Archive for August, 2009

You Do Believe in Google, Right?

Svetlana Gladkova

I have recently received a very interesting comment on one of my post about Google where the reader compared Google to religion as there are definitely many similarities between how we believe in God and how we have learned to believe in Google (in fact, every time I try to type “God”, I invariably end [...]

Study Proves Unlike TV Online Video Is Now Watched All Day – at Home or at Work

Svetlana Gladkova

Today I have received the results of an interesting study in my inbox that demonstrates a few interesting facts about online video. And the most interesting discovery is that online video has become so popular that people watch it everywhere – equally at home and at work. The study has been carried out by a [...]

iPhone 3GS Sales Will Probably Fail in Russia as Well

Svetlana Gladkova

Only last week I reported here on the situation with terrible iPhone sales in Russia: all the three Russian mobile carriers are obliged to sell a total of 3.5 million units over two years but have only managed to sell 250 thousand phones by now – and the sales will hardly accelerate. The main reason [...]

How Fair Is It To Lure People into Criticizing a Competitor with Prizes?

Svetlana Gladkova

Sometimes I just fail to understand motivation behind various things that online companies do in terms of marketing and promotion – to the extent that I can’t help but come up with yet another rant about this or that action. I know that criticizing is always easier than doing something yourself but I still have [...]