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Wow, thanks for the list. Sure would like the "hits" broken down ie..repetitive people, new people, amount of time spent per visit, the number of articles, ads, links, accessed while there etc..money spent, email access, and so on. Do they do that? It may perhaps give a better understanding of where they are on the value chain versus popularity list. Or maybe they wouldn't want us to know that info?
I agree the "hit" list will continue to evolve, for better or for worse. Wasn't AOL at the top of that list once?
I'm wondering what effect qode will have, when it becomes mainstream, on this list?
July 06, 2006
Chinese Communist parts sends out MMS propaganda for birthday celebration
party_girl.gif In what I believe is a first for a political party, the Chinese Communist Party sent out a propoganda MMS animation as part of its 85th anniversary celebrations.
The little pigtailed girl pictured here bounces up and down to a tinny tune that seems to be a rendition of Enter the New Era, the Deng era propaganda classic about reform and opening up.
The lo-tech animation is accompanied by a litle text that uses the name of various songs such as The East is Red to form a poem wishing the Party a happy 85th birthday, and you a happy weekend.
Some of the lyrics:
Singing The East is Red, we get ourselves together and stand up
It's spring time, we're reforming and opening up
And we're gonna get rich!
[danwei via notes from somewhere bizarre]
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Regarding MySpace rise: never been to that site, and now that you've told me its the most popular I definitely wont go there. Most popular means "fad" to me, this to shall pass. Remember what Yogi said "nobody goes there anymore its to crowded".
Regarding TV: The real tragedy is mainstream news reporting, pure propaganda IMHO, Here is the definition of journalism from dictionary.com "The style of writing characteristic of material in newspapers and magazines, consisting of direct presentation of facts or occurrences with little attempt at analysis or interpretation." Have not seen that on my tv, you?
It reads like an olive branch to me. Maybe PP and CF have kissed and made up?
Great comments, couldn't agree more.
He appears to be a 17 yr. old high school student, amateur computer programmer, who thought up the name with his friends a couple of years ago. It was available as a .net domain so he uses it as his personal blog. Very innocent IMO. But maybe a future employee of NeoMedia!!
Sorry to disappoint you Doc. but I'm just a construction worker trying to get out of the business by investing in NeoMedia. Maybe next year?
Now that is funny
Financial statements are not my thing either, so last year I asked my accountant to review NeoMedias, and he told me they were an extremely risky investment. During the course of a few meetings with him I was able to explain to him my understanding of their technologies and potential. He is in his late 60's, extremely conservative, and I think he still has the first nickel he ever made. (my kind of accountant) He bought 20,000 shares. I am not a salesman, so I figure if he gets it, so will millions more.
I mention NeoMedia to a lot of people. I tell them to go online and check them out, buy some shares with money you wont miss, cigarette money, gambling money, etc.., put the shares aside and buy more when the story starts to unfold. It won't be long now.
Thank you for the well written , easily understood explanation of that case. I agree it would be nice to have a court decision in NeoMedias favor, to set precedent for possible future litigation. It appears to be obvious that Neomedia would win based on my understanding of things. However, I always fear the unknown qualities and predispositions of Judges. I hope their counsel is the best of the best. I trust management will make the appropriate call. I owned that stock also for a couple of years, what a roller coaster ride that was.
With all the recent info that has come out of the ASM I would be buying more if I had cash available. You are not alone in the red, my sense is many, myself included, are losing money at this level. That's not important though, I shouldn't offer you comfort. You should be focusing on understanding the potential of this company.Try to read and understand their patents. If thats over your head, then research the history and background of their employes. There are no slouches among them, all extremely educated and experienced. Most have the ability to work anywhere they choose, and they chose NeoMedia. They understand and see the potential in NeoMedia and thats why they are here, to turn that potential into reality.
Hypotheticaly speaking, if I was down 50% on my investment I would try to figure out if there was a greater chance of the stock going to 0, or climbing back up to breakeven. To me it's a no brainer, but the question is, what will you do?
No risk, no reward.
