5 posts and columns on Carlos Kirjner

Bombs Away! Web Ads Miss Their Target, All the Time.

in Media on April 23 at 11:24 am PT

The Internet is supposed to give advertisers pinpoint accuracy. But they’re still throwing away half their money.
Slim Pickens

Google’s Cable TV Lineup: A Wishlist

in Media on February 22 at 3:29 pm PT

Don’t expect Google to break the bundle when it experiments with cable TV. But you could see some cool features, like a cloud-based DVR, and a programming guide that doesn’t make you want to scream.
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Here’s What Apple and Google Are Fighting Over: Search Goes Mobile by 2016

in Mobile on February 10 at 8:45 am PT

The search business becomes a mobile business by 2016. Maybe even earlier.
Indina_Jones_iPhone

Wait a Minute. Does Google Really Want to Be a Cable Guy?

in Media on November 4, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

Running a cable TV operation is an expensive, messy, un-Googley business. Which is why there’s no way Larry Page is going to do that, says Sanford Bernstein.
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Oh, Speaking of Broadband–What the Hell Is It?

in News on August 21, 2009 at 10:49 am PT

Before the Federal Communications Commission begins doling out the $7.4 billion in federal grants up for grabs through national broadband stimulus programs, the agency must answer an important question: What is broadband? And so, in a public notice issued today, the Commission is requesting “tailored” public comment on what the definition of broadband should be.
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