Denmark
After 4 years of growing and energetic conferences in Denmark, the next stop for the J. Boye Conferences is in Philadelphia from May 5 - 7. There are already about 20 confirmed speakers from around the world, including the CMS Watch team, but to make it a practitioner event, I am still searcing for a few more case studies for the track on web content management.
Amazing but newspapers in Denmark are still objecting to “deep linking” and want all links - even from emails - to come directly to the home page so they can then control the experience. It would be a metaphor for the dying industry attitude, except it’s real. [via Martin Stabe]
Here at JBoye 2008 in Denmark, yesterday we held the 3rd-annual Web Idol, where five Web CMS vendors got seven minutes each to demo their wares and get critiqued by a set of judges (myself included). Ultimately, the audience voted the winner.
Here at J. Boye 2008 in Denmark, yesterday we held the 3rd-annual Web Idol, where five vendors got seven minutes each to demo their wares and get critiqued by a set of judges (myself included). Ultimately, the audience voted the winner.
The latest NBA expansion covers two growth areas for the league: international and broadband. NBA League Pass Broadband International is now available in 19 countries. The subscription includes access to 40-plus live games a week with play-by-play in English and VOD for 24 hours after they air. Some live games will be blacked out. Pay options include full season ($85 through Nov. 11; $100 after), monthly and daily. The international version follows
Search/e-commerce firm Accoona, which withdrew its IPO late last year, has now been bought by B2B search engine Masterseek, which was founded in Denmark in 1999. Although the site once generated buzz as a search startup, most of its revenue came from e-commerce, a business running deeply in the red.
We're looking forward very much to the annual JBoye conference in Aarhus, Denmark during the first week in November, because it consistently provides a meaty experience for delegates and speakers alike. Several CMS Watch analysts and contributing analysts will be teaching and presenting on the various topics we cover, including Web CMS, Portals, SharePoint, Social Software, Search, Web Analytics, and more.
We're looking forward very much to the annual JBoye conference in Aarhus, Denmark during the first week in November, because it consistently provides a meaty experience for delegates and speakers alike. Several CMS Watch analysts and contributing analysts will be teaching and presenting on the various topics we cover, including Web CMS, Portals, SharePoint, Social Software, Search, Web Analytics, and more.
eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) announced two acquisitions—spending over $1.3 billion altogether—this morning designed to shore up its other parts of its business in the face of declining profits and stagnant traffic at its primary online auction site. The company also finally addressed layoff rumors and said that it is indeed cutting 10 percent of its 15,000-person workforce.
By Jemima Kiss: Norway is pushing ahead with its mission to get Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to change its long-running locked-down content system. Consumer ombudsman Erik Thon is taking the firm to Norway's market council, which has the power to force companies to change their trade practices.
