October's most interesting links

Image used under Creative Commons from Erik K Veland

Bringing Books to Life - MIT Tech Review highlights Templar Publishing's new exciting augmented reality book venture. Using a webcam and a software plug-in, owners of Drake's Comprehensive Compendium of Dragonology will be able to access the special feature by holding up a particular page to their computer screen.  

Earnings: FT Group Paid Subs Drive Slim Revenue Growth - paidContent publishes new data regarding FT.com's online news paywall.FT.com now has 1.6 million registered users and 121,000 paid subscriptions - that's a 22% rise year on year, but only 4,000 more than it had in July.     

TV Futures: Charging For Online Shows - MediaPost's sober view on Hulu's business model: "Hulu will have to begin charging for at least some of its content if it doesn't want to destroy the $185 billion television ecosystem it draws from."

BBC Allowed To Spend £1 Million More On Kids' Websites Over Next Three Years - paidContent describes BBC's 3-year kids' website campaign. A February review of BBC's childrens' services by the trust found shows a user decline by an average of 8% per year between 2006 and 2008, despite a big 2007 redesign. 

Morgan Stanley guru Mary Meeker's latest slide show on Economy + Internet Trends (Scribd).

Disney's Going Digital: Buy Once, Watch Anywhere - Mashable on Disney's new cloud media service. The service is said to let consumers pay one price for permanent access to content from a number of different devices - like set-top boxes and mobile phones. 

Google Announces Search Deal With Twitter - Mashable describes how Google is planning to add Twitter to its search engine.

Consumer & Market Trends During Recession - Trendspotting's latest cross industry research summary report  (Slideshare).

YouTube Reaches One Billion Views Per Day - Mashable has the stats on YouTube's impressive growth: One billion views means 11,574 views per second, 694,444 views per minute, and 41,666,667 views per hour.   

Striking It Rich: Is There An App For That? - Newsweek examines the iPhone app business model. More than 125,000 programmers have flocked to write for the App Store since it launched 18 months ago, but few are making big bucks.   

eMarketer Analyzes Latest Ad Spend Numbers - eMarketer analyzes the most recent ad spend numbers in the US. US online ad spending revenues were down 5.3% year over year, to $10.9 billion in the first half of 2009. 

New Google Music Service Launch Imminent - TechCrunch on Google's new rumored music service. The new service will be available for at least U.S. users, although it isn't clear if it's a download or streaming service, or both. 

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