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Summer Davos in Dalian China: Last week I was in Dalian, China for the World Economic Forum Inaugural Meeting of the New Champions. That's a mouthful, so the Chinese simply called it the "Summer Davos". It makes sense as this feels very much like Davos only a bit smaller and slightly more relaxed and less...; Tags: China, Venture Capital, Davos, World Economic Forum, Dalian China, John Newton; Blog posts 2007-09-14

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Facebook: Revolution, Weed and Philanthropy: At the risk of endlessly re boiling the cabbage on the now infamous Sarah Lacy interview of Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW, it is worth highlighting some pretty important things he had to say on Facebook & corporate philanthropy before the reporter became the bigger part of the story. The flippant style of interview...; Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Web 2.0, Government, Homeland Security, Strategy, Internet, Management, James Farrar; Blog posts 2008-03-21
Gates in '04 said 'spam soon to be thing of past' and me on Charlie Rose about the real solution: Last week, I published a video holding AOL, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo's feet to the fire for not working together to put an end to spam. Because of how many global e-mail users are covered by them alone, if those four e-mail service providers agreed to some common approaches...; Tags: Solution Provider, Charlie Rose, Microsoft Corp., Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, David Berlind; Blog posts 2007-10-08
Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 2): Windows Vista includes a new set of features that allow playback software to work with protected media. This DRM infrastructure is bitterly controversial, and it's given rise to an enormous amount of misinformation. No one has been more active or successful in spreading FUD and misinformation about this technology than...; Tags: Protection, Dell Computer Corp., Media Center PC, PC, Digital-rights Management, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Requirement, Reality, Aero, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Media Center PCs, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2007-09-18
Scaling out like Technorati: My fellow World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, David Sifry, the founder of Technorati, was also in Dalian, China for the "Meeting of New Champions" or "Summer Davos" as the Chinese like to call it. During Davos in January, I had the great misfortune of pitching Alfresco against Technorati in a...; Tags: Google Inc., Technorati, Data, Blog, User, JN, DS, John Newton; Blog posts 2007-09-17

Jimmy Wales and Enterprise Wikis: At the Summer Davos in Dalian, China, I was able to speak to Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, about wikis in the enterprise. Wikipedia has become not only the world's most popular wiki, but the ninth most popular web site in the world. Jimmy is here as a Young...; Tags: Difference, Wiki, Wikipedia, Enterprise, Jimmy, MediaWiki, JN, JW, Wikia, John Newton; Blog posts 2007-09-14
Does YouTube really help children in Africa?: YouTube's King Hurley is determined to truly merit the world worship he receives. From Davos World Economic Forum to the U.S. Congress, Chad is universally celebrated as a world hero and he is regularly solicited as a beacon shining for the betterment of the world's fuure.In U.S. Government to YouTube: WOW! But ‘Take that stuff down' I...; Tags: Google, YouTube; Blog posts 2007-05-30
Google's YouTube divides community: Advertising rules, not users: Google's YouTube divides community: Advertising rules, not usersDonna, your words are as ugly as your jealousy.The only thing it 'divides' are the Microsoft shills like you who can't stand that a competitor to MS is actually thriving!Get a facial and be done with it already!Has YouTube lost its soul?Remember Davos?...; Tags: Advertising Rules, YouTube Inc., advertisement, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-05-04
How YouTube lost its video soul, big time: Can YouTube make revenue sharing work? I asked in January, upon the worldwide transmission of King Hurleys’ snack-sized (87 seconds) utterance straight from an elevator bank in Davos, Switzerland.The Chad Hurley induced euphoria over power to the people, monetary power to the supposedly “little” video people that is, caused many...; Tags: YouTube, Video, User-Generated Content, Google; Blog posts 2007-05-04
Iconoclasm in the global village: Blogger Boyd Stowe, who loves "social tools", doesnt love me (Ive actually got very nice social tools, especially after a few beers). In response to an essay I published this week on the Britannica website, which was critical of the Cluetrain Manifestos 4 sacred Cs: "community", "conversation", "customer" and "citizenship"...; Tags: Uncategorized; Blog posts 2007-04-14
