Wise Buddha

I have decided to take a break from blogging for a couple of months at least. I am in the midst of moving to Australia and well to be honest blogs and blogging have left me a little jaded.
I plan to thin out my bookmarks, remove most of my RSS feeds, read a book or […]

OK I admit it I have a proverbial bee in my bonnet at the moment about the BS I see being promoted by people who feel that the social web, Web 2.0 is vital to the marketing chances of any business. I am particularly bemused by the narcissistic goings on amongst certain bloggers in the […]

It’s been in the works for a long time now - the promise of being able to purchase goods and services using your cellphone. There have been a couple of false starts but it seems that the channel has the caught the attention of some big consumer brands. McDonald’s and Japanese cell company NTT DoCoMo […]

Ladies and gentlemen – Grand Theft Auto IV
Billed as the first ‘true sequel’ since GTA III way back in 2001, this simultaneous release on PS3 and Xbox 360 uses the same breathtaking graphics engine found in Rockstar’s Table Tennis – so expect plenty of unnerving facial expressions and clothing floating in the breeze.
It looks likely […]

Reuters is reporting that Janus Friis one of the cofounders of Skype and before that KaZaA has announced intentions to launch advertiser funded internet TV shortly. Code named ‘Venice’ Friis says the launch is only a couple of months away.
Apparently it will be free for anybody who has a broadband connection. Very interesting to watch […]

If you remember the hysterical late ’90s and subsequent meltdown in 2000 you could be forgiven for having some deja vu right now…YouTube, Skype, MySpace etc. all sold for huge sums. But is it history repeating itself check this interesting article from the BBC.
For an assessment of Google’s position on the YouTube purchase check out […]

In case you are wondering here are the Top 5 according to U.S. Comscore data.
1. MySpace
2. Facebook
3. Bebo
4. Tagged
5. Piczo

Here at Wise Buddha Towers we are long time supporters of Skype. We like making free phone calls and since all calls to cell phones and land lines are free in the US and Canada until the end of the year there really is no excuse not to be an evangelist.
Skype is supporting a wide […]

Kids only want to buy sneakers if they are super-expensive and exclusive, and top sportsmen can’t be blamed for endorsing top-priced goods…right?
This conventional wisdom is being turned on its head by New York Knicks’ Stephon Marbury. Kobe, Lebron and Michael Jordan have all put their name to $150 Nike shoes, but Marbury has made it […]

As previoulsy posted it seems the music downloading space has undergone a mini seizmic change in the last few days which suggests a move toward the sale of DRM-free music by the big labels. About frickin’ time!
In our opinion as stated numerous times before this progression is ineveitable and I think we have seen potentially […]