December 2008
94 posts
“Until recently, travelers attending conferences or trade shows had simple...”
– Itineraries - Internet Use Grows at Meetings, as Do Challenges - NYTimes.com
“The once-mighty Borders chain is on the rocks. Powell’s, the huge store in...”
– Bargain Hunting for Books, and Feeling Sheepish About It - NYTimes.com
techPresident – Web Video & the Obama Presidency:... →
“# The mobile device will be the primary connection tool to the internet for most...”
– Pew Internet: Future of the Internet
“Silicon Valley produced just one initial public stock offering in 2008, the...”
– Silicon Valley produced just one IPO in 2008 - SiliconValley.com
“When things are going well, she pointed out, it’s hard for most people to...”
– Worldchanging: Recession and Innovation
Google Now Features Blog Thumbnails →
The future of media: More front page, op-ed, and... →
Pew Survey Confirms What We All Know: Net Beats... →
CEO predicts future uses for Twitter [video] |... →
Zamfir 2.0: The Enigmatic Appeal of Ocarina -... →
Peter Schwartz: Facebook's Face Plant: The Poverty... →
“Burned by their banks and the stock market, people seeking help with budgeting,...”
– Lose Confidence in Your Bank? Turn to the Web - NYTimes.com
“Twitter CEO Evan Williams just announced (on Twitter) that the service has...”
– Twitter Finally Adds People Search - Other Search Options Still Needed - ReadWriteWeb
Basics - There’s Lots of Tech Help, Yes, on the... →
“sales of e-books have tripled or quadrupled in the last year.
Amazon’s Kindle...”
– More Readers Are Picking Up Electronic Books - NYTimes.com
“Quickies, which are essentially Post-It Notes that feed the written information...”
– Quickies: MIT’s Post-It Notes On HGH
10 most influential biztech products of 2008 |... →
“The average number of both followers and other members people on Twitter are...”
– The State Of The Twittersphere (HubSpot Edition)
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM and Chrysler... →
“Microsoft has put in place a scheme that will allow the hardware firms to get...”
– Windows XP allowed to live again
“The Apple iPhone trails the RIM BlackBerry in terms of current market share -...”
– BlackBerry vs. iPhone - The Smart Phone Battle Rages On
“ScrollMotion, a New York mobile app developer, has concluded deals with a number...”
– App Developer Strikes E-Book Deals With Major Publishers | Epicenter from Wired.com
“The site, integrated with Facebook Connect, lets users read and respond to...”
– NewsMixer: An Innovative Community News Framework - ReadWriteWeb
“The Google Desktop team is pleased to release a Google Docs Gadget for Google...”
– Official Google Docs Blog: Access Google Docs from your Desktop
“most of the popular netbooks can run OS X, but there are plenty of caveats:...”
– Mac OS X Netbook Compatibility Chart (updated) - Boing Boing Gadgets
“Confident, forward-thinking, and 80 million strong, Generation Y will reshape...”
– Managing Millennials | BNET
“[Yahoo] The company’s various services and products will anonymize user log data...”
– Yahoo Gains User Trust With New Data Policy
Avisen.dk: Newspaper Without Paper, Doing Well -... →
“RNA Biology has decided to ask every author who submits an article to a newly...”
– Scientific Journal to Authors: Publish in Wikipedia or Perish - ReadWriteWeb
“[T]he offering got even better today with the release of a new “mix your...”
– NPR Now Lets You Roll Your Own Podcast Feed - ReadWriteWeb
“Facebook is growing at a rate of 600,000 users each day, up from 300,000 to...”
– Facebook Growth Explodes, Site Reaches 140 Million Active Users - ReadWriteWeb
“While at the dry cleaner one day, Rob’s iPhone was stolen. He immediately...”
– iPhone thief thwarted by MobileMe sync - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
“Google has completed nearly every building in Manhattan Island for Google Earth....”
– Google Earth Blog: New York City in Photo-Realistic 3D Now in Google Earth
“Members of social networks want to spend time with friends, not brands. When...”
– Digital Domain - Advertisers Face Hurdles on Social Networking Sites - NYTimes.com
“44,000 people go to MacWorld. Hell, a lot more people watch Engadget report from...”
– Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger » Blog Archive Are bloggers & social networks killing the big shows? «
Free? The ‘Wired’ Economy Is Still 80% Atoms, Not... →
Deloitte survey shows we’re living in a “media... →
“Yahoo! will anonymize user log data within 90 days with limited exceptions for...”
– Yahoo! Inc. - Press Release
“Twitpay is a start-up that aims to allow people to send small payments through...”
– Send Money Through Twitter With Twitpay - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
“Tech layoffs have now passed 100,000, reports Techcrunch, who have been keeping...”
– Tech Layoffs Reached 100,000
Wikipedia Finally Releases Official Mobile Site -... →
“A survey of internet leaders, activists and analysts shows they expect major...”
– Pew Internet: Future of the Internet
“Only one news company in the Top 100 Twitter accounts manages to produce content...”
– Tribune fails, CNN twitters « The Ombud
“Page by page, section by section, the influence of the New York Times is fading...”
– Seth’s Blog: Watching the Times struggle (and what you can learn)
Slipstream - A Software Secretary That Takes... →
Official Gmail Blog: Fast PDF viewing right in... →
In the Hunt - Three Fledgling Businesses, a Year... →
“[About automatic translation and Meedan, a site that allows conversation between...”
– Idea Lab - Learning to Talk - Social-Networking an with Automatic Translator? - NYTimes.com
“The survey also found that while 74 percent of consumers polled say companies...”
– Consumers Want, and Are Skeptical About, Eco-Electronics - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com 