Google vs. MySpace: Is YouTube doomed?: Jeff Jarvis ordained $150 billion market cap Google “God,” last week, no joke. In January, he publicly thanked YouTube, for “changing the world and society,” in the guise of a Chad Hurley interview at the Davos World Economic Forum.Is the Google-YouTube Kool Aid spiked?Apparently not: “Did Murdoch just KO Google?”...; Tags: MySpace, Google Inc., YouTube Inc., video, Web; Blog posts 2007-03-26
Google: Will YouTube Kings Chad & Steve bail?: Think Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s YouTube worries are “just” a billion dollar copyright infringement lawsuit and a competitive online video smack down?Think again!Schmidt has two “Kingly” risks to concern himself with: The YouTube celebrity co-founders Chad & Steve “acquired” by Google along with the YouTube assets.Chad Hurley and Steve Chen...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Chad, Google Inc., YouTube Inc.; Blog posts 2007-03-22
Google's high-speed battle with Microsoft: Bill Gates has indicated he is fed up with Google being seen as the ‘thought leader’ of the Internet Age. Steve Ballmer believes "We have the birthright to lead the pack. Weve got more technology. Weve got more experience."Is that enough in the Microsoft vs. Google saga? After all, Google’s...; Tags: INTERNET, Web 2.0, Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, Google Inc., Chad Hurley, Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2007-03-18
Tech Policy Summit: Silicon Valley missing in action: Earlier this week I attended the Tech Policy Summit in San Jose at the Dolce Hayes Mansion, a southern tip of Silicon Valley. Speakers included top government officials, such as Jon Dudas, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Greg Garcia, the Department of Homeland Securitys cybersecurity czar; Congressman...; Tags: Broadband, General, Government, Green Tech, Legal, Telecommunications, Web Technology, Wired & Wireless; Blog posts 2007-02-28
GooTube and engines of monetization: On Rough Type, Nick Carr ruminates on the distribution of wealth, digital sharecropping and algorithms in the early Web era. In a previous post on sharecropping in the 21st century, Nick wrote:One of the fundamental economic characteristics of Web 2.0 is the distribution of production into the hands of the...; Tags: General, Web Technology, Google, YouTube, cash economy; Blog posts 2007-02-09
Why Google will lose its multi-billion dollar video bet: In the immortal words of presidential candidate Ronald Regan to President Jimmy Carter “There you go again.” Google is at it again, big time, $1.65 billion worth. Google’s YouTube copyright owner be damned DMCA umbrella philosophy inspires a YouTuber “broadcast yourself” by uploading pirated videos owned by television...; Tags: Advertising, Search, Google, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Video, YouTube, Amateur Content, Self-Promotion, TV, Television, Google Software Applications, Social Networking, Social Media, ROI, Search Advertising, Google Inc., Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc., television network; Blog posts 2007-02-06
Who needs Google? CBS vs. Viacom vs. NBC: Way back in November I underscored “Google’s fuzzy YouTube logic.”In “Google to TV networks: Believe in YouTube” I analyzed how Google made its mark at YouTube, a PR mark, just one week after officially taking over the YouTube reigns. In a joint announcement with CBS, Google did what it excels...; Tags: Business Models, Web 2.0, Advertising, Google, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Video, YouTube, Amateur Content, Brands, Self-Promotion, TV, Television, Google Software Applications, Copyright, Content, Social Networking, Social Media, ROI, Google Inc., YouTube Inc.; Blog posts 2007-02-03
Power blogging 101: Want to be a power blogger? Be transparent, find a niche and post in massive quantities. And then be prepared to address issues that arise as you become a big-time blogger. Heres a look at some of the key issues addressed at an AlwaysOn panel on power blogging watch conference....; Tags: Blogging, Jarvis, blog, blogger, Spiers, America Online Inc., Dealbreaker, Rojas, public relations, Engadget; Blog posts 2007-01-30
Can YouTube make revenue sharing work?: In the recent Chad Hurley induced euphoria over power to the people, monetary power to the “little” video people that is, many celebrated a seemingly greater democratization of Web 2.0. As in all democracies, however, the Web 2.0 variety has a messy underbelly of conflicting motivations and inherent obstacles....; Tags: Business Models, Web 2.0, Media, Advertising, Google, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Video, YouTube, Amateur Content, Self-Promotion, TV, Television, Google Software Applications, Copyright, Content, Social Networking, Social Media, YouTube Inc.; Blog posts 2007-01-29
News to know: IE 8; Vista; Yahoo & Hillary: Notable headlines:Microsoft starts gathering IE 8.Adobe to send PDF to standards group. Adobe releasing PDF spec to ISO embracing the Open Web. Adobe statement. iTunes fertile new ground: PDFcasting. Microsoft copies BlueJ, admits it, then patents it.Open-source identity projects connect with Microsoft. IBM contributes ID software to open source security...; Tags: General, Microsoft Windows Vista; Blog posts 2007-01-29