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What’s Coming in Internet Advertising: 12 Predictions for 2012

Posted on January 10, 2012 by robhof

I did my annual predictions first on my Forbes blog, The New Persuaders, since they’re focused largely on the Internet media and advertising I cover there. On that blog, they’re done as separate posts, but I wanted to gather them up in one place here, as I’ve done in previous years. So here’s what I [...]

Filed under: advertising, Android, angel investing, Apple, display, Facebook, Google, Google TV, iPhone, Microsoft, mobile, search, social, social games, startups, TV, Twitter, venture capital, video, wireless, Yahoo | Tagged: advertising, Android, Apple, display, Facebook, Google, Google Search, Google TV, Initial public offering, iPhone, Microsoft, mobile, search, social, social games, social networking, startups, targeting, television, Twitter, venture capital, video, wireless, Yahoo, YouTube, Zynga | 1 Comment »

Polishing Chrome at Google I/O: Angry Birds, Cheap Payments & $20 Chromebooks

Posted on May 11, 2011 by robhof

After hearing yesterday how Android is becoming a leading force in mobile devices, today at Google’s annual I/O developer conference, we’re expecting to hear how Google hopes to repeat its success in a more established realm: the Web. Google hopes to turn the Web into a mainstream platform for applications, and it’s betting heavily on [...]

Filed under: Android, Chrome OS, Google, search | Tagged: Android, Google, Google Chrome, Google Chrome OS, search, video | Leave a Comment »

What’s Coming on the Internet in 2011 (Or Not)

Posted on January 2, 2011 by robhof

I know I shouldn’t do it–predictions too often are either obvious or wrong–but I can’t help it. If I have to think about what’s coming in 2011, and I do, I might as well inflict those thoughts on the rest of the world. Isn’t that what blogging is all about? Anyway, here’s what I expect [...]

Filed under: advertising, Android, Apple, Chrome OS, display, e-commerce, Facebook, Google, Google TV, Groupon, iPhone, mobile, search, Silicon Valley, social, social games, startups, TV, Twitter, venture capital, video, virtual goods, wireless, Yahoo, YouTube, Zynga | Tagged: advertising, Android, antitrust, Apple, display, Facebook, Google, Google TV, Groupon, Initial public offering, IPO, LinkedIn, search, Silicon Valley, social, social games, social networking, startups, targeting, television, Twitter, venture capital, video, virtual goods, wireless, Yahoo, YouTube, Zynga | 2 Comments »

A Glimpse Into the Future of Television

Posted on December 20, 2010 by robhof

If there’s one thing that struck me while I was researching an article on the future of television for Technology Review, it was all the fake living rooms. Google has one. So does Roku. So do Logitech, Sezmi, and Intel (which I believe has several in different states). I’m sure I missed a dozen more. It’s a sign [...]

Filed under: advertising, Android, Google, Google TV, search, TV, video, YouTube | Tagged: advertising, Android, Boxee, Google, Google TV, search, television, video, YouTube | 1 Comment »

Why Google TV Wasn’t a Hit–and Why It’s Too Early to Write It Off

Posted on December 20, 2010 by robhof

After a spate of mostly poor-to-middling reviews, Google TV products due out at the important Consumer Electronics Show in early January have been delayed, according to the New York Times. Although Samsung and Vizio apparently will show new Google TV products–in Vizio’s case, privately–Toshiba, Sharp, and LG Electronics apparently have delayed plans to introduce Google [...]

Filed under: Google, Google TV, search, TV, video, YouTube | Tagged: Boxee, Consumer Electronics Show, Google, Google TV, search, television, video, YouTube | 1 Comment »

Why Google TV? Advertising $$$

Posted on May 20, 2010 by robhof

Eventually, when the cool glow of Google’s announcement of Google TV this morning dies down a bit, someone will ask the obvious question, one that dogs almost every new product or service the search giant releases: Why is Google doing TV software? Sure, Google makes a valid point that search can become a new way [...]

Filed under: advertising, Android, Apple, display, Google, search, TV, wireless | Tagged: advertising, Android, display, Google, search, television, video, wireless | 4 Comments »

Eric Schmidt: Google’s Next Big Business Is Display Ads

Posted on May 13, 2010 by robhof

Annual shareholder meetings can be anticlimactic snoozers, but often enough, Google’s are not. There was the time in 2008 when cofounder Sergey Brin abstained from a motion for Google to end its activities in China, on which the rest of the board voted no–providing a clue to Google’s recent decision to stop censoring search results [...]

Filed under: advertising, antitrust, Google, search, Silicon Valley, social, wireless | Tagged: advertising, Android, antitrust, display, earnings, Google, real-time, search, Silicon Valley, social, video, wireless | 3 Comments »

Peter Norvig: An Insider’s Look at Google Research

Posted on March 3, 2010 by robhof

Google is such a business powerhouse that people sometimes forget that every single penny depends on the research of thousands of engineers toiling in the bowels of the Googleplex. That’s why I always like to hear what Google’s rocket scientists have to say. This morning, at the Search Marketing Expo, Pete Norvig, Google’s director of [...]

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