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Several marketing associations supported by Google have banded together and released seven principles that they believe should govern online privacy. Are you ready for a journey to the Emerald City? Because the principles are the online advertisers’ attempts to stave off government regulation around protecting consumers’ online privacy by diverting attention to the Great and [...] Tweet This
Why the Mobile Web Won’t Save Sirius XM Jul 03, 2009 16:00:25 GMTThings may finally be turning around for troubled satellite radio venture Sirius XM. Following a long and costly merger, the company became desperate for new financing just as credit dried up, and managed to avert bankruptcy only by selling 40 percent of itself to John Malone in exchange for a loan
VentureBeat Presents MobileBeat 2009 Jul 03, 2009 15:59:18 GMTJoin the most influential investors, mobile industry executives, entrepreneurs, press and analysts at MobileBeat 2009 for one day of in-depth discussion, debate and power networking, held on July 16 at the Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco. MobileBeat will focus on apps: the people who use them, the pe
Maybe “Paid” Is the Future of Online Business Jul 03, 2009 13:00:13 GMT In 1988, “Saturday Night Live” aired a parody commercial deriding clumsy business models. “At First CityWide Change Bank, our business is making change,” said actor Jim Downey, portraying a naive “service representative.” After listing various ways in which his c
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Maybe “Paid” Is the Future of Online Business Jul 03, 2009 13:00:13 GMT In 1988, “Saturday Night Live” aired a parody commercial deriding clumsy business models. “At First CityWide Change Bank, our business is making change,” said actor Jim Downey, portraying a naive “service representative.” After listing various ways in which his c
MJ Fans Flock to eBay for Memorabilia Jul 03, 2009 00:02:26 GMT Millions of people logged onto the web when the news of Michael Jackson’s sudden death broke last week, and they’re continuing to flock to eBay to get their hands on the pop king’s memorabilia. The online auction site said it’s since seen the percentages of daily searches,
Will MySpace Kill MySpace Latino? Jul 02, 2009 19:45:04 GMTAs MySpace struggles to regain ground it’s lost to Facebook and sort out its revenue woes, executive departures from MySpace Latino, a combination Spanish-English site targeted at U.S.-based Latinos that launched a little over a year ago, indicate it may be on the chopping block. MySpace Latin
GigaOM » Broadband
Business, Internet, Technology & Strategy
Do Lower Phone Bills Justify Ads on Your Mobile Phone? Jul 02, 2009 14:15:33 GMTOrange, a UK ISP and mobile phone company, is reportedly close to signing a deal with an ad-supported mobile virtual network called Blyk that would offer certain Orange customers credits on their service in exchange for receiving text-based ads on their mobile phones. According to an article in New
Government Enforces the Status Quo With Broadband Stimulus Bucks Jul 01, 2009 20:35:44 GMT The two national agencies responsible for allocating $7.2 billion in broadband grants as part of the stimulus bill today released the rules governing the process and said the government would provide about $4 billion in loans for the first of three funding rounds. That money will start flowing to p
Globalstar Gets Funding While TerreStar Launches Bird Jul 01, 2009 18:59:45 GMTGlobalstar today closed on $738 million in financing, while rival satellite operator TerreStar launched its new bird, TerreStar-1. Globalstar plans to use its money to fund operations and launch a new generation of satellites in 2010 that will deliver all IP-based voice and data to its customers thr
GigaOM » Infrastructure
Business, Internet, Technology & Strategy
Google’s App Engine Is Sputtering Jul 02, 2009 18:58:59 GMTUpdated: Today we’ve received an email and seen multiple tweets alerting us to the fact that Google’s App Engine software development platform is down. We’ve emailed the company for details, but in the meantime, a check of the App Engine status page won’t even load at 11:30 a
Bringing Moore’s Law to the Data Storage Market Jul 01, 2009 15:50:07 GMTAre spinning disks on their way out?
As Mike Speiser discussed recently, flash solid-state drives (SSD) will enable a once-in-a-decade improvement in storage price-performance. Crucially, flash SSDs enable storage to keep up with the rapid advances in CPU speeds driven by Moore’s Law. This may ena
Cisco Launches Services, Shows Off Its Hit List Jun 30, 2009 18:56:57 GMTCisco today outlined its plans for delivering IT services over the web (aka cloud services), and as part of a conference call, showed off a great slide that illustrates exactly how many companies this former networking gear maker wants to take on. If I were to boil it all down, I’d say the com
TechCrunch
TechCrunch is a group-edited blog that profiles the companies, products and events defining and transforming the new web.
