Voice services: coming
soon to Y! Messenger!
Ad Networks and Analytics:
- MediaBank released v2.0 of its analytics platform, adding widgets and other new formats into the system, and decreasing reliance on manual information entry.
- One True Media is adding Spot Mixer, a DIY video ad creation tool, to its arsenal.
- Google might relaunch MeasureMap, a blog analytics service it has quietly owned, as an add-on to Google Analytics.
- AdMob has launched Mobile Analytics, a free feature for advertisers and mobile website publishers.
Agencies and Execs:
- The growth of Digitas puts Publicis on pace to be 20 percent digital by year's end.
- Technology Leaders has added Pelin Wood to its board of directors. Wood is a managing partner at Aegean Group and former VP of WebSideStory.
- Aegis reported significant growth in operations, thanks in part to expanded new media business.
- AAAA and Howard University have partnered to provide the ad industry with fresh research and more drinking — er, professional development opportunities.
Broadband and Wi-Fi:
E-Commerce:
Music:
- erockstar is a new indie/mainstream music portal from parent company Clear Channel.
Online Content:
Search:
Tools and Software:
- Yahoo will provide Jajah-based voice service to Messenger users, beginning in Q3 of 2008.
- AOL opened its AIM Voice API to developers.
- Adobe will license its Flash software free to mobile devices as it seeks to bring a web-like experience to mobile users.