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[2006-02-28] Feedster To Launch In Japan, Then China
Feedster will launch the Japanese version of its RSS and blog search engine soon, according to Feedster President Chris Redlitz. Feedster recently received funding to do so from Japanese investment firm Mitsui and Co., and the move will also help another future transition into the Chinese market by the end of the year at the earliest.
[2006-02-28] Apple releases new stuff, new blog search engine
Some guy named Steve Jobs was on stage this morning announcing stuff for some computer company in Cupertino.
[2006-02-28] Edgeio Thoughts
I'm way behind on stuff I'd planned to write (and read) and am also now partially sleep deprived thanks to weird schedule gyrations, SES New York, and The Fire Alarm From Hell at the Sheraton (a story for later). So take this with a grain of salt or two.
[2006-02-27] Ask Sans Butler
IAC's Ask.com has launched the new, clean version of their site sans butler today.
[2006-02-27] Edgeio Goes Live
The value of RSS and tags got a lot clearer and more exciting with today's launch of Edgeio.
[2006-02-24] Google Voicemail and Calendar?
Mathew Ingram has evidence that suggests a voicemail service will soon launch for Google Talk and that a calendar will not be far behind.
[2006-02-24] Google to Digitize and Offer Historic Films Online
Hot off the wire...
[2006-02-22] Google Loses Thumbs To Perfect 10
Google suffered a setback in court last Friday as US District Judge Howard Matz ruled that thumbnail displays retrieved by the company's image search feature were a likely violation of copyright law. Links to third party sites and the practice of "framing" the image above those sites, however, were not considered to be in violation.
[2006-02-22] Forty Percent Internet Users Just Surfing
The Pew Internet & American Life Project released data last week that shows 40% of Americans go online with no specific purpose.
[2006-02-22] Playing Technorati Favorites
Technorati continues to crank out services faster than the Keelber's can crank out cookies.
[2006-02-22] Washington Post, CJR Tie Up with del.icio.us
Yahoo's Matt McAlister discovers that both the Washingtonpost.com and CJRDaily have added "Bookmark with del.icio.us" buttons to their article templates today.
[2006-02-21] Commons Kick-off
The Communication Commons is up and running.
[2006-02-21] Feed Dashboards
I have developed a methodology to managing my increasing cache of RSS feeds. It works nicely for me so I thought I'd share it since it might be helpful to you.
[2006-02-21] The Dirty Little Secret About RSS News
There's a dirty little secret in the newspaper industry. In fact, it's a secret that might one day cause serious damage to newspaper brands and give further rise to blogs, unless there's action.
[2006-02-19] Steve Rubel is Testing Memetrackers
And he's found that TailRank is sending him more links than Memeorandum is (although Memeorandum is sending more traffic).
[2006-02-19] nativetext Promises to Translate Feeds
If you're interested in seeing the future of the Web, look no further than this gigundo list of Web apps developed using Ruby on Rails.
[2006-02-17] One if By Land, Two if By Blog
Google has come out swinging, defending their stance in the DOJ search data matter.
[2006-02-16] Micropersuasion Moves to Edelman
Canuckflack sent me this uber-news:
[2006-02-16] Campfire Launches
37Signals, the hottest little company on the Web, just launched the latest in their series of Web apps - Campfire.
[2006-02-16] Big Sites Still Get The Big Traffic
Microsoft, Yahoo, and Time Warner were the top three companies receiving website visitors in January 2006, as each handled more than 100 million unique visitors for the month.
[2006-02-15] VeriSign Delivers One Key for the Internet
According to the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft affects roughly 10 million Americans each year.
[2006-02-14] Hey TailRank! Flickr just called...
And they want their error message back!
[2006-02-14] The Magic Middle
Technorati CEO David Sifry discusses "The Magic Middle" in the second installation of his State of the Blogosphere update.
[2006-02-14] Where's the Network?
Podshow, the podcasting service from Adam Curry and Ron Bloom, issued a press release today announcing the launch of the Podcast Delivery Network (PDN).
[2006-02-14] Firefox Engineer On Memory Leaks
An explanation about Firefox's apparently excessive usage of memory in installations of Firefox 1.5 has been posted by one of the project's lead engineers.
[2006-02-14] Dotster $1 Domain Names
For one hour today between 4-5pm EST, Dotster.com will be offering domain names for only one dollar.
[2006-02-14] Googlers Warned Against Gossiping
A tipster to Valleywag says Google employees have been warned against sending tips or passwords to Google's intranet to the fast-rising Valley gossip blog.
[2006-02-13] Kamambe Does Opera
So, I just posted on Kamambe, Jason Schramm's site that lets you customize Google's tabs in Firefox.
[2006-02-13] Daily Telegraph's New Media Expansion
Another indicator of how some mainstream media see podcasting as a big opportunity - The Daily Telegraph is advertising for two Podcast Reporters/Producers:
[2006-02-13] PubSub Quick Subscribe Bookmarklets
PubSub has rolled out a stack of handy dandy bookmarklets.
[2006-02-13] Finally Got Gmail Chat
Google's Chat in Gmail has been rolling out slowly to everyone, and now that I've got it, here are some screenshots and thoughts.
[2006-02-13] Flickr Turns Two…
Thomas Hawk's photography rocks.
[2006-02-13] Co.mments.com Turns Comments into RSS
OK, so you visit my comment feed and leave a comment.
