Bookmarks for 7 Apr 2009
- Adgregate Markets Scores Distribution Deal With Google’s DoubleClick
A new kind of online ad that allows complete purchasing within the space of the ad itself. The discussion below is interesting, with people asking "who would trust such a thing?" (advertising google shopping ) - Do cancer scare stories give you the Daily Mail? | qwghlm.co.uk
"One of the little things I’ve been running since the New Year is The (New) Daily Mail Oncological Ontology Project, a project devoted to tracking “the Daily Mail’s classification of inanimate objects into two types: those that cause cancer, and those that cure it.”" (daily_mail humour ) - BBC Builders: Matthew Shorter on opening up BBC Music online | Media | guardian.co.uk
Matthew Shorter, interactive editor for Music, Audio & Interactive, talks about BBC Music online. (bbc music interview technology ) - The Guardian is wrong about Google :: Shane Richmond
Shane Richmond on GMG's letter to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. "Newspapers are struggling and it's up to Google to do something about it. At least, that's what the Guardian believes. [...] The changes forced on the news business by the internet have left all newspapers under threat. It's up to us to find a way to make the business model work. The economics are fairly straightforward: Google has a surplus of content available to it for aggregation. They aren't going to pay for that content because it is so plentiful." (google newspapers gmg telegraph government ) - Twitter on Scala
A conversation with Twitter developers about their move from Ruby to Scala. (twitter ruby scala scalability interview )
