Spaceland is Live!
The next major release of Virtual Earth is out the door and flowing to our production app server cluster. It should be live as you read this, but if you try it out and it appears to be the previous v...
Newspapers to Test Plan to Sell Ads on Google
In a move into the old-fashioned business of ink on paper, Google is going to start selling advertisements that will appear in the print editions of 50 major newspapers. — Google's plan will give th...
State of the Blogosphere, October, 2006
Hey, it's that time of the year again! We're well into the crisp days of autumn and its time for the quarterly State of the Blogosphere report. — The State of the Blogosphere continues to be strong...
CBS stages open call for tech entrepreneurs
Veteran dealmaker Quincy Smith has joined CBS Corp. as president of CBS Interactive. Reuters caught up with the 35-year-old executive, who returns to an operations role after spending the last few ye...
Newspapers invest $15 million more in Topix.net
update News aggregator Topix.net on Monday announced that it has received an additional investment of $15 million from the three newspaper groups that already own a majority stake in the company. — ...
I'd like to thank my agent...
The vloggerati turned out Saturday for the first-ever Vloggies in San Francisco, honoring the best online video blogs of the year.
State of the Computer Book Market, Q306, Part 2
Last week, I talked about the overall state of the computer book market. But most of our readers don't care about the publishing business. They care about the technologies we cover. Here's where we...
Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices
Ever since I wrote What is Web 2.0? on the eve of last year's Web 2.0 Conference, people have been asking for more. I've given dozens of talks around the world for companies increasingly far from the...
Yahoo! Shopping. Now Easier Than Ever.
Bargains, product advice, improved search - our redesigned Yahoo! Shopping site has a shopping-cart-load of new tools and personalization features - just in time for the holidays. Let's dig in and se...
Woz highlights celebration of Apple's history
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—If there's one machine that more than any other shaped the future of the computer business, it almost surely is the Apple I. — And what do you get when you bring together four ...
We're selling DropSend!
We've made a big decision, over here at Carson Systems Headquarters. We're selling DropSend, our web app that allows you to send large files that you can't email. — DropSend is a great web app and ...
BridgePort Networks - Another company at the vortex of Voice 2.0
In my last post, The Future - Some Thoughts on Voice 2.0 - Presence, Availability, and putting the pieces together, I realized right after I posted, that there's a company in the FMC space that brings...
Mashery brews service for managing APIs
With APIs increasingly serving as a mechanism to enhance Web applications, Mashery has developed an on-demand service that provides management infrastructure and community building tools for API devel...
Guide to finding a Nintendo Wii at Launch
Read This Before You Line Up — Missed the EB Games/Gamestop and Toys R Us preorders? Do not worry, this guide will help you find that Nintendo Wii that you're searching for on November 19th, aka la...
Nine Ways Citizen Journalists Can Cover the Election Tomorrow
In less than 48 hours is the most important day in our democracy. This year citizen journalists will play an important role in keeping our elections accountable. — Here are nine ways that distribut...