Archives for September 2007
links for 2007-09-13
Facebook | The New York Times News Quiz
Here’s a good Facebook app from The New York Times. It tests and compares knowledge of current events with friends. It will also get non-subscribers looking at the NYTs more often to prepare for friendly competitions.
(tags: facebook new york times)
The Latest News Headlines—Your Vote Counts | Project for […]
links for 2007-09-12
New Social Sites Cater to People of a Certain Age - New York Times
Technology investors and entrepreneurs are starting a host of new social networking sites aimed at baby boomers and graying computer users. We also see them popping up for physicians (see Sermo), laywers and other professions.
(tags: social networks)
The Holy Grail For Mobile […]
links for 2007-09-11
BBC NEWS | Technology | Facebook ‘costs businesses dear’
According to UK employment law firm Peninsula, 233 million hours are lost every month as a result of employees “wasting time” on social networking. I wonder if they calculated the benefits of social networking?
(tags: social networks research)
BBC NEWS | Technology | Mobile system promises free calls
TerraNet […]
links for 2007-09-10
Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Capgemini to pitch Google Apps
Google Apps may be about to make the leap from small businesses to large ones. Capgemini announced a partnership with Google to push Apps into the enterprise market.
(tags: enterprise)
Google’s ‘top spot for sale’ | NEWS.com.au
The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) is taking world-first legal action […]
links for 2007-09-09
Apple - To all iPhone customers
Here is Steve Jobs’ open letter to iPhone customers. This is the best direct communications Apple can manage since they don’t really have two-way, online conversation channels in place. In my humble opinion, this is one area in which Apple is behind.
(tags: apple ceo)
Epicenter - Wired Blogs
Wired summarizes “4 […]
links for 2007-09-06
Q&A with Jobs: ‘That’s what happens in technology’ - USATODAY.com
Apple decreased the price of iPhones by $200 and people are surprised? The short product lifecycles in technology continue to amaze me, but I’m never surprised.
(tags: technology)
10 Future Web Trends
ReadWriteWeb posted a good list of web trends/predictions for the next 10 years.
(tags: trends)
Marketing Profs Conferences: […]
links for 2007-09-05
Wikipedia:Administrators’ noticeboard/Incidents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clients sometimes ask: “…and what happens if we break Wikipedia’s unwritten rules?” All Overstock.com IP addresses were banned today. Resaon? The company spammed and intimidated adminstrators.
(tags: wikipedia)
links for 2007-09-03
BBC NEWS | Technology | Mobiles to become digital wallets
The UK’s five largest mobile phone co’s introduced a payment system that turns handsets into digital wallets for items worth $20 or less. I thought the English already had this kind of service. They did, but it was based on clunky SMS.
(tags: mobile EMEA)
Introducing the Google […]
links for 2007-09-02
Nippon Airways working on wireless flight check-in | The Boy Genius Report
Japanese airline Nippon Airways announced they will allow travelers to check using wireless microchips beginning next month. This is a good example of using mobile services to make your customers VIPs. This is a trend that will continue in 2008.
(tags: mobile […]
links for 2007-09-01
Google News Now Hosting Wire Stories & Promises Better Variety In Results
Google News will begin offering articles from several major wire services and news agencies hosted on its own site, rather than sending readers away from Google.
(tags: msm)
Facebook | Enter Multi-User Google Earth
Unype Everywhere is on the verge of something interesting… an Facebook application […]
