, the place isn’t exactly flush with advertisers, yet, but there’s an introductory offer from Nadim to promote the system itself. It’s not a particularly lucrative offer, but it shows what could be possible if the system becomes as well used as the IZEA system as well.

The system seems to pay no regard to CPMs, going with a blanket flat-fee sponsorship model. There doesn’t seem to be any ranking system as of yet, but with a little tweaking (and a lot more advertisers), this particular system could end up being a real decent marketplace for those breaking into the video realm to see a little return on their time investment.

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NABE Survey Shows 30% Forecast Economy Will Shrink

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on May 11, 2008| Leave a Comment »

http://www.foxbusiness.com/latest-news/article/recession-odds-increase-economists_569905_1.html

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iTunes challenges VOD and online DVD rentals

Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Gerbsman Partners, Market research, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on May 2, 2008| Leave a Comment »

With this latest move, Apple continues to grab for the portable media market. The latest addition is that consumers will be able to purchase recent releases on iTunes on the same day as it is released on DVD. At a $14.99 price tag Apple is likely to continue its grab for marketshare.

Here is a good analysis from Om Malik: “Given its history, the odds of Apple replicating the success it’s had with music in the movie download business are pretty high. The near ubiquity of its iTunes software and easy download process render it a good candidate for making a habit out of downloading movies. There is, of course, one problem when buying and download movies online: It takes forever.”

This is good news for the ISP´s, whom now have more upsell arguments and branding opportunities when sellling broadband connections. On the bad side, VOD Online DVD rental outlets might face some challanges that will shake up their business models quite hard.

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