RE: Patent Infringement: RMBS
# Aug 01 RMBS vs IFX: Judge Payne (District court of Virgina - "rocket docket") wrote:
"The clear and convincing evidence shows that Rambus knew, or should have known, that its patent-infringement suit was baseless, unjustified and frivolous - one which reasonably intelligent people should have known would have no chance of success"
# Jun 02 FTC CC issues a complaint against Rambus, based on Payne's findings
# Jan 03 RMBS vs IFX: CAFC (nation-wide patent experts) wrote:
"In sum, the district court erred in its construction of each of the disputed terms. In light of the revised claim construction, this court vacates the grant of JMOL of noninfringement and remands for the district court to reconsider infringement." "In sum, substantial evidence does not support the jury's verdict that Rambus breached its duties under the EIA/JEDEC policy. Infineon did not show the first element of a Virginia fraud action and therefore did not prove fraud associated with the SDRAM standard. No reasonable jury could find otherwise. The district court erred in denying JMOL of no fraud on the SDRAM verdict. Because of these holdings, the new trial and injunction issues are moot."
# Oct 03 RMBS vs IFX: Supreme Court (highest court of the U.S.) confirmed the CAFC.
# After 54 days of hearings, 44 live witness records, 1,770 admitted exhibits, 12,000 pages of trial transcript and 3 extensions of time later...
Feb 04 FTC ALJ wrote:
"Complaint Counsel have failed to sustain their burden of proof with respect all three of the violations alleged in the Complaint. A review of the three violations alleged in the Complaint shows that although Respondent is in possession of monopoly power in the relevant markets, Complaint Counsel have failed to demonstrate that Respondent engaged in a pattern of exclusionary, anticompetitive conduct which subverted an open standards process, or that Respondent utilized such conduct to capture an unlawfl monopoly in the technology-related markets. Analyzing the challenged conduct under established principles of economics and antitrust law and utilizing the preponderance of evidence standard, Complaint Counsel have not proven the elements necessary to support a finding of liability."
Judge Payne was very experienced, both parties were aware of his history, and yet he proved to be incompetent. It took almost 5 years for this case to come to fruition. Rambus had the financial ability to survive, they were not a penny stock.
Attack of the Patent Attorneys : http://japan.seekingalpha.com/article/5811
RE: Alice Cuneo-
4/7/2006
U.S. mobile ad market takes first steps
By Lorraine Turner
The U.S. mobile advertising industry is worth anywhere between US$50 million
to US$100 million, according to a panel of experts talking at the CTIA
Wireless 2006 trade show in Las Vegas Thursday.
Nihal Mehta, CEO of mobile advertising company Ipsh! and Omnicom, leans more
towards the higher end of the scale, saying the market is now worth in
excess of US$100 million based on the company's own growth of six- to
seven-fold this year. Mehta added that mobile marketing campaigns cost on
average US$100,000 with prices having risen by up to four times this year.
"Brands are attributing more revenue to mobile ... we used to abstract from
online, now there are actual budgets," he said.
Mehta said there are now 30 mobile advertising agencies in the U.S. "The
market is so big, companies are not running into each other," he commented.
However, Alice Cuneo, a journalist at advertising industry title AdAge.com,
said figures still vary widely in the industry.
Cuneo told Total Telecom that the market is too young to put a figure on it,
with media analysis firm TNS not even analysing the size of the market.
However, U.S. carriers are starting to address the market opportunities, she
added.
"Operators are starting to talk and to make ad content models," she said,
adding that the operators are looking at two tiered models such as US$15
content without adverts or US$5 with adverts. Equally, operators are looking
at advertising models as becoming part of the network.
However, issues such as interoperability between the carriers remain a
challenge.
"How you get information to carriers in this country is challenging," said
Rich Begert, president and CEO of Wireless Services Corporation. "The
technology is very different as opposed to GSM," which is a unified standard
he added.
The U.S. mobile advertising market still lags behind the likes of Japan,
South Korean and Europe.
"There is a huge difference between the U.S. and the rest of the world
because the U.S. pays for incoming messages," said Mehta. "Surfing the
mobile Internet is still on-deck. In Europe, it is the other way round," he
added.
(Off-deck is commonly known as off-portal in Europe).
Another major factor is the lead time to bringing campaigns to the market.
"The lead time to get all the operators signed up is 10 to 12 weeks for a
standard mobile campaign," said Mehta. This compares to two to three weeks
in the U.K.
However, the role of advertising on mobile phones is still under debate.
AdAge's Cuneo said most people do not want to be bothered by adverts. But
Bill Diggins, founder and CEO of Diggit Entertaiment Group, said mobile
advertising will be based on highly targeted marketing.
"It needs to be highly relative content to people's lives," said Diggins.
Here she is at The Mobile Entertainment Summit, San. Fran. CA. Sept. 26, 2005
EX Level Room 1
Business
6:10-7:00: Mobile Marketing: Magic or Menace?