[2006-02-13] Mammoth Browser Showdown
InternetWeek is running an 18-page showdown by Ed Bott, Scot Finnie, Dennis Fowler, and Ron White of the four hottest web browsers: Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 1.5, Opera 9 and Maxthon.
[2006-02-10] NSA Wiretaps, MySpace, and Virtual Surveillance
Earlier this week, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales faced questioning from the Senate Judiciary Committee, in regards to legitimacy of the Bush Administration's NSA wiretapping surveillance program.
[2006-02-10] Gmail For Domains Launched
As predicted, Google has announced Gmail for domains. For now, businesses can express interest in using Gmail for their .com email addresses, and Google will contact them back if they've been selected to participate in the beta test.
[2006-02-10] I'm Feed Up with Feedless News Sites
I am "feed up" with news sites that don't offer quality RSS feeds.
[2006-02-09] Video Guides for Microsoft Professionals
Not exactly marketing related, but Brian Tucker did ask (very politely) if I would take a look at The Blogcast Repository.
[2006-02-09] Yahoo! and Digg - Sign of the Times or Big Rumor
As you can well see, I stay away from the rumor mill both here and at the Corante Web Hub. So when everyone got in on the Yahoo! buying Digg talk, I steered clear.
[2006-02-09] Hints At 'Gmail For Domains' In JavaScript
Garett Rogers at ZDNet notices that hidden within Gmail source code are hints that Google is developing a future version of Gmail, "Caribou", that will allow people to point their domain DNS servers at Google to use Gmail.
[2006-02-09] The Firefox Upgrade and Plugins Dance
Mozilla released an update to the Firefox browser earlier this month which, the release notes say, provides improved stability, improved support for Mac OS X, fixes for several memory leaks and several security enhancements among other things.
[2006-02-09] Edgeio Opens New Era in Blogging…
I got an early look at Edgeio a few months back at one of those famous TechCrunch parties but I was sworn to secrecy.
[2006-02-09] coComment Changing Orphaned Blog Comments
Worried that when you comment on a blog, you'll either forget about the conversation or, worse still, your comment will be an orphan, left to fend for itself?
[2006-02-08] Record Audio at Odeo
Odeo, the podcasting service and directory launched last July, now offers a recording capability where you can record a commentary about a podcast:
[2006-02-08] Why Don’t You Use a Memetracker?
Over the last few months I've been asking people I meet who read my blog (or who say they do, at least) about whether or not they read Memorandum (or the competitors like TailRank, Blogniscient, Digg, Megite, or Chuquet).
[2006-02-08] SFGate.com's New RSS Reader
There are tons of good ideas flowing in response to my writer's block call for help. Keep them coming!
[2006-02-08] Net Neutrality Divides On Party Lines
The potential to future innovators to build on the success of the Internet may well hinge on network neutrality, but the two major political parties in Congress see the issue differently.
[2006-02-07] Blogging Continues to Grow
Technorati's David Sifry updates the latest state of the blogosphere and things look good.
[2006-02-07] Former Microsofties Create Flickr Competitor
Thomas Hawk reports that some former Microsoft execs have started a photo sharing site called Vizrea, and they are getting some great press.
[2006-02-07] Cerf Talks Net Neutrality With Senate
Google VP and Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf appeared before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, as Congress began to consider the concept of network neutrality for the Internet.
[2006-02-03] A New Use for Tag Clouds
The Los Angeles Times has come up with an intriguing new use for a tag cloud.
[2006-02-03] BlogPulse Live Launches
BlogPulse Live is a graphical real-time view of the most popular topics bloggers are posting about across several broad categories -
[2006-02-03] Google Jobs Post Leads To GoogleNet Rumors
Google has stated before it has no interest in becoming a provider of network services, but a job posting on its site solicits applications for Strategic Negotiators with "negotiation of dark fiber contracts" listed as part of the desired candidates' experience.
[2006-02-02] Google Reader Updated
The Google Reader team have issued an update. The main new feature is a drop-down that gives you quick access to all of your labels, but the keyboard access to the same feature is a cooler: a dark gray overlay that appears when you hit g, then l.
[2006-02-02] ValleyWag Spills Google Beans
Gawker recently launched ValleyWag, a gossip blog for the Silicon Valley area.
[2006-02-02] Just the Facts, Ma'am
The Los Angeles Fire Department's blog, produced by the LAFD PR team (as reported by Steve Rubel), has prompted an LA blogger to call on the Los Angeles Police Department and the Sheriff's Department to follow suit.
[2006-02-01] Google - Responsibility To Warn Shareholders?
The Age asks a tough question: If Google knew its fourth-quarter tax rate was going to be almost 70% higher, did it have a responsibility to warn shareholders?
[2006-02-01] Real Time News?
I'm in a press conference with about 15 journalists for the LIFT conference. It's 2:30 a.m. my time, so hopefully I sound competent.
[2006-02-01] Latest Google Rumor
It's funny, even when Google denies a rumor, it still makes the news.
[2006-02-01] Newspapers Lobby Against Google News
The World Association of Newspapers is lobbying against Google News, a non revenue-producing search engine that sends tons of traffic their way.
[2006-02-01] Google’s Monoculture Getting Netscaped
Tristan Louis takes a look at Google's situation, compares it to Netscape's, and determines that " now is the time for executives at Google to look at history and, hopefully, not repeat it".
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