For anyone interested in cloud computing & why Twitter needs to grow up – fast, this is a must-read on Google architecture http://is.gd/oJ4 [View]
BTW, the results are in as to how much of a gimmick Microsoft’s "new" Live Search Cashback program really is: Out of 4 featured items, 2 … [View]
…were cheaper on Google without [...]

There have been surprisingly fast developments in the brewing war over social networking open standards involving Facebook and Google’s FriendConnect and OpenSocial, which I first referenced in last week’s post on Microsoft’s possible rationales for soon making an offer for Facebook.
Facebook on Tuesday announced "fbOpen" as its competing OPEN standard for building Facebook compliant social [...]

A slightly hobbled TechCrunch live-cast from MSFT conference underscores how little Bill Gates has learned about the internet in 13 years… [View]
… he goes on and on about how "search is a good thing… information at your finger tips"… Gee, ya think? Todays Live Search Cashback… [View]
… announcement is simply pathetic from a tech competitiveness [...]

Just wanted to alert you to this tid-bit I found yesterday, to draw attention to the impact that a well orchestrated product launch with heavy-duty, high-quality "Moving The Freeline" elements can have:
When I went over to Alexa.com yesterday to do a query re: Microsoft vs. Yahoo social "attempts" traffic (unfortunately Alexa doesn’t segment out sub-domains, [...]

Developments today prompted me to pull this post I’ve been working on ahead of Part 2 of the "Microhoo Post Mortem Post". Here’s why:
Today, some not so minor controversy erupted in the blogosphere in reaction to the news that Facebook had just shut down Google’s FriendConnect on its platform. There were a lot of details [...]

It’s been 10 days since Microsoft-Yahoo deal was called off by Steve Ballmer, and in the days that followed the commentary and speculation has been churning at record pace.
Several times last week I was tempted to write this post, only to hold off for a while longer because I wanted to write something for my [...]