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Apple's video advertising options detailed in patent application

by Michael Rose (Mar 6th, 2010)

In the battle of the network superstars between free-to-stream, ad-supported video (the Hulu model) and pay-per-show, ad-free TV (the iTunes model), there's been a big missing piece: how to monetize shows and sell ads for content that's downloaded and played on mobile devices like the iPad? ...

Counterpoint: AT&T isn't cheating iPhone 3G customers

by Tim Wasson (Jun 15th, 2009)

In my youth, I sold cell phones for Verizon. It was not a rare occurrence to have a customer sign up for a new account and get their free phone, only to come back a week later and tell me they dropped it in a toilet and wanted another one. They were shocked when the phone they got for free just a ...