update: I think I was in a bad mood on this – not fair to be so hard on a new company without even trying it. Sorry Twine, I hope you … ROCK! Twine is the new social network applications just “launched” at the Web … Continue reading
TechCrunch is reporting today that China is redirecting internet searches from Google, Yahoo, and MSN and I assume all other engines – to Chinese search engine Baidu. However I can’t find anything but little anecdotal posts to support this. Looks to me like some videos … Continue reading
Robert’s got neat ideas about online “friends”, pointing out that the best definition for online friend is NOT the same as for offline “let’s have dinner” friends in real life. But he’s complaining that Facebook is poorly engineered because it limits … Continue reading
Paid Content has a great article about online advertising and how the concentration of online advertising in the hands of so few websites is becoming a problem. They note this remarkable stat from Zenith regarding distribution of online ad revenue: So the … Continue reading
Congratulations – sort of – to Al Gore and the IPCC for the Nobel Peace Prize. I’m somewhat confused because it seems to me their efforts would not fall under the general category of promoting “Peace”. AP story about Al Gore and IPCC Peace … Continue reading
UPDATE: Your Firefox extensions acting up could also be the problem. I’m checking this now and have removed several like “StumbleUpon, a custom toolbar, and a Video downloader. If this works I’ll try reinstalls to see if I can duplicate the problem but in meantime … Continue reading
If you write about travel, especially including information about your city or region, I’d like to list it here at my Travel Blogs page and also at Online Highways blog. Please Email me with your blog address: jhunkins@gmail.com Airlines and … Continue reading
Kara Swisher at the Wall Street Journal is reporting on Yahoo’s trials and tribulations as CEO Jerry Yang works to regain the glory days Yahoo enjoyed years ago when Yahoo, not Google, was the internet wonder company whose upward potential … Continue reading
This WSJ piece by Jessica Vascellaro is talking about a clear trend in social networking – noting that we’ve passed the “teen early adoption” phase and entered the professional phase where pretty much everybody will eventually participate in social networking … Continue reading
Update: As far as I know PodTech is doing fine as of December 2007, and the rumors back in July were bogus or exaggerated. Just heard from John Furrier that PodTech will again host a “bloghaus” at CES, … Continue reading
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