What’s Right and Wrong with Media Now Jul 04, 2009 07:02:21 GMTLike most things on the Internet, there’s a good side and a dark side to where the media business is headed.
The good side is very good: thousands of layers of mostly needless middlemen and processes are being eliminated as journalists get a direct channel to their readers. And, because it’s a t
Dotcom Crash-era Startup Reanimates By Trending On Twitter Jul 04, 2009 07:01:17 GMTIt's not often that Internet companies last 10 years, but Moonfruit in the UK has proved pretty resilient. It survived the dotcom boom the first time round, launching with VC-backing, growing to 65 staff and cutting back to two staff in the space of a couple of years. It's a wonder why they didn't e
CallWave Delists From NASDAQ; Fuze Meeting Rises From The Ashes Jul 04, 2009 01:01:35 GMTIt’s not easy to launch a successful WebEx competitor. Most businesses have long since established their “system” for dealing with web meetings, using old standbys like WebEx or GoToMeeting. And those businesses that are willing to venture into the unknown have had plenty of cheap
TalkCrunch
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Erick Schonfeld Discusses MySpace Music On WNYC’s Soundcheck Oct 08, 2008 18:48:24 GMTListen as TechCrunch co-editor Erick Schonfeld discusses the significance of MySpace Music and free, ad-supported music in general on WYNC's Soundcheck, a program produced daily by New York Public Radio.
Interview With Mayor Cory Booker About Community Eye Aug 02, 2008 16:43:11 GMTNewark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker talks about Community Eye, the city's new video surveillance and gunshot detection system being used to fight crime in an eight-square mile area. More details and the transcript at TechCrunch.
Interview With Barney Pell and Ramez Naam About Microsoft’s Powerset Acquisition Jul 02, 2008 08:17:21 GMTI spoke to Powerset CEO and cofounder Barney Pell and Microsoft Live Search Group Program Manager Ramez Naam today about the Powerser/Microsoft acquisition. Total talk time is around 35 minutes, and the full transcript is at TechCrunch.
CrunchGear
Gadgets, gear and computer hardware.
Daily Crunch: In the Pipeline Edition Jul 04, 2009 07:00:39 GMT
Italian company uses RC toy submarines to run cables through sewers
WTF: GameStop selling Nintendo Wii bundles with rubber ducks, water guns
DDR-style alarm clock forces you to finger-dance first thing in the morning
Forearm massager looks scary, probably works okay
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Utterly amazing music video shot on a bunch of webcams Jul 04, 2009 05:42:09 GMT
Japanese band Sour has made a music video for the ages. Shot with actual fans performing concerted actions on webcams, this had to be one of the most difficult editing jobs in history. My mind blew a couple times. Utterly insane on Yooouuutuuube as well, as a commenter points out.
This’ll be
Atari 7800 goes open source Jul 04, 2009 01:35:12 GMT
In a somewhat belated move calculated to “give potential developers insight into the Atari’s gaming platform so they may possibly build upon the 7800 series,” Atari has released the source code to several awesome but rarely-played Atari 7800 games, including Dig Dug, Centipede, Joust,
MobileCrunch
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Samsung Glyde 2 spy shots leak, headed for Verizon Jul 03, 2009 18:21:25 GMT
What’s black, red, wears a Verizon badge, and looks just like the Samsung Glyde? The Samsung Glyde 2, of course!
Presumably in hopes of losing a friend or getting someone fired, HowardForums user StandardsDT waited for his in-the-know buddy to leave the room before going camera crazy.
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Virginia Apple Store closes after shooting Jul 03, 2009 17:59:49 GMT
Tip #1: If you’re going to be a huge wanker and rob a retail store, don’t rob an Apple store. You know those little fancy handsets they carry around? Thats so they can avoid doing much with cash.
