The New York Times has finally discovered MySpace.com. “I’d say, as far as a cultural phenomenon, MySpace is as important, if not more important, than MTV.” Oh didn’t Robert Young say that, like a month ago? Still a pretty interesting look at how… Read More »
Archive for August 2005
Rumors are flying that–after long wait–Verizon will finally flip the switch on Ev-DO in the Bay area. A reader from Mountain View pinged me earlier and said that he was getting some serious EVDO signal. Taking his advice, I decided to walk around San Francisco (I… Read More »
NPR’s On The Media has a piece on my “GoogleNet” story in Business 2.0 latest issue. Bob Garfield asks the questions, I answer them. Interested in that podcast? Download it here. Read More »
Developer David Watanabe has released a beta version of the 1.2 update to his popular RSS reader NewsFire. The update features a souped-up interface for feed groups, as well as advanced ad blocking. A full list of changes can be found here.… Read More »
SCIT For some reason or another, Apple has made the poor decision (in my opinion) to make the default format for screenshots PNG. In the past, if one wanted to change the default format, they would have to go into the terminal and change the format by… Read More »
With all the news about convergence between wireline and wireless networks, we are eagerly awaiting a “converged future.” Carlo Longino says, “I’d love to be able to get the rates of my Vonage connection, particularly on international calls, on my mobile phone from any… Read More »
Charlie Sierra says, Seriously this showdown (between Apple and music industry) is the classic battle between distribution and content. So sooner or later they’ll get in each other’s business. Buying content to boost the value of your distribution asset is the age-old Turner/Murdoch play. Read More »
Justin Hibbard says HP is getting rid to sell its networking business, with private equity buyout giants Francisco Partners and Citigroup as likely buyout candidates. With sales of about $450 million, its likely to fetch about $500 million. [ via Business Week Deal Flow] Read More »
Dear Whomever at Microsoft is responsible for determining requirements for OEM recovery system distribution: I trust that you follow the blogosphere (as mandated by Robert Scoble) and the myriad of complaints about the difficulty owners have with recovering from various problems that Windows XP creates for Tablet… Read More »
Om Malik is weighing-in on the current challenges Jobs is facing with the music industry, trying to raise song prices on him: How can this geek be a better businessman than us, they say? Read Until iTunes came along, i might have bought a… Read More »
And we thought WWF was scary! Check this out! By the way I am up against Creative Commons Blog tomorrow. Read More »
It is not going to be a happy weekend at the Jobs’. Both of Steve’s babies – Apple and Pixar – are in bit of a pickle. Pixar is being informally investigated by the SEC which has asked for more information from the company after… Read More »
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