My Life on Facebook as a Woman and Why Social Network Advertising Doesn't Work
Last weekend I joked around on Twitter regarding the ads I see on Facebook on the left menu. As a single man in my 30s, the ads are always sexual in nature — some examples: “Hot Singles Waiting For Y...
Who Are The Top Tech Bloggers?
We've been analyzing historical TechMeme data to dig a little deeper than the leaderboard information on the site that shows top blogs over the trailing 30 days. We're slicing the data in a number of...
Skype to sell unlimited international calls for $9.95/month
NEW YORK - Skype, the Internet calling subsidiary of eBay Inc., is introducing its first plan for unlimited calls to overseas phones on Monday. — The plan will allow unlimited calls to land-line pho...
Twitter: Talk to us when things go bad
Twitter has been up and down all weekend. Some updates make it through, some don't. Some direct messages make it - some don't. — Now Twitter is all about communication as Tony Hung pointed out on ...
Staying in the Orbit of Satellite Radio
When satellite-radio customers are asked whether they will keep their subscriptions through the end of the year, they answer differently depending on whether they have sought out the service or receiv...
Sources: Microsoft Signs Letter Of Intent To Acquire Xobni
Two independent sources tell us that the Microsoft/Xobni deal is moving along and that Microsoft signed an acquisition LOI in the last week. I have not yet been able to track down the price, but a pr...
Recent Searches To Influence Google's Results
Danny Sullivan reported earlier this month that Google will start to personalize search results based on the previous query. “For example, if someone were to search for [spain] and then [travel] afte...
The problem with Web Mission
I've noticed that TechCrunch is fully supporting Web Mission '08 and I just can't hold my tongue any longer. — Web Mission exemplifies everything that's wrong with the UK and European web start-up s...
Mollom May Soon Offer Serious Competition To Akismet
Mollom is a new blog spam prevention tool that's shaping up to be serious competition to Automattic's Akismet, the current market leader. — Belgium based Mollom was founded earlier this year by Drie...
Join The Web Content Conservation Movement
The other day Erick Schonfeld wrote a post about how he's feeling even more overwhelmed by new web content steams like Twitter and FriendFeed, and how he's desperately in need of a better filter. I c...
If Twitter Breaks in the Woods and No One Can Tweet About It, Is It Really Broken?
I noticed a few people thinking the same thing as me today: is everyone taking a break from Twitter? People do get burnt out from the web after all and it was a pretty nice weekend day in a lot of ci...
When Monetizing ISP Traffic Goes Horribly Wrong
In seeking to further monetize Web site traffic on their networks, a number of major Internet service providers may be inadvertently exposing their customers to a greater risk of online attack from id...
Packed House At Y Combinator Startup School
Today marked the fourth year of Y Combinator's startup school, and judging by the overflowing auditorium that persisted throughout the event, it was a runaway success. A crowd of over 650 developers,...
The Social Map Is All About Me
Written by Mark Sigal, a digital media and Internet platform entrepreneur who has done eight startups, four of them as a co-founder. — Call me a cynic, but there has to be more to the Web 2.0 story ...
Search for Mapped Web Pages in Google Maps
Google Maps added the map view available at Google Experimental Search. Google extracts the most important locations from web pages and lets you see the search results on a map. To restrict your sea...