5 posts and columns on Cannes

YouTube’s Sales Pitch: Please Buy Ads! And Please Make Them Like This!

in Media on June 29, 2010 at 8:25 am PT

So you’d like to start advertising on YouTube but aren’t sure how to do it? Google’s video site has some advice: Make awesome clips that people want to watch!

Zuckerberg: Facebook Will Hit One Billion Users (One Day)

in Media on June 23, 2010 at 6:53 am PT

Facebook just reached 500 million users, but it is going to double that number sooner or later. In the meantime, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says, the social network has four remaining countries to conquer. Look out, Russia!

Mark Zuckerberg’s European Non-Vacation

in Media on June 21, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

Another week, another opportunity for Mark Zuckerberg to get on stage in front of an important audience and explain what he’s doing with Facebook. This time, he’s in France, talking to the ad world’s big shots.

Will iPhone App Makers Learn to Stop Worrying and Love Piracy?

in Media on January 25, 2010 at 5:36 am PT

Don’t know if this qualifies as a parable. But at the very least, it’s interesting: An iPhone app developer has figured out how to combat the burgeoning problem of iPhone app piracy–by embracing the pirates.

Google: Less Unhappy Days Are Here Again

in Media on June 26, 2009 at 10:03 am PT

Another vote for the “we’ve seen the worst of the recession” camp: Google CEO Eric Schmidt, talking to reporters at the big advertising festival in Cannes, says the economy should start picking up in a few months.
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