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Author: Liam Casey / betonliamcasey

  • How the hell does Amazon control 30% of all ecommerce in the US?

    It was only when I read this fantastic article in Techcrunch, that I realised the actual “under the radar” scale of Amazon’s eccommerce business. Sure, they just sell books and CD’s right? Nope. And that’s a $34 billion a year in revenue nope. That’s like if one company was responsible for 15% if Ireland’s GDP.…

  • #Eurovision: What’s #blue and can’t sing?

    If you clicked through from Twitter, you’ll get this joke. If not – why didn’t you? I’ll be back to actually relevant online blogging tomorrow. Make sure to follow me on: http://twitter.com/betonliamcasey If a tasteless Blue joke didn’t float your boat – why not see if #eurovision / #jedward / #wastemytime is trending on the…

  • What I’d most like today is: A new Jaguar CX75 electric supercar

    What I’d most like today is: A new Jaguar CX75 electric supercar. Just the one, mind. I’ll be posting occasional things here that I’m hoping that my wife will turn a blind eye to, when I turn up at home with them. It’s unlikely that I’ll be bringing this one home any time soon, but…

  • Green buttons. Coming soon to a website near you. I bet.

    Slightly random post this, as I was looking at a beta version of a new product vertical that we’re launching on Monday. Where have all the green buttons come from? It’s been a little while since I haven’t had to be 100% hands on with all the bells & whistles in terms of getting a…

  • Is social gaming the future of online gambling?

    I’m still waiting to see how the US shakes out with its ongoing struggle to work out what it wants to do with online gambling. It’ll happen. My take is that poker will be first and it’ll regulated on a state by state basis. It’ll be for US companies, and as each state regulates, the…

  • Some internet experts worth following on Twitter. And me.

    As I’ve got more & more into using Twitter – I’ve found that one of its best uses is in terms of “feeling the pulse” of the internet. The “one to many” nature of the initial post or tweet almost promotes competition in terms of who can get the latest trend or idea out there,…

  • Memo about (alleged) Absolute Poker layoffs.

    Another prediction hits the mark. I’m sorry it has. Well, things have moved on since yesterday’s post – and today a leaked memo has been published over at Two Plus Two that basically says that 95% of Absolute Poker’s staff is going to be laid off. You can see the full text of the memo…

  • Absolute Poker: Good piece on Absolute Poker’s history and scandals

    There was a good piece published at the weekend in the Tampa Bay News. It gets under the skin of the Absolute Poker/UB.com company and has some interesting reportage including a chat with one of the original investors. Absolute has lurched from crisis to crisis, with the superuser scandal being the biggest one, as well…

  • It’s not all champange supernovas and money-pit online marketing.

    It’s not all champange supernovas and money-pit online marketing in the online gambling/gaming business. For every high-profile brand that’s splashed over the front and back pages of your local media – there’s many other online gambling businesses that (while household names in their own territories) aren’t as well known on the world stage. Some examples…

  • Microgaming pulls out of the US. Great product, will be missed.

    Microgaming announced today that its pulling its software from US facing operators and the US market “for the time being”. They’ve driven the online casino market for many years now, and I’ve recently had a commercial presentation from them, when looking at some of their products. Their casino and flash products are still top-notch, and…