While the "Party of No" desperately seeks something to say yes to, their
fight to rebrand themselves is met by aggressive social media
opposition by the Redditors. While bookmarking sites the likes of Digg
have withered on the digital vine over the past few years, Reddit seems
to be not only the one with staying power, but the one whose "up" or
"down" votes can sway public opinion quickly.
As tablet ownership and usage continues its upward trajectory, little surprise that more people are expected to be paying for more stuff on tablets in the coming years. But analyst Juniper Research has put out a new mobile content revenue forecast predicting that purchases on tablets will be the primary engine for growth — ergo: beating out smartphones — in the mobile content market over the next three years.
The analyst expects annual revenue generated from content delivered to mobile handsets and tablets to rise by nearly $25 billion over the period — climbing from more than $40 billion this year to $65 billion by 2016. Music and video now account for nearly half of all mobile content revenues, according to Juniper.
The analyst says growth in the mobile content market will “primarily” be fuelled by an upsurge in tablet users buying games, videos and ebooks on their slates. But it also flags up “increased opportunity” for content monetisation via direct carrier billing on smartphones as another factor helping to drive the market. “While the availability of direct carrier billing is patchy, the various benefits which the mechanism offers — higher conversion rates, opportunities to monetise unbanked customers — suggest that deployments will rise significantly in the medium term,” notes report author Dr Windsor Holden in a statement.
Returning to tablets, the report found that ebooks are currently the largest revenue stream on slates, thanks to e-reader applications from the likes of Amazon, Kobo and Nook, but goes on to add that tablets are experiencing a sharp increase in both paid and free video applications. The analyst also expects consumer gaming spend to migrate to tablets from dedicated portable gaming devices such as the Nintendo 3DS and the Sony PS Vita — something Juniper has delved into before in a separate report.
The mobile content report also notes that the convergence of gaming and social networking has been “one of the major drivers” behind the post-download monetisation opportunity — i.e. via in-app purchases.
The folks at BitTorrent have been busy little bees since the beginning of 2013. Between Sync, SoShare, Live and Surf you’d think the company already had enough projects to work on. Now it’s adding a new file format called Bundle to its lineup of experimental alphas and betas. The technical details are a bit thin at the moment, but we do know that it’s a torrent-based media format with tools added on top that allow for donation or email collection, among other things. The first release is part of a partnership with Ultra Music (home of artists such as David Guetta, Tiesto and deadmau5): a behind-the-scenes glimpse at Kaskade’s 2012 tour. When you download the Bundle, which is basically a teaser for an upcoming tour documentary, you’re also granted free access to the Dada Life remix of Dynasty. The rest of the content inside the file is essentially a self contained record store, with additional media you can unlock by submitting your email address. After the break you’ll find a quick video overview of the format, which sounds like it has plenty of potential. Now let’s hope BitTorrent isn’t stretching itself too thin with this latest project.
Filed under: Internet
Via: The Next Web
Source: BitTorrent
There’s still plenty of time to register a booth to showcase your latest
invention at the 2013 INPEX, as you’ll definitely want to impress the
various product manufacturing giants who will be combing the event for
superstar innovations…
It’s
that time again! Videogame enthusiasts from all over the world will be
tuning in to their favorite gaming websites and video portals from June
11th through the 13th for huge reveals of brand new videogames,
technology and other electronic entertainment related goodies. As
always, I can’t wait!
May the 4th is a very special day for those who are fans of Star Wars. Just like the common phrase in the movies "May the Force be with you", the phrase has since been adapted to "May the Fourth be with you", making this day into an international holiday for a movie IP.
What’s a $36 Million-Dollar
lady to do after bailing from the world’s largest search engine only to
join the ranks of a bit player the likes of Yahoo? A player that was
losing so much market share, it needed to enter a 10-year partnership agreement
with Microsoft’s Bing to stop the bleeding.
If you can solve a huge problem with the help of Verizon’s broadband
networking, cloud storage, wireless capabilities or other technology in
the fields of health care, education or sustainability, the
communications giant will give you up to 1 million dollars to develop
the idea.
Jacksonville, Florida’s huge crowdsourcing event for inventors,
innovators and creative dreamers has come and gone, leaving me to
showcase the most popular ideas of the One Spark event.
While we don’t have too much to tell you about the future of Microsoft’s
hit entertainment brand just yet, the third in the series of Xbox
gaming machines will be revealed on May 21st.
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