April 2009
37 posts
“The biggest crowd on the web today is the one streaming through Twitter’s...”
– Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: The fickle Twitterer
“Apparently more than 60 percent of Twitter users fail to return the following...”
– Twitter Doomed
“SHENZHEN, China — The phone’s sleek lines and touch-screen keyboard are...”
– In China, Knockoff Cellphones Are a Hit - NYTimes.com
“Omegle.com connects its users with random, anonymous strangers for a private,...”
– Web Site Offers Anonymous Chats With Strangers - NYTimes.com
“Call it the International Paradox. Web companies that rely on advertising are...”
– Internet Users in Developing Countries Drag on Sites’ Profits - NYTimes.com
“The event was a bit of a culture clash between the Americans and the mostly...”
– Magid: European newspapers not yet hammered by Internet - SiliconValley.com
“A look at the evolving experiment that Verizon Communications began in July...”
– Unboxed - Verizon’s Experiment in Volunteer Customer Service - NYTimes.com
“In the newsmedia’s devastated landscape, both in Europe and in the United...”
– Time to think seriously about the iPhone | Monday Note
“There are actually more than 600 mobile phone viruses out there,” Prof...”
– BBC NEWS | Technology | Giant leap looms for mobile bugs
“Washington D.C. will be the first U.S. city with free mobile digital TV...”
– Washington D.C. to be First US City With Free Mobile TV
“General Electric says it has achieved a breakthrough in digital storage...”
– G.E.’s Breakthrough Can Put 100 DVDs on a Disc - NYTimes.com
“Newspapers must define their value differently - not as paper, for God’s sake,...”
– GeoCities = MySpace = newspapers « BuzzMachine
“The Swedish judge in the case, Tomas Norstrom, has confirmed he is a member of...”
– Something stinks in the Pirate Bay | Good Morning Silicon Valley
“Just about every house in town is paying attention,” said Patrick Mulligan, a...”
– From Blog to Print, Laughing All the Way to the Bank - NYTimes.com
“Today, we take the next step in opening our site governance to everyone who uses...”
– Facebook | Voting Begins on Governing the Facebook Site
“When two Domino’s Pizza employees filmed a prank in the restaurant’s kitchen,...”
– A Video Prank at Domino’s Damages Its Brand - NYTimes.com
“The video, which, among other things, features an employee who farts and sneezes...”
– Domino’s: How One YouTube Video Can Ruin a Brand - ReadWriteWeb
“Steve Jobs is working on digital nomad-oriented products, while himself living...”
– Steve Jobs’ new job: Digital Nomad In Chief - Computerworld Blogs
“Approximately 300,000 of the Kindle 2s have been shipped to date, suggesting...”
– 300,000 Kindle 2s Sold To Date
“In light of the recent spate of Somali pirate attacks (here’s one interesting...”
– Is It Time to Rename “Digital Piracy”? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
“In the market for a smartphone? Unless you desperately need one today,...”
– Don’t Buy A Smartphone Until June! (AAPL, RIMM, PALM)
iPhone devotion blinds Silicon Valley app... →
“Amazon’s Kindle 2 is slimmer, faster and has longer battery life than its...”
– Kindle 2’s Fuzzy Fonts Have Users Seeing Red | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
“Individually, many of those 140-character “tweets” seem inane. But taken...”
– Finding Utility in the Jumble of Tweeted Thoughts - NYTimes.com
Gizmodo - Survey: 100% of Teens Want an iPod; 0%... →
“Software becomes the new Panopticon. It can monitor workers who, conveniently,...”
– Ping - Software That Monitors Your Work, Wherever You Are - NYTimes.com
“One example of the stark difference between the phone and the computer is the...”
– Micro-Billing Suits the Phone Companies Just Fine - NYTimes.com
“like the music labels, studios sue file traders and push for draconian copyright...”
– Tweaking the Cable Model, to Avoid Newspapers’ Fate - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
“NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Union Square Ventures partner Fred Wilson has seen...”
– Agencies Need to Think More Facebook, Twitter and Less TV - Advertising Age - Digital
“What’s the right price for an e-book? No more than $10, says a group of...”
– Kindle Readers Ignite Protest Over E-Book Prices | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
“Twitter has been on fire for the past few months and it doesn’t appear to be...”
– Twitter Roars Past 14 Million U.S. Users
The Medium - I Hate My iPhone - NYTimes.com →
“MySpace today announced a partnership with Citysearch that will bring...”
– MySpace Goes Local: Announces Partnership with Citysearch - ReadWriteWeb
“The nonprofit Huffington Post Investigative Fund is partially funded by the...”
– Poynter Online - NewsPay
“Yahoo Mobile, available at http://new.m.yahoo.com or from the App Store,...”
– Yahoo Mobile launches across eight countries, 300 devices
“SAN FRANCISCO — Get ready for the next stage in the personal computer...”
– Thin and Inexpensive Netbooks Affect PC Industry - NYTimes.com
“On Tuesday, Mr. Wales announced on his blog that he was pulling the plug on...”
– Google Killer Killed - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 