Tip #2: Don’t friggin’ steal stuff or shoot people, unlike this guy at the Arli
LG is delusional: plans to be #2 in 2012, new Black Label coming, iPhone killer coming, too Jul 03, 2009 14:32:29 GMT
What in the hell is LG Mobile’s president smoking because this is the most absurd thing I’ve ever read. Becoming the #2 mobile phone maker in three years is one thing considering the fact that Samsung could and would destroy them at any time. But a new Black Label device to compete with the iPh
The Web 2.0 Show
Episode 55 - Capital Factory Mar 31, 2009 13:36:37 GMTJosh and Adam talk with Marc Nathan of Capital Factory and the Houston Technology Center to discuss ‘Starting Up’ and Capital Factory’s seed stage mentoring program for startups. Click here for show notes. Download Podcast
Episode 54 - Spreedly Mar 24, 2009 15:09:38 GMTAdam and Josh sit down to talk with Nathaniel Talbott, creator of Spreedly Click here for show notes. Download Podcast
Episode 53 - Yammer Mar 12, 2009 13:00:49 GMTJosh and Adam sat down with David Sacks Founder/CEO at Yammer, Inc & Geni, Inc Click here for show notes. Download Podcast
Episode 52 - Zumo Drive Feb 26, 2009 16:50:01 GMTAdam and Josh sit down to discuss cloud storage and the implications with David Zhao from Zumodrive.com. Click here for show notes. Download Podcast
Episode 51 - Postrank Feb 11, 2009 00:31:55 GMTJosh and Adam sat down with Ilya Grigorik to talk about AideRSS and Postrank and audience engagement. Click here for show notes. Download Podcast
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ReadWriteWeb
Ads Spotted on Twitter.com - Did You Notice? Jul 03, 2009 23:40:15 GMTThree months ago we reported that Ads Had Come to Twitter and it was a pretty big deal - until Twitter promptly said the word "sponsored" was only appearing on the site in error. Now the "sponsored definitions" of certain Twitter "concepts" have appeared on the site again - and they sure look legi
Risky Business: Enterprise GRC Platforms Essential, Says Forrester Jul 03, 2009 23:39:00 GMTIn a new report issued on the first of the month, Forrester Research has asserted the importance of enterprise platforms for governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC). Pointing to big name corporate failures in the last decade, they argue that the value proposition for GRC software is clear,
Digital Media M&A: Mobile & Analytics Deals Up, Social Media Down Jul 03, 2009 23:17:12 GMTPeachtree Media Advisors has just released their latest report on digital media mergers and acquisitions. We posted their 2008 report back in January, and this is a mid-year 2009 update to that. According to Peachtree, there were 342 digital media transactions in the first half of
2009, which was
ReadWriteTalk
Read/WriteTalk is a weekly show that interviews thought leaders from across the web. Read/WriteTalk is hosted by Sean Ammirati and produced by Sean Ammirati and Richard MacManus
RWW Live: The Local & Mobile Web Mar 31, 2009 02:56:55 GMTOne of the big trends on the web is more and more location aware / sensitive web applications.nbsp; Increasingly powerful mobile devices are enabling this. In this episode of RWW Live, we talk about how the Web is evolving to include more location aware applications and what barriers are still in th
RWW Live: Online Travel Mar 03, 2009 05:53:29 GMTOn thisnbsp; episode of RWW Live, we focus on online travel applications. We have executives from 4 great travel startups on the call: TripIt, Yapta, Dopplr and PlanetEye.
In the show we discuss how the Web is changing the way people travel for work and fun.nbsp; As someone who spends a significant
RWW Live: Recommendation Engines Feb 03, 2009 04:00:57 GMTReadWriteWeb has been running a special series on recommendation engines and this episode of RWW Live is part of that.
The show features 3 exciting and very knowledgeable guests: Jesuacute;s Pindado, Strands Vice President, Business Solutions; Yosi Glick, Jinni CEO #38; Co-Founder; and David Selinge
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Tracking the digital lifestyle
Review: HTC Magic (Google Ion, T-Mobile myTouch 3G) Jul 02, 2009 17:24:08 GMTIt goes by many names. The HTC Magic on Vodafone here in the UK, Google Ion, when handed out as a freebie at the search giant’s developer conference, and the myTouch 3G on T-Mobile in the states. But, whichever way you slice it, the second Android-powered Google phone, manufactured by HTC, is
Joost admits ad-revenue defeat, trying white label biz model instead Jun 30, 2009 16:35:05 GMTAfter rumors of a third change in direction, Joost, the Internet TV startup that just won’t seem to die, has announced plans to focus less on its own online video portal and instead tout the company’s newly launched white label service to “media companies, including cable and satel
The Pirate Bay sold, plans to go legit. Users urged to become capitalists. Jun 30, 2009 14:05:14 GMTWhen the Pirate Bay four were convicted of “assisting in making copyright content available” and sentenced to a one year prison term and a fine of $3.6 million, the site’s co-founder Peter Sunde played down the verdict, claiming that it was business as usual. The argument being tha
Answers.com: Word of the Day
Answers.com: Word of the Day enriches your vocabulary with useful words, terms and expressions.
