Jeff Nolan
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About that ‘Unbiased’ AdMob Android Graph We Keep Seeing…
James wrote something yesterday that included this graphic: What caught my attention, as was the intention of the graphic, was the Android traffic number climbing from effectively zero to more than 40% in just a year and a couple of months. Obviously this was the intention of the graphic (note the green color of the ...
Is Discouraging Investment a Good Idea for the Government Right Now?
There is a banking reform bill working through Congress… in case you hadn’t noticed. Fred Wilson points out, rightly so, that the banking reform does a lot more than just reform banking rules, it goes to the very heart of who can invest in non-banking activities and how. 1) Changing the definition of a “qualified ...
Pennsylvania School Spying Somehow Getting a Pass in the Media
The Pennsylvania case shows how even well-intentioned plans can go awry if officials fail to understand the technology and its potential consequences, privacy experts said. Compromising images from inside a student’s bedroom could fall into the hands of rogue school staff or otherwise be spread across the Internet, they said. [From Pa. school official defended ...
Revisiting the Viability of Wide-Scale Electric Vehicles [Greentech]
Over the weekend @Devahaz asked me for my thoughts on current status re a post I wrote over 2 years ago lamenting the optimistic projections of newly minted electric vehicle companies. I realize that I may be guilty of “not getting with the program” on this whole electric car business, but does anyone else scoff ...
YouTube and Prop 8: When the Government Backs a Horse in the Online Video Game…
There has been quite a bit of commentary about the decision by a Federal judge to allow video of the ongoing Prop 8 constitutionality trial to be posted on YouTube, a decision that has been stayed by the SCOTUS with a final decision due today. In the meantime, one message is clear: Banning the public ...
Why is the Government Competing with Google, Yahoo and Navteq?
The Federal government, specifically the Federal Highway Administration, is spending $1.2 billion of your money to nationalize the 511 highway traffic reporting system, replicating what Yahoo, Google, Navteq, and others are already doing. This is a great example of the overreach that is endemic to the Federal government but what is really troubling about it ...
San Francisco Tries to Encourage More Entrepreneurship [Do or Do Not, There Is No Try]
This is the message that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is sending: “This legislation is trying to eliminate from the books the complete, unnecessary nickeling-and-diming of our business entrepreneurs during our worst economic recession since the Great Depression,” Chiu said. [From S.F.’s bid to wipe out some extra business fees] It sounds great until ...
Who Really Owns a Community?
Taunton Press is a respected publisher known for a family of publications beginning with “Fine” as in Fine Cooking, Fine Homebuilding, Fine Woodworking, and Fine Gardening, we well as series of hard bound books and a premium subscription online service. Each of their publications features an accompanying online component that includes videos, blogs, and most ...