Yang to do for Yahoo what Jobs has done at Apple

Yahoo has followed Apple's successful strategy today by announcing that their much needed turnaround will be spearheaded by co-founder Yang.

Out with Semel and in with the young CEO-in-waiting.

Yang will have Decker at his side to manage things day-to-day and will finally get to spearhead the company he successfully founded.

But can he turn this mother-ship round? If he focuses on taking on MySpace from a portal perspective while being a strong number 2 to Google in the ad space - he might even stand a chance.

He'll also need some of the visionary genius that surrounds Jobs - maybe their new found partnership might rub it off!

MusicStation takes on the iPod and iPhone

A start-up called Omnifone run a buy a UK entrepreneur called Rob Lewis (hey, I know you!) is about to launch a rival to iTunes - in Europe and Asia.

They have teamed up with most major handset makers, 30 mobile operators and the 4 big music labels to offer a service called MusicStation which allows you to download unlimited music to your mobile phone only (no CD or PC) for $15 per month.

Given the reach, the service could be available on hundreds of millions of phones and be available before the iPhone outside the US.

Steve Jobs may have finally found his match. The only potential flaw in the system I can see is not being able to copy my MusicStation music to my PC. Maybe that'll come down the road.

Apple turning into a media company

Apple's busy.

The iPhone comes out in two weeks. Apple.com has been revamped.

Safari 3 has been released (it's much closer to Mozilla Firefox and faster) for Macs and PC's. I still think Firefox is the best browser for bloggers though.

And Apple TV is fast becoming a tool to take on the cable companies. Starting this fall Apple hopes to launch a video-on-demand service which will enable us to rent Hollywood's best (they hope) for a few bucks and no doubt bounce it around our living room TV's along with family vid's from Youtube.

iTunes becoming a media company? You bet. That should fuel a few more years of mother ship growth.

Apple TV streams YouTube

As if the imminent launch of the iPhone is not enough, Apple's big living room bet, the Apple TV has embraced the Internet. And gone beyond iTunes.

You can now stream your favorite (or less than) YouTube videos straight onto your big screen (or not) TV. Expect many more such content partnerships from the Apple team.

Maybe Apple is taking a bite out of Microsoft's playlist with partnerships front and center.

Google should just buy Saleforce.com

So today Google and Salesforce.com announced their much expected partnership combining Salesforce's small business system with Google AdWords.

But why doesn't Google just buy Salesforce and combine their offerings to truly take Microsoft on in the small business arena?

Makes sense to me. I guess that's why I don't run Google!

Gates versus Jobs!

Gates versus Jobs - the latest cat fight?

Or is it Jobs with Gates. Check this out! (and watch the video...)

You figure.

Microsoft's coffee table computer - nice

Microsoft's brand new, about-to-be coffee table computer looks a mean device.

"The “surface computer” features a 30-inch horizontal monitor embedded in the table, where users can move screen objects around with their fingers. Objects placed on it will be automatically identified."

Catch: for now it'll cost $5,000 - $10,000 and solely for the corporate market.

Hit it Apple!

(Talk about a replacement for photo-books...)

Tomorrow's Ad Agencies - Google et al!

So it looks like a few weeks of Internet Ad deal making has changed the advertising game.

DoubleClick, Right Media and aQuantive have turned Google, Yahoo and Microsoft into tomorrow's global ad agencies. Tough luck Omnicom, WPP and Interpublic.

But hey, if Southwest and Ryanair can destroy the airline industry in a decade or so, the big Internet guys can turn the advertising industry on its head - and destroy its cost base too?

Google's hot trends sizzle!

Google today launched Google Hot Trends (mean branding).

Check it out. It should make search based trend spotting more scientific...??

(For those of you still baffled you can almost-real-time check out what the heck people are searching for. Na not porn dummy.... hey, it's Google).

Google Presentations - here they come!

Google Presentations are on their way intended to take aim and fire at Microsoft Powerpoint!

And Microsoft still not nervous?

Of course they are...

100 million iPods - what revolution?

Over 100 million sold!

Still denying there's a music revolution about?

Think again...

Digital music finally unleashed!

DRM free music - finally!

Thanks Apple.

Tip of the iceberg, babe. Tip of the iceberg.

Scandinavia new global tech leaders - US dethroned!

The tech pot of gold slips from the US' hands and tumbles Scandinavia's way.

Sweden and Norway take 2nd and 4th globally in tech innovation. The US collapses to 7th position in the rankings.

Is the US empire collapsing? Is Europe rising?

Just question the World Economic Forum...

One home, one screen!

How many screens do you have?

Screens, screens, screens crowding our lives and cluttering our homes.

PC's, laptops, iPods, cellphones, TV's, Gameboys and others forever cramping our sense of space.

Why can't someone invent a universal screen capable of effortlessly displaying data from any of my devices. One home, one screen. One car, one screen. One... Oh joy!

Back to basics... Surely this worm must turn.

The digital revolution unmasked!

The multi-pronged digital battle flows through global arteries like never before, battling for our living rooms, bedrooms, cars, wrists and souls.

The titans continue to slug it out and we perpetually win out. Crap!

Telecoms operators bleed us. Internet giants police us while software queens embrace and control us. Meanwhile media empires just con us.

Who will liberate us?

Skype? Joost? YouTube? Fon? MySpace?

Never... Shame. One day. Come on!