The Science House MeetUp

The Science House MeetUp earlier was great.

Google, Micropayments, And Online Newspapers

Google's proposal to the Newspaper Association of America

This article has been making the rounds this morning among some of my friends: Google developing a micropayment platform and pitching newspapers: “‘Open’ need not mean free”.

This truly is the wild wild west.

Image via CrunchBase

Noone really has a clue. Newspapers are imploding left and right. News is more important than ever before. But newspapers are not? Journalists are not? Many people don't know how to square that circle.

Companies need focus. That is why Cisco outsources its manufacturing. And big companies don't necessarily do well in every little venture they paddle into. But Google is Google, and Google Checkout has been a minor hit, although, it has to be noted, in the aftermath of Google Checkout PayPal has only grown.

But micropayments, I believe, are a tougher nut to crack. PayPal did not show up in

Image via CrunchBase

the face of an imploding industry. It simply showed up.

Will people pay? Even small amounts? Will ads carry the day on their own? I don't know. I don't know anyone does.

We sure will see a lot of creative destruction in the space over the next few years.

My PayCheckr team has as good a chance as any, and I am sure there will be several players in the space.

(Disclaimer: I sit on the PayCheckr Board, and am a small part owner.)

Related articles by Zemanta

• Google developing a micropayment platform (emilychang.com)
• Google News: A Payment System and A New Search Bar (battellemedia.com)
• Google Offers to Help Newspapers Charge for Their Content (blogs.wsj.com)
• Nieman Journalism Lab: Google developing micropayment system in pitch to newspapers (blogs.journalism.co.uk)
• Proposals For Newspaper Publishers Include Google Micropay (paidcontent.org)
• Google Micropayments Coming: Can It Save Newspapers? (mashable.com)
• FREEFALL: Newspaper Revenues Crash By 29% (mashable.com)
• Metaprinter: Newspaper Association of America goes online-only (blogs.journalism.co.uk)
• Google gets into micropayments (blogs.reuters.com)
• Some 71 Percent Of Newspaper Advertisers Stick Around [Print Is Dead] (consumerist.com)
• CNN Poll: Double-digit post-speech jump for Obama plan (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)

Netizen: The First Blog To Place The PayCheckr Button
The PayCheckr Promise
PayCheckr Potential
PayCheckr: Bringing Money Into Blogging?

Jay Leno Should Go On YouTube

Jay Leno: It's Not the Tonight Show. It's, Um, the Ten-ight Show Time 9/15 Everyone's asking how well Jay will compete against CSI. I wonder if his biggest rival, in the long run, isn't YouTube.

Jay Gets Bigger, NBC Gets Smaller
Leno to America: Goodbye! I’m Not Going Anywhere!
Jay Leno Is the Future of TV. Seriously Time The show could be a footnote, or it could make its host bigger than ever. But either way, the small screen is only getting smaller.

Comedy is not going anywhere. And Jay is funny as hell. What is being challenged is the business of television, the business of comedy on television. Jay could adapt to the business.

I say go on YouTube, produce one, and two and five minute clips. Embed ads in them. And produce a ton of the embeddable material: a Jay Leno joke on every conceivable topic that you can embed into your blog or website.

There would be a basic fee for the ads, and then a recurring fee based on how many times that particular clip got viewed.

I bet he would make more this way than doing his hourly thing on NBC.

I am suggesting ultimate fragmentation to a guy who many consider a holdover from the era of mass media. He might not like it.

New York Times, Don't Die, Live
All Books Need To Go Digital

Related articles by Zemanta

• Jay Leno is the future of TV... even if he fails (tvsquad.com)
• Jay Leno: New TV Show a Gamble for NBC (time.com)
• Time: Jay Leno Is The Future Of TV (mediabistro.com)
• Jay Leno Is Shrinking Your TV (time.com)
• What Jay Leno Can Teach the Fortune 500 about Innovation (futurelab.net)
• TIME: Jay Leno May Be The Future Of TV (huffingtonpost.com)
• Jay Leno Covers Time Magazine (justjared.buzznet.com)
• Will Jay Help Conan Rebound Against Dave? (tunedin.blogs.time.com)
• Leno tries out some new jokes for his new show (tvsquad.com)
• If Jay Leno Is The Future Of TV, TV Is Dead (oliverwillis.com)
• CBS Posts Loss, but Says Ad Slowdown Is Abating (nytimes.com)
• Jay Leno's 11:35pm Reign Ends Tonight. Who's Gonna Miss His Gay Jokes? (queerty.com)

http://twitter.com/paramendra/status/3771376873

Memory Upgrade

MAC Memory : Upgrade like a pro.
MAC Memory : For Apple, Dell, HP, IBM, Sony and Toshiba.
MAC Memory : Mac or PC, server or laptop. 8GB, 4GB or 2GB.

For memory upgrades for your Apple, Dell, HP, IBM, Sony and Toshiba machines. For your server, laptop, Mac, or PC. Add laptop and notebook memory.

The upgrades are factory original. Ensure peak performance. Upgrade now.

CheckAppointments.com

CheckAppointments.com is an online software that takes care of the scheduling needs of professionals and small businesses, all for free: no more playing phone tag with your customers.

CheckAppointments.com helps you focus more on your business. It takes care of the scheduling needs of a large team, and gives you the option to publicize the availability of your team to your clients.

CheckAppointments.com gives each account a small website that you can share with your clients.

CheckAppointments.com allows for the use of one account by many users.

CheckAppointments.com is free.