Tom Foremski
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Journalists Won’t Report on News Unless it Drives Pageviews
[Ed: See note at end. –mrh] Sam Whitmore is the best media watcher around, he regularly talks to the press as part of his research for the excellent Sam Whitmore’s Media Survey, which is heavily used by all the large PR agencies. I was at a recent panel moderated by Sam Whitmore that discussed pageviews ...
Privacy: Are You Really As Concerned As You Say You Are?
Lots of chatter about privacy the past couple of weeks, driven almost exclusively by Facebook’s cavalier policies towards privacy. I took a look at Google Trends, a service that seeks to show the popularity of searches over time. This is what I saw: – Seven years ago Google users were far more interested in searching ...
How To: Get To Know Your User [For Your Computer]
I recently met with Sol Tzvi, the co-founder of Genieo, a fascinating startup based in Israel. Genieo is a client based news reader, yes, you read that right, it’s not in the cloud(!) It seeks to understand what you read, what your social circle finds interesting, and also brings you content that you might not ...
Yahoo Acquires Associated Content: The Focus is on Evergreen
Yahoo’s acquisition of Associated Content (AC), a business that creates content based on search and advertising trends, signals a trend towards a content on demand strategy. Associated Content uses proprietary algorithms to commission content, calculating how much advertising revenue that content can generate, and splitting that with thousands of content producers. Yahoo has a platform ...
Poisoning The Well – A Response To Privacy Concerns
Facebook is paving the way for lax privacy controls and where Facebook leads others are bound to follow. Trying to control how much others know about you is going to become increasingly difficult. Yes, you can adjust your privacy settings, but this process is becoming increasingly complex. The Price of Facebook Privacy? Start Clicking – ...
Retreevo Study: Online Regrets…
Online electronics store Retreevo, published a study that found 32 per cent of people had posted something that they later regretted. But the damage done was relatively small: – Of that 32%: 3% say it ruined their marriage or relationship with someone. 6% of them said it caused problems at work or home. – Of ...
Mobile Processor Smackdown: Intel’s Atom vs. ARM
Intel today announced a new Atom processor with lower platform power use with support for high performance graphics targeted at smartphone and tablet use. The latest Atom Z6xx is designed to compete against ARM Holdings, the UK chip design company. ARM-based chips dominate the smartphone market, Apple chose an ARM-based design to power its iPad ...
Looming Chip Shortage?
Mike Magee over at TechEye, reports: Foundry giant TSMC said that its factories are full up — issuing a "clarification" to remarks made when it turned in its first quarter results. The form said: "The delivery of TSMC’s wafers to our customers are constrained by our current capacity. This is not an indication of customers’ ...
Retrevo Study: Nearly Half of All Parents Friend their Kids on Facebook
Retrevo.com‘s latest Gadgetology study highlights some interesting findings about parents and their attitude towards social media: – 29% of all parents don’t allow texting during family meals. 36% of parents of teenagers don’t allow texting during family meals. – 30% of parents think 13 – 15 years old is the right age to get a ...
Google is Quick. Facebook is Sticky. Which Strategy Will Win?
Google has always been about getting people connected to the content they are looking for as quickly as possible. They even publish how quickly, in milliseconds, they perform a search. This has been a much different strategy from that employed in the dotcom boom days of the late 1990s when "stickiness" was a prized metric ...