Sep
30
Something tells me that the arrival of the Techmeme Leaderboard will herald a whole new A-list discussion…
But besides that, looking at the screenshot on TechCrunch, I just have to wonder if the Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal and Reuters should be included here, if the focus of this list is meant to be on […]
Sep
28
Ads on your Phone
September 28, 2007 | 2 Comments
Business Week is talking about the absolutely horrible idea of a Google Ads sponsored, free phone:
Imagine your cellphone as a mini marketing machine.
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That kind of 24/7 advertising engagement–on a phone, no less–may sound like a nightmare. But what if you could determine the kinds of products you get pitched? Or, when your flight gets canceled […]
Sep
27
I just saw this piece on MSNBC arguing that ‘walled gardens’ actually foster innovation and that Apple made the right choice in clamping down on third-party development for the iPhone. The author uses Japan’s iMode as an example.
There is so much wrong with this idea, I don’t even know where to start. The guys at […]
Sep
27
Looks like today’s 1.1.1 release of the iPhone firmware is creating a mess for both unlocked and regular iPhones.
Here is what happened to Jonathan Seff of iPhone Central:
I decided to try the 1.1.1 iPhone update on my unlocked and hacked phone. The process went along just fine until the iPhone restarted. Then I got a […]
Sep
26
Today, according to TUAW, Apple send a takedown notice to the ISP where one of the iPod Touch hackers was just about to upload some code that might jailbreak the Touch:
But what’s amazing here is how fast Apple moved on this– either they’ve got someone listening in on the development wiki, or they’re taking cues […]
Sep
24
So Microsoft is talking to Facebook about buying a stake in the company…
To me, it doesn’t really matter, as I will not join any of these networks until I can get my data in and out of their respective silos and take it with me to another service.
As for this deal then: While Facebook […]
Sep
24
As if Valleywag wasn’t enough of a gossip rag already, today’s TechCrunch piece on Pownce vs Digg and yesterday’s piece on PayPerPost (a company I hate deeply!) is a good illustration why TechCrunch is bordering on becoming irrelevant unless it returns to its roots:
I’ve speculated previously on the growing conflict Kevin Rose has between his […]
Sep
24
Scoble just wrote an interesting piece on FeedHub, which is basically a personalized TechMeme, based upon analyzing and recommending items from your OPML file.
Scoble is critical about how well it works for him:
One problem: for me it doesn’t work. It doesn’t pick the stuff I’d really like to read from my feeds. Almost none of […]
Sep
22
Playing with Intel’s MashMaker
September 22, 2007 | 1 Comment
Late last night I can an invite for the pre-alpha release of Intel’s MashMaker.
It’s a very cool idea - basically, it is a tool to create mashups of different web sites. Their defaults are a Google map based on craiglist’s “for rent” page, of the option to blend the story text right into the CNN […]
Sep
22
If Google is really going to “Out Open” Facebook, doesn’t that just mean that Scoble (and the rest of us) are just going to import all of this googly goodness into Facebook?
Technorati tags: google, facebook
Sep
21
Podshow on Tivo and now with more VC money?
September 21, 2007 | 1 Comment
TechCrunch reports that the infamous purveyor of podcasts, podshow.com, is now featured on Tivo.
Nothing special here - it will just introduce more people to the fact that a lot of stuff on podshow isn’t worth watching.
What about this, though:
We’ve also heard rumors that Podshow may announce a new round of funding next week alongside the […]
Sep
20
Unexpectedly, Google has released a new product called “Shared Stuff.” It’s a slightly weird name for a social bookmarking product.
It’s still rather basic, as you can’t really tag the pages, just add comments. There is, however, a lot of potential in this product. It could become a reddit/digg competitor in the long run. So far, […]
Sep
19
I Was Going to Review Mint Today
September 19, 2007 | 2 Comments
However, the sudden onslaught of attention they got has brought a lot of the services on Mint to a standstill. Also, as of now, it doesn’t download the transactions from my most used credit card. Without that data, the service is useless to me.
And so, I will hold my final verdict until a later […]
Sep
18
(via Mathew Ingram) Some interesting chatter in the blogosphere about the fact that Mike Arrington is an investor in MC Hammer’s DanceJam project.
Allen Stern has the details about the relationship between MC Hammer and Arrington:
Tonight we learn that MC Hammer’s new DanceJam company is backed by Michael Arrington, Ron Conway and others. Don Dodge has […]
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