December 2007
11 posts
And best supporting technology goes to...
Just recently TechCrunch, VentureBeat, GigaOm and Read/WriteWeb launched The Crunchies, technology startup awards.
I think it’s great that these outlets have gotten together to spotlight the best and the brightest in the startup community. What’s even better is that they’re giving the community the opportunity to vote and participate in choosing the winners.
This got me...
Seriously -- Is Twitter really dangerous? →
Techmeme picked-up this article, so maybe you’ve seen it — Michael Krigsman @ ZDNet postulates why Twitter is dangerous in the corporate environment. Do you agree that Twitter is a problem here? Most sane corporations have governing employment policies and guidelines that are platform agnostic and prohibit the distribution of any sensitive information. @jbo - dude, in mgmt meeting...
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Did Facebook break the law?
The people at The Laboratorium seem to think so.
Could this law mean possible trouble for Facebook and Blockbuster (one of Facebook’s initial landmark partners in Beacon)?
NBC ratings plunge, refunds for advertisers →
… will they blame the internets?
Here’s Bijan using his BlackBerry Perl to video blog directly to Tumblr. This is why I purchased the BlackBerry Perl 8130 over the iPhone. Totally cool and sweet video. iPhone — where’s your video, eh? WHERE? ;) Also, I had the opportunity to see the video quality on a Nokia N95. 5 megapixel camera — photo quality and video are soooo sweet. It also comes with a video...
More airlines join the in-flight wifi race →
A good description related to my recent post about JetBlue. More airlines to offer in-flight wifi.
JetBlue, RIM, Yahoo to offer free in-flight Wi-Fi →
it’s about time
Something fun for the holidays!
Beacon -- the Death Star?
Louise Story of the New York Times published an article this morning related to the recent Facebook Beacon launch and the ensuing backlash.
A claim is being presented here that Facebook lied — Beacon would be purely “opt-in”.
From the article, in reference to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO:
“He made it clear that users would be allowed to choose whether to...