Wise Buddha

Blogging is currently flavour of the month and it is interesting to see all types of businesses try to get to grips with losing control of their brand - to a greater or lesser extent depending upon the amount of pent up frustration out there it seems.
There have been numerous instances of companies ignoring the […]

Boompa.com is a new car social networking site (very 2.0) and even if the business doesn’t succeed then the story of bringing a web 2.0 business from idea to launch is worth a read for every budding entrepreneur. They have documented the entire process and you can read about their exploits here.

Here’s a handy summary demonstrating the breadth of sites out there catering for every interest and social interaction.
Like dogs try Dogster joking aside here are some impressive stats from Dogster
Cats your thing try Catster
Cars of interest?
School buds

We’ve got to the stage where commentators are referring to the cultural revolution that is iPod in almost biblical terms - before iPod and after iPod etc. So it is interesting to note that audiophiles who have long sniffed at compressing music and favour vinyl have now decided the iPod makes the audiophile grade read […]

Great news - Skype has announced that all calls within the US and Canada to a land line or cell phone are free until at least the end of the year. If like me you use Skype everyday then that’s music to your ears if you don’t why not - it’s free!
Read more about the […]

It’s been a bit of a wait but ABC has finally decided to experiment with offering episodes of some of their top TV franchises the day after broadcast. Check out ABC’s service here
You can watch episodes of Commander in Chief (no thanks) Desperate Housewives (yes please) and Alias (so so) the trial runs until the […]

XBOX 360 is about more than just gaming it aims to be the centre of your digital lifestyle at home. Microsoft have just announced an interesting deal with Epic records that is a big indication of their future intent. Read about it here.
It will be interesting to see how many people are prepared to let […]

A British study has recently concluded that playing video games can actually be a beneficial past time for young people as it helps them build social skills. As young people spend as much time playing games as doing their homework this is probably good news for parents.
Researchers at Brunel University used an online java-based gaming […]

Marketers are interested in knowing what people are searching for on the web - you never know it could be your own brand! Google provides a Zeitgeist of all the top searches by country. See the main page here - it’s a useful top line insight tool. If you don’t know what Zeitgeist means our […]

Current TV is an interesting example of how a ‘channel’ is building a business using user content as opposed to producing and commissioning programs the old fashioned way. Perhaps this is the future with contributors producing their own ‘Pods’ of content.
Everybody’s talking about Google it seems these days so check out how they produce their […]