It annoys me when I write a big post that doesn’t get read. I’m reposting here for those who might find the time. Comments are closed on this post. If you want to respond, please visit ReadWriteWeb for either Part 1 or Part 2. Here’s a little secret about Twitter that you may not know: [...]
Last year, I contributed some predications for RWW’s post about what would happen in 2009. How did I do? Let’s take a look.. 1. Twitter announces they have a plan to make money. They do. Well, they didn’t exactly “announce” they had a money-making plan, but the search deals with Bing and Google that launched [...]
RobotVision is a mobile application which is now available for the iPhone. The app uses Bing Local search results in an augmented reality browser which helps you learn more about the businesses and area surrounding you. In case you haven’t heard, “Augmented Reality” is a term which refers to technology that layers data on top [...]
Mobile advertising company AdMob is announcing today their latest innovation in advertising technology designed specifically for the iPhone. Starting in July, advertisers will be able to create new ad units that offer integrated social networking features, built in search, and more dynamic content which can be viewed without having to leave the ad unit. Today, [...]
My knee-jerk reaction to Mike Arrington’s recent post on TechCrunch is that he has lost his mind. His post was about a blogger who accused TechCrunch of spreading the doom and gloom surrounding the financial crisis. The funny thing is that Arrington believes that because this person, some guy named Dare Obasanjo, is employed by [...]
I guess Apple forgot that not everyone uses a Mac. Vista users got a nasty surprise when they went to upgrade to iTunes 8: a Blue Screen of Death, aka a BSOD. Say what you want about Windows, but I haven’t seen BSODs on my home machines since the early days of XP. What’s Causing [...]
In case you haven’t seen it, the big news today is Jason Calacanis’s announcement he has retired from blogging. Now, love him or hate him (I don’t have an opinion, I’ve never met the guy), you have to admit that Mr. Calacanis, as Sarah Lacy says “put professional blogging on the map.†But what really [...]
This is a guest post by Shane Perris, who authors a blog at techwhimsy.com. Trent Reznor kept hard core Nine Inch Nails fans in desperate suspense for two weeks with cryptic clues in the properties of two free mp3 downloads – Discipline (made available from nin.com) and Echoplex (available exclusively through iLike on Facebook). We [...]
Tell me we’re not heading down a dangerous road: an article in today’s Guardian reports on how ISPs worldwide have turned into the police of the web, throttling, shifting, and killing packets left and right. In the U.S., Comcast has been in the news for their throttling of heavy BitTorrent users, but they are by [...]
An email today alerted me about the latest FriendFeed clone, Lifestream.fm. Like everybody’s favorite social app du jour, Lifestream also lets you aggregate your various online services, be it twitter, your blog, StumbleUpon, or whatever else, into one continuous stream. But unlike FriendFeed, you can’t comment or "like" people’s items, filter out or hide items, [...]
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