Word of the Day: Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Lake Chaubunagungamaug, also known as Webster Lake, is a lake in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, United States. It is located near the Connecticut border and has a surface area of 1,442 acres (5.83 sq km). The translation of the name of the lake is believed to be, "Fishing Place at the Boundarie
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Thought-provoking quotes and quips from Answers.com
Quote of the Day: Michael Palin "One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle."
WikiAnswers - Questions that Need Answers
Featured questions that need answers
Will the Michael Jackson memorial on Tuesday be aired on TV? Can a 3-year-old be bulimic? Where can you see images of Taylor Lautner?
Google Blogoscoped
Friendfeed's Real-time Search Jul 03, 2009 09:19:16 GMTNow that ex-Google employees start-up Friendfeed has real-time search, you can feed their engine with a keyword like google and embed it elsewhere, like below (I could refine this search by restricting it to results which have X comments only, or have Likes, or which are only from my contacts at Fri
Gmail With Drag & Drop Jul 02, 2009 11:57:10 GMT
Drag and drop has come to Gmail: you can now drag a message by its left-hand grid, and move it into a label/ folder to the left side. Also, you can now re-arrange labels via drag & drop.
[Thanks Cookie Lee and Niranjan!] [By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: Gmail With Drag & Drop | Comments][Adver
A Changed Google Results Layout, Perhaps Experimental Jun 29, 2009 22:05:31 GMT
I’m currently seeing a slightly changed layout for Google results. The Google logo has gotten smaller, and there’s more padding to the left. In Firefox, the file holding the logo for the new layout is called nav_logo6.png (when I open the old layout in Chrome, it’s nav_logo4.png).
YouTube Changes Channel Layout, Gets 48,000+ Comments Jun 26, 2009 09:37:02 GMTA YouTube blog entry by a YouTube manager announcing the roll-out of a new channel design has so far received 48,668 comments, and growing. Looks like not everyone is happy (and it may or may not be that unhappy users are more vocal, too, right now). Included in the most recent comments right now ar
HTC Hero, an Android-Based Phone (Video) Jun 24, 2009 21:14:01 GMT
[Via Reddit.] [By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: HTC Hero, an Android-Based Phone (Video) | Comments][Advertisement] Find the right keywords for your campaigns at KeywordDiscovery.com
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Mashable!
Social software and social networking 2.0.
Tweetmeme Retweets Become Elite Next Week Jul 04, 2009 05:43:05 GMTRetweeting, as we’ve mentioned before (see HOW TO: Retweet on Twitter), is an increasingly popular way to share content on the web.
Twitter is such a powerful tool for sharing media, in fact, that the former market leaders are racing to keep up. News sharing site Digg recently added short U
Task.fm Adds Smart Reminders via Twitter Jul 04, 2009 04:11:13 GMTA few months ago, we reviewed a unique reminder app: Task.fm. In our assessment, we noted its Twitter-like approach to reminders and its ability to decipher human language – you can tell it Task.fm “I need to call mom at noon tomorrow” and expect a reminder the next day. We did n
Happy Internet Dependence Day! Jul 04, 2009 03:01:57 GMT
With the 4th of July weekend just hours away, it’s time to wish our US readers a Happy Independence Day!
Hopefully you’ll be spending at least some of your weekend away from your computer and enjoying the festivities, but for those who have difficulty leaving the laptop at home, here&
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New sites on invites.mashable.com
OpenTravel Invites Jul 04, 2009 09:07:27 GMT[http://www.opentravel.com] Open Travel is a place to keep travel memories (photos, visited places, blogs) in a well thought out and impressive way. It is created for people who travel and need an ultimate place to share their trips.
What's new and different?
"Flickr and Picasa are general photo sh
Ranker Invites Jul 04, 2009 09:07:27 GMT[http://www.ranker.com] You can use Ranker to create lists about anything, so you never lose them, and always have them on hand -- favorite movies, best beers, funniest authors, bloodiest battles -- with over 5 million items to choose from, the possibilities are endless. You can even use Ranker to
Thymer Invites Jul 04, 2009 09:07:27 GMT[http://www.thymer.com] Project management and task planning for people who hate project management and task planning.
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VP, Social Media Strategist at Ketchum Public Relations (Chicago, Illinois) Jul 02, 2009 21:20:26 GMTThis position will provide digital counsel to clients, support the agency’s digital platform in the Midwest Region, infuse digital thinking into all media programs, driving/managing client relations...
Manager, Web Experience at United Way Metropolitan Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) Jul 01, 2009 20:47:20 GMT* Develops electronic communications strategy to drive the development of compelling user experiences.
