Google Is Thinking About Buying Hulu (GOOG)

Google is among the companies thinking about buying Hulu, according to a report today in the L.A. Times.

But the talks seem VERY preliminary -- Hulu has been shopping around for a sale for a few weeks now, and has also supposedly talked to Yahoo and Microsoft.

A Google deal might set off alarm bells with antitrust regulators -- Google already owns YouTube, which is the biggest provider of online video by far, and the company is being investigated in both Europe and the U.S. for a bunch of things.

The meetings are being set up by Hulu's financial advisors, Morgan Stanley and Guggenheim.

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YouTube Co-Founders Thinking About A New Startup (GOOG)

YouTube co-founder and former CEO Chad Hurley said he and his other co-founder Steve Chen are "dabbling with new ideas" for a startup, CNet reports.

He didn't elaborate much further, but said they were thinking about what can be done with "the basic components that every website needs to get off the ground." He said one of the ideas they thought about was a video-indexing startup.

Hurley had remained as CEO of YouTube until last fall and now has a part-time role there, so it's possible he's just bored. And of course, some entrepreneurs have it in their blood to start companies.

Might we suggest a locale for their next startup?

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Comment on Memo to Newspapers: Stop Thinking Like a Portal by Jon

The real winner here is RussiaToday, their version of the video is going on 5 million views as of me posting this.

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It's amazing how so many newspapers are still trying to create scarcity with their content. My rant on this issue (and what Dispatch should have done) are in my blog post here: http://thenowledge.com/2011/01/08/the-golden-voice-guy-and-the-lesson-of-content-scarcity-on-the-web/

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Google Thinking About Making Its Own Mobile Payment System (GOOG)

Google is considering developing its own mobile payment system based on near field communication (NFC), Olga Kharif at BusinessWeek reports.

NFC is a short range wireless technology that allows you transmit data.

In this case, you'd be able to wave an Android phone at a cash register and pay for a sweater, or whatever you're buying.

The mobile payment field is getting crowded with major credit card companies working on a system, eBay working on something, and Apple hiring NFC experts for its phones.

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It's also not fair because at the time the deal was struck, Netflix only had 8.7 million users and a small fraction of that were streaming actively. Do that math and it gets closer to the $2 per sub/mo. By committing to a guaranteed annual contract with Starz so early, Netflix was taking decent risk if streaming never caught on.

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Speakers Showcase the Power of Geographic Thinking

New Esri Video Site Delivers a Wealth of Insight and Instruction

Redlands, California—October 20, 2010—A new Esri Web site provides an extensive library of videos demonstrating the far-reaching use and potential of geographic knowledge. The site offers inspiring presentations and resources for longtime geographic information system (GIS) users as well as those who are simply interested in exploring the increasingly important role geography plays in society today.

The collection of videos on Esri Video (esri.com/video) is expanding rapidly and features expert insights on a variety of geospatial topics, full-length technical sessions, and software demonstrations. Presenters include thought leaders such as Harvard University landscape architecture professor Carl Steinitz, GIS pioneer Roger Tomlinson, and Technology/Entertainment/Design (TED) conferences founder Richard Saul Wurman.

The site features an intuitive design and offers several ways to search for content. Video transcripts allow viewers to follow along with the presenter and navigate to desired sections. Viewers can also comment on videos, mark their favorites, download full transcripts, and click to instantly share videos via social media. Visit esri.com/video to explore Esri Video content.

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Since 1969, Esri has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in GIS technology, Esri software is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. Esri applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of Web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world's mapping and spatial analysis. Esri is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at esri.com/news.

 

 

MILLION-DOLLAR IDEA: Lamp That Can Read Your Mind - It Turns The Color You're Thinking About

Is today's idea brilliant or a bomb?

The Idea: The Mind Lamp is a $189 electric lamp with a random-event generator (REG) built in. When plugged in, the lamp gives off a white light before cycling through eight other colors.  It then stays on the one that you're thinking about.

How does this mind-matter interaction occur? Scientists aren't sure, but they claim that products that use REG behave "very differently" when subjected to human consciousness.

The inventors attempt to explain the phenomenon: "The REG uses a quantum phenomenon called electron tunneling, which is measured as a randomly fluctuating current across a potential barrier in an electric circuit. Surprisingly, and in a way that violates conventional theories in science, the PEAR researchers found statistically significant correlations between the output of the device and human intention in a variety of well-controlled experiments. The mechanism by which this occurs is unknown, and is the subject of ongoing research."

Whose Idea: Princeton, NJ-based Psyleron, a for-profit company and a non-profit research cooperative, based on the findings of the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) laboratory.

Why we like it: The concept of a mind lamp is fascinating because it draws a direct connection between the mind and physical objects. It's almost like the lamp is a living being - you stare at it and it knows what vibe you're giving off. Maybe this all sounds a little hard to believe (or even scary), but according to John Valentine, CEO and co-founder of Psyleron, "We are taking something that science says should be totally random, and we have evidence that suggests it’s not actually random, that people’s thoughts influence it." The Mind Lamp can be used to represent the human mind and, if anything, certainly helps us understand it.

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