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Google finally ready to launch Jaiku on their platform

Jaiku is down, and according to jaikuinvites, it's because they have finally moved their system to the Google App Engine platform. There's no official word from Google about what's happening, but their website describes it as "server maintenance". If you're wondering what Jaiku is, you can...

Tags: Google Inc., Jaiku, Activity Stream, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Channel Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telephony, Servers, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Networking, Hardware, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-08-23

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Copyright associations want enforcement for free

The defender of status quo?What a tired old rant. Use technology and the law to enforce ill advised and ill gotten copyright protection.The internet has revolutionized mankind's ability to communicate and share knowledge and culture, and you want to put it under lock and key to deny mankind that benefit?How...

Tags: Benefits, Federal government, Sales force management, Mickey Mouse, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Could diabetes fight the obesity epidemic?

Nice one, Dana.When are you going to write something relevant - like IT - on this site?There is no IT in this blog. Just pointing out the obvious.When will you learn to use google?This is among the worst medically releated post you have written. And please stop quoting the...

Tags: Exenatide, diabetes, GLP-1, secretion

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

A brain-computer interface that communicates thoughts between people

New research from the University of Southampton has demonstrated that it is possible for communication from person to person through the power of thought alone. Looking to take brain-computer interfaces BCI to the next level, Dr. Christopher James from the University’s Institute of Sound and Vibration Research,...

Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Person, Engineering, Internet, B2B, Telecom & Utilities, E-business/E-Commerce, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Does Oracle matter to open source

only as long as Oracle fights M$the reason OSS is doing very well is because people hate M$ and proprietary software in general.As long as Oracle will fund this insurgency against the evil M$ empire everybody will be better off.Eventually M$ will collapse like the Soviet Union and great days...

Tags: open source, proprietary software, OSS, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

RSS: A good idea at the time but there are better ways now

I find it hard to believe that RRSusage was ever as high as 9%.I have a high-tech B2B client who had 1 person reading their RSS feed. But, within a week, had 15+ followers on Twitter.Twitter is easier for me to push out info.Twitter is easier for me to follow...

Tags: RSS, Twitter Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

CongressPro 3.2 (Mobile)

Congress Pro gives all of the vital information in between congressional elections with a constant stream of information throughout 2009. Keep track of members and open seats in Congress with photos, district maps, election results, and official bios. View or search by the full Congress, the House or Senate, or...

Tags: Mobile, U.S. Congress, BIOS, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-08-25

Where's the disruption from the Internet?

After leaving the Financial Times in mid-2004 to become a professional "blogger/journalist" I began to think intensely about the nature of media and its changes. Coming from the old world and now jumping into the deep-end of the new world, it triggered some very interesting insights into the nature of...

Tags: Internet, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-08-21

Let me say it again: Stop sharing music!

They're being bankrupted because they choose......to be bankrupted. I believe both defendants are being offered manageable settlements to this day. Only their "principles" prevent them from doing so.When you don't like the price......of a product, that doesn't give you the right to steal it. Gee, I want a Ferrari...

Tags: Ferrari, RIAA

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

Solar cycles, weather and climate

Solar cycles, weather and climateThere we go...That's all I really wanted to see... some alternatives to the hyped/politicized CO2 warming theory. Solar output has never been studied in the long-term, and only as a earth-warming possibility in the last 10-20 years. There really is no known measurement for...

Tags: policy implication, carbon dioxide, radiation

Discussion threads 2009-07-19

Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905

Photo gallery:Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905We don't typically see high-end megapixel camera phones from Sony Ericsson here in the U.S. unless they're unlocked, and as a result, prohibitively expensive. So it was a welcome surprise to us when we heard that the Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905a would make its way to...

Tags: Sony Ericsson C905a, camera, Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Cyber-shot C905a, Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905a

Product reviews 2009-07-15

New Socialtext Microblogging Appliance Signals Increased Flexibility

Socialtext are making available an 'unbundled' appliance version of their microblogging product 'Signals' at an attractive $US1 per user per month, plus $1,000 per month server subscription. With the rapid increase in business use of Twitter, the hugely successful but internet based free microblogging platform, there...

Tags: Socialtext, Socialtext Microblogging Appliance, Socialtext Signals, Social Networking, Wiki, Strategy, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Michael Jackson funeral delivers pop in video streams

Updated: Live video streams of the Michael Jackson funeral are delivering a big jump in activity and some sites are struggling under the strain. According to Akamai's live stream tracker, a handy link of current activity, the Jackson funeral is getting a lot of attention. And anecdotally...

Tags: Barack Obama, Keynote Systems Inc., Video, Video Stream, Michael Jackson, Corporate Communications, Digital Video, Marketing, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-07

TV's future: the partnerships are forming now

In just the last few days, there were a few news announcements that, separately, were kind of ho-hum. But together, it appears that the stars are suddenly starting to align for the next generation of television, one that's more of an on-demand Internet-based experience, instead of a schedule-driven feed from...

Tags: Partnership, TiVo Inc., Programming, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Want To See (And Talk About) What Your Friends Are Buying? Zappos Set To Introduce 'Social Shopping'

Zappos, the online retailer of shoes and clothing, is about to become a social networking site, borrowing aspects of Twitter and Facebook and applying them to their customers’ particular passion: buying stuff. CEO Tony Hsieh Wednesday confirmed to Between The Lines that it is working on an...

Tags: Facebook, Customer, Twitter, Zappos, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-06-24

Microsoft Money Just Wants to Be Free

Microsoft is abandoning its personal finance software, Microsoft Money, after over 16 years of development and marketing. But why abandon perfectly good software when it could be released to the community as an Open Source project? This week, Microsoft announced its...

Tags: Be Free, Microsoft Money, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Personal Finance, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Why does 'complex event processing' have to be so complex?

I've always felt that "complex event processing" is a term that scares people away. Perhaps there needs to be a softer way to describe what this thing is -- perhaps just plain old "event processing" will do? Or perhaps "sense and respond, times 100,000"? You don't need...

Tags: Event, Financial Services, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Excerpt: Marketing 2.0 From CRM at the Speed of Light 4th Edition

I'm going to try something out here. I am ready to cringe as the tomatoes and old iPods are thrown at me, or the praise is showered on me...oh, wait, that's someone dumping buckets of tar over my head. I'm providing an advance excerpt of Chapter 13 of CRM...

Tags: Advertisement, Attention, CRM, New Competition, Engagement Rating, Marketers, Marketing Professional, Marketing Research, Marketing, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-05-29

Facebook to revamp App Directory, launch "Verified Apps" certification

It looks like Facebook may be taking a lesson from Apple when it comes to applications. With thousands upon thousands of applications working their way through the user base, there needs to be a way for users to sift through them and find what they're looking for. ...

Tags: Facebook, Certification, Blogging, Quality, Internet, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-14

The four stages of the average Twitter user

The four stages of the average Twitter userRE: The four stages of the average Twitter userFifth stage - Tweeting incessantly, addictively, neglecting work, family and real friends not the virtual ones.RE: The four stages of the average Twitter userhmm - I primarily use Twitter Search so not sure what stage...

Tags: Twitter

Discussion threads 2009-05-11