Has the Web Increased Corporate Responsiveness?
Adobe has vowed to modify its new Photoshop terms of service in response to user complaints regarding a particular term that gave Adobe a non-exclusive license to each user photograph uploaded to the...
View ArticleWhat’s the harm?
Relevant to the discussion we’re having at the moment in class, here’s a hypothetical: Your local supermarket chain uses software at the checkout line that compares the set of stuff you’ve just bought...
View ArticleYahoo’s new site driven by desire to sell more targeted ads
I just saw this in the NYT and thought it was pretty timely. It suggests that Yahoo’s creation of this new site aimed at women was motivated by advertisers wanting to reach this demographic. It’s...
View ArticleArrington, Comcast and a Chicken walk into the tweetosphere…
With the twitter facebook app finally getting fixed last week I resurrected my long dead twitter account just in time to see a bit of a ruckus today in the tweetosphere (is there really such a thing?)....
View ArticleYahoo’s New Ad Initiative
This morning Yahoo released some additional details on their new ad program, AMP!, formerly known as Project Apex. The specs are still a bit fuzzy, but the basic idea is that Yahoo has recruited a...
View ArticleOnline Software
Though online software has been gaining momentum for a while now, Google has stepped up its efforts with its recent deal with Salesforce. I expect this will be a web difference, to the extent it is not...
View ArticleBook Publishing
This article in the Times today is pretty interesting. An author (and management professor) is using computer algorithms to generate books from information publicly available online. The web also...
View ArticlePolitics and open source
One of the readings for today talked of the great potential of applying the Linux open source model to political campaigning. Is the open source model really different? Here’s an article describing the...
View ArticleFacebook: Your One-Stop Shop for Web Updates
Two announcements this week indicate that Facebook is on its way to becoming even more of an update site than it already is. First, Facebook is going to integrate updates from Flickr, Yelp, Picasa, and...
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The Washington Post has a really fascinating (and entertaining, especially for people who are familiar with the DC area) article speculating what Washington might look like in 2025: “Washington’s...
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