The major cellular carriers have adopted new "best practices" they say will encourage wireless multimedia advertising and minimize undesired intrusion on consumers' privacy. Some consumer groups complain the wireless business is simply legitimizing mobile spam. Who's telling the truth?
Feature Presentation: Bango
*
Maria Mandel, Ogilvy Interactive, Partner, Director, Digital Innovation
* Hartmut Neven, Neven Vision, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
*
Elizabeth Harz, Yahoo! Inc., Category Development Officer, Technology
*
Stephen Oman, ChangingWorlds, Program Director
*
Jack Philbin, Vibes Media, Co-founder and President
* Matthew Feldman, Versaly Entertainment, Chief Executive Officer
*
Moderator: Alice Cuneo, Advertising Age, West Coast Editor
I read some other articles also, this woman has an agenda.IMO
Great comments Beacon, in fairness to judges, I don't think anyone particularly likes to work hard, however no matter what the profession, it's the "hard" that makes it great, and usually successful. Doctor, Lawyer or Indian Chief, there are good ones and bad ones, and everywhere in between.
The intricacies of patents, and patent law, especially of the high tech design, are way over my head and possibly a few judges to. JMHO
Your posts are extremely informative and I look forward to reading them. In this comment to Beacon I would only add the word (eventually) "3. The courts must enforce valid patents. If that means issuing an injunction and a damages award against an infringer, that is what they are required to do. And the recent Supreme Court decision that indicates that a court need not award an injunction in favor of a "patent troll" does not appear to be relevant here. The case is distinguishable on its facts as Neom's circumstances do not - to me - appear to to trigger the concerns that underly the Supreme Court's decision in that case."
In my first, and second hand experience with judges I find them to be very human and fallible. If they make an improper decision, it could take years to appeal it. Although their decisions are supposed to be based on standing law, they to are influenced by "outside forces", such as politics, prestigious lawyers, golfing buddies, their own prejudices etc...
I believe judges prefer to see settlements, and go out of their way to encourage them. Please don't misunderstand my comments, I have high regard for men and women of that profession. In my limited experience unless you have a lot of time and even more money, in the real world, it is not worth the risk. Just a poor mans opinion.
What happens to Scanbuy is not my concern, I trust management to do what is best for NeoMedia Technologies, Inc.( thank you for correcting me)
My 2 cents: you have "mixed feelings" about Scanbuy? Business and War are not about "feelings". Political correctness is an oxymoron. NeoMedia management should deal with Scanbuy in a manner that is monetarialy beneficial to NeoMedia Corp. and its shareholders and nothing else. You think because you see Scanbuys name out there in the "mainstream media" that it means they are more sucessful? You think because the "mainstream media" says we are losing the war on terror that we are? It's called marketing, and in my opinion, when there is no substance you heap the marketing, you pile up the BS out of desperation. In the end Patents and Truth will prevail. Business is a constant struggle, War is hell, thats the way it will always be.
PS: Truly amazing the people on this board, thank you for your opinions, facts, DD, and time. The dialogue is refreshing.
Pamplonan, if Success was around today she would have squelched that FINX confusion in its tracks. I felt compelled to stop it since I remember having read about it. I had to register to do so, been lurking here for over 2 years, couldnt resist the moniker considering the news today.
DISPOSAL OF QODE BUSINESS UNIT
On August 31, 2001, the Company signed a non-binding letter of intent to sell the assets and liabilities of its Ft. Lauderdale-based Qode business unit, which it acquired in March 2001, to The Finx Group, Inc., a holding company based in Elmsford, NY. The Finx Group was to assume $620,000 in Qode payables and $800,000 in long-term leases in exchange for 500,000 shares of the Finx Group, right to use and sell Qode services, and up to $5 million in affiliate revenues over the next five years. During the third and fourth quarters of 2001 and the first quarter of 2002, the company recorded a $2.6 million expense from the write-down of the Qode assets/liabilities to net realizable value.
The loss for discontinued operations during the phase-out period from August 31, 2001 (measurement date) to September 30, 2001 was $439,000. No further loss is anticipated.
During June 2002, the Finx Group notified the Company that it did not intend to carry out the letter of intent due to capital constraints. As a result, during the three-month period ended June 30, 2002, the Company recorded an additional expense of $1.5 million for the write-off of remaining Qode assets. As of September 30, 2002, the Company had $1.5 million of liabilities relating to the Qode system on its books.