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The Bivings Report - Aug 8, 2008
A post on ValleyWag recently announced that file-sharing uber-giant BitTorrent would be laying off 12 of its 55 employees. This accounts for the entire sales and marketing department. This decision has been made in …
The Bivings Report - Apr 28, 2008
Recently, I was considering trading in my broken iPod for another type of MP3 player…that is; until I ran across an article from Wired stating that I'd better hold on to at least one Apple product. According to …
Also tagged: video, podcasting, media, economics
The Bivings Report - Apr 24, 2008
[This is cross-posted at The ImpactWatch blog.] J.W.'s American Idol Twitter prediction about which contestant would end their run last night was wrong. Brooke White did not go home despite having a disastrous restart …
The Bivings Report - Apr 24, 2008
My predictions were absolute rubbish, it seems. Apparently, tweets cannot be used to accurately predict who is going home from American Idol. In fact, two of the top three positive tweet-getters were the ones that were …
Also tagged: media, american idol, twitter, tweets
The Bivings Report - Apr 23, 2008
For the second part of my study concerning whether tweets from Twitter could be used to predict the losing contestants of American Idol, I decided to wait until noon to make sure that there were enough new tweets to …
Also tagged: research, media, american idol, twitter, impactwatch features
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Using Tweets and ImpactWatch Tools to Predict American IdolThe Bivings Report - Apr 23, 2008 Once again, the Internet is abuzz with predictions and theories about who is going to win American Idol. In the early days of the competition (back when Kelly Clarkson was still a nobody singing karaoke and we only … Also tagged: blogs, other, research, media, american idol, impactwatch, impactwatch features |
The Bivings Report - Mar 21, 2008
I currently own a fifth-generation iPod that is about to breathe its last breath. After damaging the screen over a year ago, I have been waiting for the release of the next generation of iPods so that I could justify …
Also tagged: mobile, media, environment, cell phones, social responsibility
The Bivings Report - Dec 7, 2007
These are probably the hottest electronic gift items for the 2007 holidays. We've got a little bit of everything in here. Personally I'm waiting for the 3G version of the iPhone so that's not on my list. So instead I …
Also tagged: technology, other, gaming, mobile, movies
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MySpace to offer ad-supported music downloads for freeThe Bivings Report - Nov 21, 2007 MySpace (do I really need to link there?) is going to be offering a pay-for-friend model to record distributors. The catch for the record distributor? Give them the user the music for free. We're talking about … Also tagged: internet, social networks, marketing, media, advertising |
The Bivings Report - Aug 3, 2007
Let's stop and think for a moment. When was the last time you heard a song on the radio and thought to yourself, "I have just got to get to the store and buy this CD!"? I honestly cannot remember the last time this …
Also tagged: social networks, media, polls