Swedish broadband service provider, Tele2 has come up with this fantastic promotion featuring a Beatboxing Bassel Hound. The connection to broadband seems tenuous but what the hell, it is a nice way to waste a few minutes, especially on this April Fool’s Day, when … Read More »
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On April 1, Rickrolling became Public Enemy No. 1 to those devoted to serious Internet browsing. Since it’s always best to understand one’s enemy — and since tracking the evolution of this meme is a challenge worth undertaking — we thus present: Rickrolling: A Timeline 1969: First … Read More »
Forget the intelligence behind releasing firmware upgrades on April 1st, Apple today released one for the Airport Extreme router. I can’t find any information posted on Apple’s web site yet to determine what changes are installed with this firmware upgrade but I have been experiencing major … Read More »
These are turbulent times: Bear Stearns, tough credit, long returns, and everyone worried. A time when everyone is once again, focused on cost. What can we cut? Where are there some savings? Are there any heads we can … Read More »
They’re just throwing darts at a wall. Or worse… “Oh, Look! Mr. Peepers just picked the very same [startups] your investment software did!” OK, venture capital may be slightly more sophisticated than this — but I have trouble with VCs who nobly claim that their business … Read More »
In the "won’t they ever learn" category the city of Los Angeles intends to levy a 9% tax on VoIP service. The last I heard there is a federal moratorium on taxing Internet-based services … Read More »
Good PSAs, with their short runtime and punchy conclusions, have always done well in the online video world. This week, an assortment of odd clips came together with nothing in common other than a desire to educate people on serious (and not-so-serious) matters. Public Service Announcement: … Read More »
The declining relevance of telephone directories erased 95 percent of publisher RH Donnelley’s market capitalization over the last 12 months. Although Google’s free 1-800-GOOG-411 service may attract some share of the directory assistance business, the crux of the problem lies with the diminished standing … Read More »
We’ve known this was coming for some time and it’s finally here. Dash Navigation shot me a press release this morning and have announced that their … Read More »
“[Scott] Cook has an unusual ability to ask the right questions (which my partner Vinod Khosla insists is more important than getting the right answers; in business, there are often several right answers),” writes VC John Doerr, of Intuit founder Scott Cook, … Read More »
Amidst the flurry of carbon credits, lead-free electronics and green everything, the truth of the matter is that folks who are truly green don’t buy a lot of stuff. But that’s no way to push products, so we’re stuck with greenwashing. The technology industry is as … Read More »
SiRF Technology (SIRF), a San Jose, Calif.-based maker of GPS chips, this morning said it was cutting jobs and trying to restructure its business due to softening consumer demand. Already the worst performing tech stock for the year, shares of SiRF nosedived in early trading … Read More »
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