by Minter Dial | Aug 31, 2008 | Business, Politics
I attended a small “bloggers only” interview at the MEDEF Université d’Eté 2008 of Luc Chatel, Secretary of State for Consumer affairs and Industry as well as Spokesman of the Government. Run by Loic Lemeur, the 20-minute interview had few pearls....
by Minter Dial | Aug 5, 2008 | Politics, Sports, WWII
The Amazing Internet – Guest post by my father, Victor Dial I know it’s a cliché, but isn’t it amazing what you can find on the internet? Two recent occasions come to mind: The first was when, some days ago, I happened on a web site concerning the family of my...
by Minter Dial | Jul 7, 2008 | New Tech
Television and Internet viewing versus dwindling attention span… I was stunned to see that television ogling by Americans, who are over 12 years old, has continued to rise despite the Internet. A census bureau study, published in the USA Today of June 25, 2008, said...
by Minter Dial | Mar 9, 2008 | Branding, Marketing
In one of the quicker demises, Firebrand TV has had to close down (March 5 2008). Launched with quite a lot of hype back in October 2007, the site now writes the following: The investors (including Ion, the cable operator on which Firebrand broadcast) apparently...
by Minter Dial | Feb 2, 2008 | New Tech
Microsoft to buy Yahoo for real this time? (BBC report) It was announced late yesterday that Microsoft has put in a bid to buy Yahoo for $44.6B, some 62% above where the Yahoo stock price closed on Thursday. Granted Yahoo stock has dropped 46% over the course of the...