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- Wal-Mart vs. MySpace: Mr. Sam too honest to be a social networking darling?
- Web 2.0 conventional wisdom portrays Wal-Mart’s foray into the online teen social networking space as a heavy handed corporate commercial ruse aiming to dupe savvy, hip Generation Y via unabashed consumerism or, as Mashable puts it: It’s pretty much universally agreed that (Wal-Mart’s) TheHub was a complete failure…. marketing executives...
- Tags: MySpace, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-10-04
- Commercial open source, a misnomer?
- Commercial open source, a misnomer?They are just exploiters!By the open source charter, any s/w based on open source should be free! It cannot be half free and half commercial. They should charge only for service. The charter clearly says that they should provide free any drivative products. Commercialism is a...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Commercialism, open source, SugarCRM, software, OSS
- Discussion threads 2005-08-30
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- Google's quarter falls short of expectations; Social networking not monetizing well
- Google's quarter falls short of expectations; Social networking not monetizing wellit's because of the M$ illegal behaviorM$ is trying to point the default IE search engine to its crappy msn and is not advertising through google, hence the shortfall.The courts should look into this.Stuff like this makes me wonderare we...
- Tags: SEARCH, Yahoo! Inc., network, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., social networking
- Discussion threads 2008-01-31
- Only a matter of time before Microsoft combines ad business with 'software plus services'
- Looking over the reports from the Microsoft financial analysts gathering this week in Redmond, Wash., I'm reminded of baseball ... modern ballparks in particular. Far as I know, most major league baseball teams have been profitable for many years, many decades. Most of the teams in large...
- Tags: Software, Advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Service, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-09-03
- Google Gears - the game has changed
- Google Gears - the game has changedgoogleizeitWhat is so great about working offline. Perhaps for the users who still use dial up. Then adding downloading content to use offline would take forever. If one is using "always" connected broadband service, then why would he want to work...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Internet, game, plug-in, Google Inc., Google Gears, Adobe Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-31
- Second Life to open-source grid; will Google bite?
- Second Life to open-source grid; will Google bite?Anything to put Secondlife in the right hand!Secondlife is a very good idea, but exploited by the wrong peopless. The client is extremly buggy, slow and un-efficient. LL should sell the whole idea to a competant company who can make it right.why 31...
- Tags: Google Inc., open source, SecondLife, Second Life
- Discussion threads 2007-04-18
- Do you want Google in your refrigerator?
- Do you want Google in your refrigerator?INTRUSIONSYou really don't understand, do you? The Powers That Be don't just know everything about me; they have written IN some myth or charge or accusation, that I know nothing of.What is FACT is that I am hamstrung and blocked, no matter what...
- Tags: SECURITY, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-31
- Web 2.0 pay for play: payola, or transparency?
- We live in a world propelled by “spin” and driven by opaque, financially motivated relationship webs.From corporations motivated by profits, to not-for-profits with missions to “do good,” and from governments serving citizens, to universities at the service of research, activities occuring at organizations of all types, including Web 2.0 Social...
- Tags: hospital
- Blog posts 2006-07-23
- BloggerCon: Bloggers and money
- BloggerCon: Bloggers and moneyjust say commercialismmoney and hex is what sells, lolUSuggest.com and monetize you blogUSuggest.com allow the bloggers to make some extra money through recommended products directly from within their blogs, and hopefully directing their readers to online retailers. As such, the respective blogger would receive a commission from...
- Tags: Blogging, Sales force management, USuggest.com, Bloggercon
- Discussion threads 2006-06-27
- Turn your radio on
- The yellow school bus might bring to mind the innocence of youth, but a new proposal would equip Massachusetts school buses with the controversial Channel One radio station—piping in music, games, safety tips and eight minutes of advertisements played every hour to a captive audience. The corporate sponsored school bus...
