Think Before You Voicemail
Voicemail is dead. Please tell everyone so they'll stop using it. — When I first started out in the real world in the mid-nineties voicemail was an important productivity tool. I remember people t...
As Web Traffic Grows, Crashes Take Bigger Toll
SAN FRANCISCO — Alex Payne, a 24-year-old Internet engineer here, has devised a way to answer a commonly asked question of the digital age: Is my favorite Web site working today? — In March, Mr. Pay...
The Law and Your Privacy
As you may have seen in the news, YouTube received a court order to produce viewing data from our database, including usernames and IP addresses. In order to protect our community's privacy, we stron...
Digital download model puts song exposure above sales
Some artists are using the pay-what-you-want option. But industry experts question the plan's long-term worth. — Mash-up artist Girl Talk's new album, “Feed the Animals” comes with some impressive ...
Why Microsoft will win Yahoo
To understand Microsoft's pursuit of Yahoo, you have to take a clear-eyed look at Google. It's not the greatest tech company after all. — NEW YORK (Fortune) — In the end, Microsoft is almost surely...
Google, the press, and tearing down your heroes
The press seems to have a pattern reporting on successful technology companies. First, these companies can do no wrong, the heroes of our time, bringing us clever new ways of doing things that promis...