Notable News From the Tech World
Has Twitter jumped the shark already? It was featured on the cover of Time magazine last week, and now Washington Post media columnist Howard Kurtz has dedicated a large chunk of his column to the service. Still no mention of how Twitter might make a profit.
Notable Quote
“The world needs another OS like it needs a new folk singer.” — Deutsche Bank Equity Research Analyst Jonathan Goldberg
Notable News
Microsoft will only reimburse employees for Windows Mobile cell phones; no iPhones allowed (CNET)
Virgin Media and Universal offer unlimited music downloading subscription in the UK (Reuters)
File-sharing defendant gets retrial, new lawyers (AP)
Kindle joins a literary ritual: Authors can autograph it (NYTimes)
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Is GigaOm just leveraging every mention of Twitter and going opposite of the wave to get more page views?
Having been part of a massive startup hype cycle, the high highs and the bitter attacks that come when it inevitably crashes, i want to grab the twitter guys by their ears and tell them to dial it down. They need to fire their PR agency (that is incented to drive the hype), carefully ramp down the frequency of their exposure, and focus on their team and product. Please.
“The world needs another OS like it needs a new folk singer.” — Deutsche Bank Equity Research Analyst Jonathan Goldberg
There’s a Cracker fan if I ever saw one.
Everyone who has built infrastructure has had crashes/service interruptions.
AOL, Skype, oh goodness, you could practically run a chorus line of companies who (temporarily) outran their infrastructure.