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Tracking the Internet Evolution
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A Quick Peek at the Internet Growth Charts
The growth of the Internet is both true and greatly exaggerated depending on which web you look at, according to a rundown of data offered last night by Prof. Andrew M. Odlyzko of the University of Minnesota School of Mathematics. The wireless web growth is far outpacing the rise in use of the wired …
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The Market Meltdown & The Question of Trust
Over the weekend, I ended up on San Franciscos ritzy Fillmore Street. I stopped by to say hello to my dry cleaner and then to Ed Nahigian, a gentleman who has been taking care of my footwear since I moved to San Francisco. As with everything else, the conversation turned to the market meltdown and t …
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IBM Gives Cloud Computing a Seal of Approval
IBM wants to corner the market on cloud computing, from providing the physical servers that make up a cloud to offering services for those unwilling to build out their own. Today it announced plans to move further into the fog by creating a kind of Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for cloud comput …
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TV on the Web Takes Off: Foxs Strategy
This has been the year TV networks finally embraced the web. As 2008 wraps up, nearly every broadcaster posts its shows online within half a day of first airing them on TV. And the audience for such programming is growing, especially among desirable younger demographics. Twelve percent of teens and …
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Microsoft Search: New Name, Still Lame
After an unusually peaceful weekend, I returned to the world of blogs to find people buzzing about Microsoft, which is apparently going to rebrand its Live Search. The LiveSide Blog reports that company has just taken control of Kumo.com, which means either cloud or spider in Japanese. This is likel …
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5 Tips For Vetting a Business Partner Online
Finding the right business partner is probably the most important business decision you can make. Do it wrong and life is miserable. Do it right and the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In my first technology startup, I found a great partner while getting my MBA. He handled the technology …
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Holiday Games: The GigaOM Gift Guide
.content h3, .content p { clear: both; } The holidays and Black Friday are rapidly approaching. If youre looking for video games to give your friends and loved ones, heres a cheat sheet of must-have titles, categorized by giftee: for the hardcore gamers you know, for your family, and of course, for …
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When Youre Going Through Hell, Keep On Going
With all the doom and gloom of the past few months and all signs pointing to hard times ahead, Ive been thinking back to earlier in the decade, during the dotcom bust. I was at Live365, the Internet radio network, and we had burned through millions of dollars with no appreciable revenues nor a busin …
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Survival Is Not a Strategy
In these perilous economic times, the layoff memos often follow a familiar refrain: We have cut costs by 20 percent. That gives us an additional years runway. Or two. But while yes, companies can cut costs and prolong their survival, when it comes to startups, just because they can doesnt mean they …
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The Growing Ex-Amazon Club and Why Its a Good Thing
Call it a coincidence, but over the past few days I have spent a lot of time with folks who used to work for Amazon but are now out doing new things. It all started with Jason Kilar, the CEO of Hulu, who was a keynote speaker at our NewTeeVee Live conference. Then last night I met with Dave Schapell …
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Supercomputing: Its All About the Software
At the SC 08 show that ends today in Austin, I was struck by how much the lines between supercomputing and corporate computing have blurred. The show even had a panel on high-performance computing and cloud computing! But after visiting with vendors of all types and sizes, I realized that since supe …
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Time to Say Good-bye, and Thanks
Three years ago, when John Battelle and Chas Edwards met with me for a cup of coffee across the street from the old Business 2.0 offices in downtown San Francisco, their company, Federated Media, was still in its infancy, and our company, Giga Omni Media, was little more than a dream. John, a long-t …
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Google: Algorithms Arent the Only Answer
Google has finally pulled back the curtain on a new feature that until now has been in restricted beta: the addition of wiki-style functions in standard search results. Once logged into a Google account, this allows you to click a small up or down arrow to move a specific result, click and delete it …
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LBS: A Dream Continually Deferred
The Wall Street Journal this morning had a short article pointing out the somewhat obvious reasons why location-based services on cell phones are still not mainstream. It also helpfully pointed out that carriers were working on it. To recap, LBS services need three main things: a way to get location …
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Yieldex Wins AWS Startup Challenge
Yieldex, a startup that helps online publishers forecast ad inventory, has won the Amazon Web Services Startup Challenge, netting $100,000 in cash and services. Yieldex built its ad forecasting platform using the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and the Amazon Simple Storage Service. It won $50,000 in A …
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In Search of a Research Assistant
If you follow me on Twitter, then you already know that Im looking for a research assistant, a person whose primary job would be to help me dig up information for longer, in-depth blog posts. This position doesnt require a special degree or even a permanent address in San Francisco. What it does req …
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Telcos Will See a More Activist Congress
Id better hightail it to Washington, because a reshuffling of Congressional Committee members is poised to herald more regulation for telecommunications firms on issues ranging from rural access to Net Neutrality. Yesterday Rep. Henry Waxman ascended to the head of the House Committee on Energy and …
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Modern Networking Tools: Swapping Bits, Not Biz Cards
With the recession in full swing, industries across the charts have been laying off hundreds of employees making the job market increasingly competitive. So whats a freshly unemployed tech professional to do? Hit the streets and start networking. As the hordes of job-seekers descend upon trade sh …
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Modern Networking Tools: Swapping Bits, Not Cards
With the recession in full swing, industries across the charts have been laying off hundreds of employees making the job market increasingly competitive. So whats a freshly unemployed tech professional to do? Hit the streets and start networking. As the hordes of job-seekers descend upon trade sh …
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PE Obamas Phone Records Breached By Verizon Employees
Verizon Wireless today admitted that some of its employees had been looking into President Elect Barack Obamas cell phone billing records. In a release, the company said: This week we learned that a number of Verizon Wireless employees have, without authorization, accessed and viewed President-Elec …
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