Wallflower at the Web Party
JONATHAN ABRAMS was in a spot. He could take the safe bet and accept the $30 million that Google was offering him for Friendster, the social networking Web start-up he began only a year earlier, in 2...
McDonalds gives MP3 players infected with spyware as prizes
If it is not lawsuits then there is virus infected MP3 players, the fast food giant is always in the news. It all started in August when McDonalds Japan in association with Coca Cola announced a cont...
'Second Life' to begin selling real names
For anyone who has used the virtual world "Second Life," the last names Gjellerup, Godel or Stapovic probably mean a lot more than their real last names. — That's because historically, "Second Life"...
What I learned at the Office 2.0 Conference
With over 450 participants (375 iPods only, sorry...), 105 speakers, and 56 sponsors, the inaugural Office 2.0 Conference was a success. Eating our own dog food, we used as many Office 2.0 tools as w...
iPod Killers for Christmas 2006
We have run the iPod Killers for Christmas/Summer series since 2004. In that time we reported on 149 portable players and NOT one iPod killer from the bunch. That said, we may actually have a couple...
Well Said is Not Always Well Written
Dave Winer has been the focal point of a discussion on blogs and journalism these past few days. — Dave's point is that the reader is now the writer and in ten years time all news will be blog based...
Who Should Buy Yahoo!
I got this comment on my Buying YHOO post last week: … My first thought was that I had sold too soon. My second thought was "no, not a carrier". And the next thing I did was send the comment around ...
Edelman and the one-sided conversation
The first inkling I had that Edelman PR had stumbled again in its social media efforts on behalf of client WalMart came early yesterday when Laurel English emailed me a copy of the MediaPost story. S...
A Loopy Deal That Actually Makes Sense
IS Google's $1.65 billion acquisition of the video Web site YouTube another milestone in the annals of the Internet? Or is it evidence of a second silly season? The answer to both questions: Yep, yo...
Blogsultants? Consulgers?
Talked to Mike Masnick, who runs the blog Techdirt, which this week launched an intriguing concept that could allow the best bloggers to double as ad hoc consultants. It's called Insight Community. ...
Is Windows Near End of Its Run?
Steven A. Ballmer, the chief executive of Microsoft, has his hands full. The next version of the Windows operating system, Vista, is finally about to arrive — years late and clouded by doubts that it...
How to use RSS & BitTorrent to download TV shows
Are you tired of scanning several BitTorrent sites for the latest episodes of your favorite TV-show? You should definitely try using RSS feeds then. RSS and BitTorrent are a perfect match. — What ...
MobiBLU Cube 2 Now Available in the US
For those who like their MP3 players tiny, MobiBLU is now selling the second generation DAH-1500i, dubbed appropriately the Cube 2. Still the same size as the last generation, the Cube 2 offers smoot...
Google Reader Redux
The new version of Reader has been out there long enough (and is now stable enough) that I have some time to catch my breath and make this post (my post-launch post last year came only a couple of day...
Project Glidepath 2.0 Now Ready For Download!
After 3 months of experience with the Project Glidepath Technical Preview, we have now released Project Glidepath 2.0! — It contains many additional features and facilities including multiple factor...