- Tags: school bu, radio, programming
- Blog posts 2006-06-22
- Russia dominates computer-programming contest
- Russia dominates computer-programming contestLinux is driving innovation in Europe[Seven of the top 10 teams were from Europe, and just one from the United States: MIT placed 8th, managing to solve 5 of the 10 problems in less than 14 hours.]There is no coincidence that the hotbed for Linux and OSS...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Development tools, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Microsoft Corp., programmer
- Discussion threads 2006-04-14
- Software: No longer business as usual
- Software: No longer business as usualReally, all of this means that prices will be dropping.Consumers and businesses will be spending a lot less on software and getting more. They will also increasingly be getting what they want, not forced to take what the vendors give them. Maybe with increased volumes,...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Microsoft Corp., software, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2005-11-17
- Clean and quirky cars to dominate Tokyo show
- Clean and quirky cars to dominate Tokyo showWonderful...and too expensiveAll this engineering effort and product hype is great.....although it will come down to a cost beyond it's benefit. Truly now, don't you think it is time to get back to basics? You know, back to the fuel...
- Tags: Tokyo Show, Consumer Demand
- Discussion threads 2005-10-16
- Commercial open source, a misnomer?
- I received an e-mail from Simon Romanski, director of information systems at Fulfillment America, asking about the nature of open source software and its intersection with commercialism. Open source software the code is free and open. You can pay for support, packaging, reliable distributions. If in what's called commercial open...
- Tags: SugarCRM, open source
- Blog posts 2005-08-29
- China inches up on India for outsourcing
- China inches up on India for outsourcingAs I remember, China is still Communist, right?So,what has happened to this administration's push to level the human rights field in China, or the battle for an independent Taiwan, or the screwed up exchange rate (will wages increase when world pressure changes that?), or...
- Tags: So,what, Right Now IT, outsourcing, Internet
- Discussion threads 2005-07-11
- Another theory about Apple/Intel
- Another theory about Apple/IntelA bit misinformedQuote from Cringely,"OS X 10.4 -- Tiger -- is a 64-bit OS, remember, yet Intel's 64-bit chips -- Xeon and Itanium -- are high buck items aimed at servers, not iMacs. So is Intel going to do a cheaper Itanium for Apple or is...
- Tags: Network technology, Processors, single core AMD chip, theory, Intel Corp., Apple Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., 64-bit
- Discussion threads 2005-06-10
- IT giants accused of exploiting open source
- IT giants accused of exploiting open sourceThis is a problem?Maybe it's a European thing, but where I live there's nothing wrong with being a "contractor." In fact, being an independent contractor is the #1 way that most Americans become independent.Then again, that may be what Europeans see as the...
- Tags: information technology, OSS, IBM Corp., Villasante, software, open source
- Discussion threads 2005-05-31
- Open-source leader steps aside at industry group
- Open-source leader steps aside at industry groupOpen-source leader steps aside at industry groupLOL!! In other words, he was an over exertive zealot who did not help the open source community, but in fact hurt it. So now the OSI is firing him. Gotta love it! I see this...
- Tags: Raymond, industry, open source, Open-source leader, industry group, OSI
- Discussion threads 2005-02-01
- FCC nears vote on TV 'broadcast flag'
- FCC nears vote on TV 'broadcast flag'How do I pirate thee? Let me count the ways...The problem with a scheme like this is that it won't stop hackers and will probably annoy consumers. Like those who have already purchased HDTVs and would have to buy an upgrade or...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Piracy, Peer to peer (P2P), Consumer electronics, RIAA, cartel, IT FAILED, TV, ruler, FCC
- Discussion threads 2003-10-28
- Implementing a Framework for the Management of Risk at the Crown Estate
- Subject to the influences of the private and public sectors, the Crown Estate follows a policy of compliance with best commercial practices whilst still complying with the policies and guidance of HM Government. Its core values are Commercialism, Integrity and Stewardship. Consequently, the Crown Estate wished to establish an effective...
- Tags: Siemens AG, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Strategy, Finance, Management
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