How Twitter Was Born
Twitter was born about three years ago, when @Jack, @Biz, @Noah, @Crystal, @Jeremy, @Adam, @TonyStubblebine, @Ev, me (@Dom), @Rabble, @RayReadyRay, @Florian, @TimRoberts, and @Blaine worked at a podca...
One-Click iPhone App Cracker Released to the Public
Recently we have reported on what can happen when iPhone software from the Apple store is cracked and made available to the public. In our articles we briefly touched on how these applications were c...
When Talking About Business Models, Remember That Profits Equal Revenues Minus Costs
There is no shortage of discussion about Internet business models these days. And they almost always focus on revenues. But revenues are only half of the value creation equation. The other half is ...
Credit problem takes down the iTunes store
I just opened the iTunes store to attempt to buy last night's episode of Battlestar Galactica and was greeted with a message telling me that my store credit balance is currently unavailable. I found ...
Davos09: Open Bank
At the end of my Davos week, I finally saw tiny notes of hope - faint LEDs at the end of a long tunnel - and they came not from the business, government, and journalistic leaders here but instead from...
Fannie Mae Logic Bomb Attack ‘Tip Of The Iceberg’
The contracted Fannie Mae engineer indicted Tuesday by the Justice Department for allegedly planting a logic bomb represents the beginning of a trend of insider attacks responding to layoffs and job i...
Ruby 1.9.1 Released - First Production Release of the Fastest Ruby Ever!
Note: This post was intentionally delayed due to ruby-lang.org going down for maintenance shortly after the release of 1.9.1. I've been kindly given a copy of 1.9.1 to mirror, however.
Interactive photo-hunt game on YouTube
Boing Boing reader Joe Sabia says he's created the first ever interactive photo hunt on YouTube. “There are 30 levels to the game, recapping all the big nominees for the oscars. 64 videos in all. i m...