TIL: Minitel was pulling in over $1b a year in the nineties

I knew Minitel was pervasive but had no idea that they were pulling in over $1b a year in online app revenue per year in the nineties.

-       https://www.makegameswith.us/gamernews/276/the-first-app-store

YouTube video payments

Reading this article now - http://qz.com/67991/you-didnt-make-the-harlem-shake-go-viral-corporations-did/

So can someone explain to me, if the copyright holder gets 50% of the $6cpm and the video uploader also gets $3cpm…..then is YouTube actually making any money from a cost for content of $6cpm +server hardware+internet bandwidth +engineering salaries OR are these payment actually CPA and not CPM?

Are companies really paying >$6CPM for those tiny banner ads on YouTube and when was the last time you clicked on one OR didn’t fast forward through an interstitial?

Thoughts?

Whats wrong with most internet advertisements

Yeh uhm this is whats wrong with most internet advertisements, a website about how to make chainmail at home (you know medieval knights and swords and stuff) and Tresemme think this is an appropriate spot for an "anti hair frizz" product advertisement.

Has anyone reading this heard of "Puzzles and Dragons"?

Has anyone heard of "Puzzles and Dragons"?

……..and if not…….Are we missing something in that they are making $3.8m a day in revenue?

-          http://e27.co/2013/07/18/is-gunghos-slow-expansion-strategy-working-us3-8m-daily-says-yes

QR codes allow Woolworths customers to meet their growers

Cool use of QR codes

The barcode lets shoppers learn more about the local farmers who supply the stores where they shop.
Woolworths has now announced that it is rolling out QR codes, as of the start of this month, that will allow customers to be able to access details regarding the local growers who supply the stores with the fruit and vegetables that they buy.

The program is called Meet the Grower and includes a number of different kinds of media for information.
http://www.mobilecommercepress.com/qr-codes-allow-woolworths-customers-to-meet-their-growers/857450/

virtual object building

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/551975293/meta-the-most-advanced-augmented-reality-interface

I’ve often wondered why a Second Life in the real world never took off eg along the lines of this - http://blog.collins.net.pr/2012/11/minecraft-reality-not-augmented-reality.html

If you are looking for older examples of what should form the framework of something like this check out the Mogi Mogi game play (that as far as I can tell has never been replicated) http://blog.collins.net.pr/search?q=mogi+mogi

Certification....the future of learning rather than ebooks?

Not bad curriculum for $24

-       http://techcrunch.com/crunchu-course/48044/designing-gamification-level-1-certification/

Is this the future of learning instead of ebooks? Will we purchase a "course" instead of Sams 21 days book in order to pick up a skills etc and this is seen as the norm for picking up any new knowledge.