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Do not call him the Craigslist killer

Do not call him the Craigslist killerThe Boston Globe killer?That would be the NYT.;-)RE: Do not call him the Craigslist killerI don't see the big deal with the moniker.Victims of the Green River killer shouldn't avoid water in general, of course. But if you knew a killer was lurking around...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, killer, Craigslist Killer, Do-Not-Call, Craigslist

Discussion threads 2009-04-17

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Five interesting new details about Verizon's Moto Droid

HTML5 a "nonstandard"?Isn't HTML5 a "nonstandard", in that it hasn't been approved yet?I can't wait for my new ....... after 2 deal to arrive! Sounds like this phone rocks. That combined with Verizon Wireless coverage this should be a big winner!So the big "savings" from using a "free"...

Tags: Handhelds, GPS, HTML5, Verizon Communications Inc., Moto Droid, phone, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .

Ever since I first heard about the Internet and then saw its incredible development and application across industries, I've been on the look out for the economic effects of this powerful platform technology. The specific economic influence I've been looking for is a strong deflationary trend. That's when we will...

Tags: Software, Craigslist, Advertisement, Technology, IBDT, Internet, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-06-20

News to know: Botnets; Adobe patch day; NetApp; Craigslist

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: Inside the botnets that never make the news - a gallery Images: Inside the botnets that never make the news right ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., NetApp Inc., Craigslist, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Robots, GPS, Document Management, Storage, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-21

Tuesday Silicon Valley news link report

Google CEO urges grads: 'Turn off your computer' -AP "Turn off your computer. You're actually going to have to turn off your phone and discover all that is human around us," Schmidt said. "Nothing beats holding the hand of your grandchild as he walks his first steps."...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Social Media, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-05-19

The "erotic services" shell game: hypocrisy online

It is memorialized as the world's oldest profession. The movie Pretty Woman glamorized it. Congressmen and Governors get in trouble over it. But what it isn't, is on craigslist anymore. A group of state attorneys general's have browbeat craigslist into closing the "erotic services" section. ...

Tags: Service, Adult Service, Hair, Internet, Web 2.0, Games, Storage, Personal Technology, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-05-14

Report: Craigslist dumps "erotic" ads; adds adult section with new rules

Report: Craigslist dumps "erotic" ads; adds adult section with new rulesHow convenientI love how something was done about this only after something ended up in the news. Gotta go after those impressionable, stupid voters!Meanwhile, I can still look up a lot of these very same ads in the Yellow Pages,...

Tags: Craigslist, advertisement, adult section

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Report: Craigslist dumps "erotic" ads; adds adult section with new rules

updated below: Craigslist apparently has caved to the pressures of state attorneys general who cracked the whip on the "erotic services" section of the site. The Illinois Attorney General has said that craigslist will get rid of the "erotic" services category on the classified site and will...

Tags: Craigslist, Advertisement, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Craigslist drops prostitutes

Under severe pressure, Craigslist has agreed to drop "erotic services" ads, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said. Craigslist will create a new adult category that employees will review, AP reports. Madigan and the attorneys general for Connecticut and Missouri met with Craigslist officials last week seeking an...

Tags: Craigslist, Advertisement, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Unannounced touchscreen Nokia outed in new 'Trek film

Unannounced touchscreen Nokia outed in new 'Trek filmNokia, you first learn programming...With Symbian Nokia want to kill the best mobile OS OSX.It is like attacking F16 with knife.I was bummed to "learn"Bud and Nokia were still around 300 years in the future.Film looks great, not excited with nokia though.Film looks...

Tags: Blogging, Keyboards, Open Moko, CDMA phone, Nokia Corp., Apple iPhone, blogger, touch screen

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

State AGs to meet with Craiglist over sex ads

Attorneys general from three states - Missouri, Illinois and Connecticut - are expected to meet today with executives from Craigslist in an effort to bring an end to the solicitation for illegal sexual activities being advertised on the classifieds site. "It is blatant. It is irresponsible. It...

Tags: Craigslist, Advertisement, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Craigslist rival uses Twitter to expose dangers of CL's red-light district

Craigslist may be the leader in online classified ads but lately, the popular site has seen a run of negative publicity for its red-light district - accused of being a breeding ground for under-age prostitution, drug trading and, now, a murder. Over the weekend, the New York...

Tags: Craigslist, Site, Twitter, E-mail, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-21

News to know: Windows 7; U.S. CTO; Quickoffice; Ubuntu

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Brian Sommer: The immediacy of value: Where SaaS must go next Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 Release Candidate due date is...

Tags: Ubuntu, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Mary Jo Foley, Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Home Entertainment, Data Centers, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Virtualization

Blog posts 2009-04-20

Do not call him the Craigslist killer

There are scary people out there and if you look for them you might find one. By calling this one the Craigslist killer old media is attacking the whole online world and I believe it's past time we pushed back on that. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Do-Not-Call, Craigslist, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-04-17

News to know: Apple; Hakia; EclipseCon; ActiveX security

Notable headlines: David Morgenstern: Did Microsoft beat Apple to dual-sided touch technology? Jason O'Grady: Apple bumps Airport Express to 802.11n Paul Miller: hakia licenses OntoSem technology to third parties Paula Rooney: Run-time rival for Java, .NET? Dana Gardner: EclipseCon debuts...

Tags: Security, Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., ActiveX, Data Centers, Semantic Web, Storage, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-18

Facebook: Who needs Yahoo, Craigslist, newspapers?

Facebook is on a mainstream media roll!The New York Times was the “lucky” media vehicle to tease a Facebook classifieds “Craigslist and newspapers killer” ten days ago; Today, the other “newspaper of record,” The Wall Street Journal gets its turn to tease the latest and supposedly greatest Facebook “game changer,”...

Tags: Yahoo, Newspapers, Facebook, Craigslist

Blog posts 2007-05-21

Facebook vs. Craigslist? NO magic formula in online classifieds

Craigslist vs. Facebook? Why Craigslist wins, big time I analyzed one week ago, with an inside preview of the new Facebook Marketplace classifieds offering.Both Craig Newmark, Craigslist, and Chris Kelly, Facebook, participated in the Personal Democracy Forum yesterday in New York City and I chatted with them about the dynamic...

Tags: Local, Facebook, Craigslist, Advertising

Blog posts 2007-05-19

Do Microsoft and Google compete?

Given all the pixels spilled over Microsoft and Google, the answer is obvious. Except to me. Try this on for size: Microsoft sells software Google sells advertisingIf you can figure out how selling advertising competes with selling software, you are smarter than me. They aren't competitors - for revenue. They do compete...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Blog posts 2007-05-11

Sex trade at Google, not Craigslist

Does Craigslist REALLY have a “dirty little secret”? NO, but Google may!Compete, a Website which claims “insights powered by over 2 million people,” declares a “scoop,” daring to bare the “virtual red-light district,” aka Craigslist:"It’s no wonder that Craigslist is champion of the online classifieds revolution; Compete reports just under...

Tags: Google, Amateur Content, Advertising, Self-Promotion, Media, Marketing, Google Software Applications, Google Ads, Culture, Craigslist

Blog posts 2007-04-07

Microsoft trumps Google in Intuit QuickBooks

Microsoft trumps Google in Intuit QuickBooksMicrosoft Trumps Google in Intuit QuickBooks??This good follow up missed important points about how to solve QuickBooks problems and how to solve small business problems.The Inside Intuit book shows that the key to Intuit has always been being ready to fight Microsoft and decisively winning...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Outlook Sync, Intuit QuickBooks, Intuit Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-02-28