iPhone 4 Recall: A Really Dumb Idea
The rumors about an Apple iPhone 4 recall has to be one of the most useless ideas in recent technology memory. There is nothing about the design flaw that could be fixed in any…
Microsoft Outlook Now Syncs Facebook Contacts, Acknowledges Social Web
Sure, the social web is important. Facebook in particular is the hub for many social interactions that take place online, and Microsoft’s latest Outlook integration recognizes that fact. Microsoft has released an Outlook feature…
Building a Mobile Future in the Clouds
Everyone’s building towards a more mobile future. That means more stuff in the clouds, more infrastructure to support the clouds, and even more infrastructure to support the development and business management around mobile devices…
Echo Real-Time Comments Making a Monetizable Niche for Publishers
Echo is tapping into the real-time web with its latest feature update; Echo Comments now displays comments in real time. The move is significant for Echo, as it bulks out features for its comments…
BearHug Invites for No-Excuse Customer Care Management Tools
The cloud, your clients, and streamlining business. That’s what BearHug is all about, with a new customer care platform built to offer a more hands-on approach to team-management and customer service. Created by the…
Experts, Contests and Influence
By Maria Ogneva
I’ve been observing the rise of an alarming trend in the world of social media: the growth of social media ego. It’s nothing new, as social media’s rise has offered a new way to…
Sneak Peek: Windows 7 Slate and Windows Phone 7
For those of you who don’t think Microsoft is worth paying any attention to the fact that their Worldwide Partner Conference is happening in Washington DC probably couldn’t care less that a whole line…
Cable’s move into Mobile: Calculated and Deliberate
By Len Grace
If you believe Cable Operators are not thinking about Mobile Networks and what kind of synergies could bring them increased cash-flow in the future, then you’ve probably missed the obvious signs laid out since…
MediaWatch: Paywalls are Freemium Business Models
By Tom Foremski
Newspaper paywalls have been criticized by lots of people in the Geek communities and also by popular journalism bloggers such as Clay Shirky, Jeff Jarvis and Jay Rosen but they follow the best practices…
Who Owns UGC? [Laws of Social Media]
VentureBeat tried to answer the increasingly common question of where ownership of UGC falls today in their “Ask the Attorney” column. Their answer? A broad answer is that you own it and, most likely,…