* Provide thought leadership and drive a strong point of view on web, social media and e-c...
New Business Director at Luminosity Marketing (New York, New York) Jul 01, 2009 01:35:36 GMTLuminosity Marketing is seeking a sales/marketing director to lead our new business program. If you are an up-and-coming ambitious new business manager, with experience in the marketing communications...
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Twitter Needs a Spam Filter? No, We Need a Marketer Filter Jul 03, 2009 14:16:00 GMTHas Twitter spam gotten a little out of hand? According to today's top story on Techmeme , it has. Apparently, marketers are calling for Twitter to filter out spam and other adult content from the microblogging service. You know, so their all-important tweets about the
This Week’s Links Jul 03, 2009 18:02:00 GMTMashable on how to use Wikis for business projects. PETA urges Phish to rename itself as the Sea Kittens. Good Lord.
Incredibly Useful Firefox Script for Twitter Followers Page Jul 04, 2009 06:53:00 GMTTwitter recently made improvements to the Following and Followers pages. Mashable has a good rundown of the enhancements.
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Wired: Threat Level
Kevin Poulsen and Ryan Singel's daily briefing on security, freedom and privacy in the wired and unwired world.
Judge Acquits Lori Drew in Cyberbullying Case, Overrules Jury Jul 02, 2009 19:04:28 GMT
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Thursday overturned guilty verdicts against Lori Drew, issuing a directed acquittal on three misdemeanor charges.
Drew, 50, was accused of participating in a cyberbullying scheme against 13-year-old Megan Meier who later committed suicide. The case against Dre
Pirate Bay 2.0: Pay Pirates to Become Consumers Jul 02, 2009 00:59:24 GMT
The Swedish gaming executive who’s gambling nearly $8 million buying The Pirate Bay is convinced he can turn the 20 million users of the world’s most notorious file sharing site into well-behaved consumers — even amid a deluge of account-deletion requests.
“Some file-sharers don
Congresswoman Praises Lori Drew Prosecutors Jul 01, 2009 22:18:05 GMT
In anticipation of Lori Drew’s sentencing hearing Thursday, Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-California) issued a statement late Wednesday praising prosecutors for their work on the controversial case.
“What Lori Drew did was egregious, and it is time that she be brought to justice,” Sanchez said in
Wired: Compiler
Everything you need to know about the software that makes the web tick ? and how to use it.
Google Update Now a Scheduled Task, But Still Evil Jul 02, 2009 18:39:24 GMTGoogle has released a slight revision of its Google Update software for Windows. The latest version eliminates the need for Update to run constantly in the background — one of several reasons we’ve previously labeled the software “evil” — but stops short of conforming t
EveryBlock Source Code Release Offers Glimpse of the Magic Behind the Curtain Jul 02, 2009 17:57:39 GMTEveryBlock, the local news aggregator that touts itself as a “news feed for your block,” has followed through on its much-anticipated source code release.
The local news site was founded two years ago by Adrian Holovaty, who is also one of the creators of the Django web development frame
W3C Drops Audio and Video Codec Requirements From HTML 5 Jun 30, 2009 23:34:44 GMTThe stewards of the web have removed the sections of the HTML 5 draft specification that would recommend web browsers support audio and video playback using a specific codec.
Ian Hickson, one of the primary authors of the HTML 5 draft at the Worldwide Web Consortium, made the announcement on the WHA
Wired: Epicenter
Wired's unique take on technology business news and the Silicon Valley scene.
Three Cheers for the Lori Drew Acquittal, But Not for Drew Jul 03, 2009 17:16:16 GMTThe directed acquittal of Lori Drew is the only sensible disposition of a depressingly sad case in which the suicide of a 13-year-old girl was linked to the bad behavior of a grown woman, the mother herself to a teenage daughter.
Drew could be ostracized, she can be sued for damages in a civil proce
Justice Department Formalizes Probe of Google Books Settlement Jul 02, 2009 23:41:52 GMT
The Department of Justice has acknowledged a formal investigation into the Google book settlement, postulating that it could violate anti-trust laws but insisting it has reached no conclusion.
The New York Times and others are reporting that DoJ has written to the federal judge administering the se
Sony Buys Part of the Long Tail Jul 02, 2009 21:20:44 GMTFor major label Sony Music, the idea of distributing artists from the fat part of the long tail has proven too tempting to resist.
The media giant announced on Wednesday that it acquired an undisclosed percentage of longtime independent music bastion IODA, short for Independent Online Distribution A
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