Andy Plesser

CARLSBAD, Calif — Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo is interviewed by Almar Latour about the iPhone's impact on the cellphone market.  Kallasvuo calls the introduction of the iPhone a "wake up call" to his company.

CARLSBAD, Calif — Jill Sobuble, the singer-songwriter who had a hit back in 1995 with Clueless with the songs "I Kissed a Girl" and "Supermodel," was a hit as the opening act for the "D: All Things Digital" conference last night.

CARLSBAD, Calif — After their on stage chat with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, Biz Stone and Evan Williams did this interview with MarketWatch's Therese Poletti. 

CARLSBAD, Calif — Earlier tonight at the D: All Things Digital conference, co-hosts Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher presented results of an independent survey, commissioned by the Wall Street Journal, that found limited acceptance or knowledge of Twitter by most Americans and limited use by its registered users.

CARLSBAD, Calif — Rupert Murdoch, News Corp CEO just gave the the welcoming speech to the D: All Things Digital conference getting started tonight. 

Kara Swisher, veteran newspaper reporter with the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, now co-head of Dow Jones' AllThingsD, knows how to get the  her interviewees chat. 

The Huffington Post, long a bastion of liberal thought and discussion, is becoming a forum for number of Republican thought leaders and operatives, Politico reports.

Pando Networks, the New York-based peer-to-peer provider, which is working with broadcasters including NBC, is now working with major game publishers to distribute big files as big as 6GB, we have learned.

Great piece up by Daisy Whitney writing for the Hollywood Reporter on how Google TV is becoming part of the television ad marketplace.

We are huge fans of the Washington Post's innovative use of online video.  The paper has been on the forefront of the industry's use of online video.   

We read the expansive Mediabistro Q&A with Larry Kramer, entrepreneur/editor, media visionary.  In the post published today, he addresses a number of topics including the evolution of the newsroom, regional news coverage and the challenges for mainstream media to navigate the extraordinary period of turmoil.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Google has been making progress with its Google Book Search project, having scanned and indexed 7 million volumes, but it will vastly expand if a settlement with authors and publishers is approved by a U.S. Federal court in Manhattan. 

The third annual CNET Webware awards are out and YouTube and Justin.tv are among video-related companies among the 100 winners. Other video-related winners are Amazon Video on Demand, Hulu, Ustream and Vimeo.

Blinkx, the online video search company released its year-end earnings today.  While the company has lowered its burn rate and has $23 million in cash, some analysts are cautious about the company's prospects, Reuters reports.

Mogulus, the New York-based start-up which provides free and paid Web streaming services, has renamed itself as Livestream.

NEW YORK — VMIX, the San Diego-based video services company, is powering a number of newspaper and local television station Web sites, including the Tribune newspapers.  It has had a recent win with the Post-Newsweek television stations sites.

NEW YORK, NY — Brightcove, the Boston-based video services company, has been enjoying annual 300 percent growth, global expansion, strong balance sheet and is hooking up with devices including Vudu.

The Wall Street Journal's web site has jumped to more that 12 million monthly unique visitors in April, an increase of 160 percent over the same period last year, according a Nielsen Online report published today in Editor & Publisher.

NEW YORK — Boxee, a free software download which allows users to connect computers  to television sets, bypassing a cable box, has 500,000 users in the U.S.

Controversy has erupted over the just released video view numbers for Hulu, as tabulated by Nielsen.  It's getting a little nasty with Hulu/Nielsen email chains being leaked to The New York Times.