4 posts and columns on beta test

Inside Twitter's Sales Machine: A Secret Guide for Advertisers (Video)

in Media on February 16, 2011 at 8:45 am PT

Twitter’s how-to guide tells buyers how to use its new ad platform. And it tells the rest of us how Twitter’s first real effort to make money is working. (Hint: It’s early days….)

Intel Wants to Stay Inside Netbooks, Tablets

in Mobile on December 8, 2010 at 12:49 pm PT

Intel, sensing a threat from the ever-widening variety of non-Wintel-based netbooks and tablets, has formed a separate business unit to focus on those two categories of devices. The new unit comes as a wave of Android-based tablets hits the market and as Google announces the first beta test of Chrome OS-based netbooks.

Hulu’s Subscription Service Could Come Next Week–For Some of You

in Media on June 24, 2010 at 7:28 pm PT

Some of you may finally get a chance to pay for Hulu. The video Web site is finalizing plans to launch its subscription service, and people familiar with the company say a beta test of “Hulu Plus” could launch as early as next week. If you’re in a select group, that is. One person familiar with the joint venture says the initial test could be limited to 10,000 people.

Comcast Won’t Talk About NBCU, Will Talk About Internet Video

in Media on November 4, 2009 at 6:49 am PT

Comcast couldn’t mollify Wall Street about its pending deal to buy NBC Universal this morning, because it refused to talk about the deal at all. The company did spend time, though, explaining the peril and possibilities that Web video poses for the cable giant.
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