Mark Zuckerberg on Privacy
Mark Zuckerberg just finished a press conference announcing a new set of privacy controls, where the most important changes seem to be a broader, less granular view that’s persistent through future iterations of privacy…
Now is the Time to Acquire
By Secret CTO
It’s really great to listen to folks talk about the economy getting better and all the positive activity going on in the technology industry, but I guess the more things change, the more they…
Coming Soon: The iPad’s Death from a Thousand Papercuts
At the end of March, days after the release of the iPad, I put out a post here trumpeting that I felt the iPad was doomed to fail. Of course, my words have been…
Storagezilla: The Interview on Blogging, iPad and Bias
Here is an interview with Mark Twomey aka Storagezilla which I filmed at the Blogger’s Lounge at EMC World 2010 in Boston. The clip is 5 minutes long. Mark discusses how he began blogging in 1999…
Video: EMC President Has An Angle on Social Media – Short Vid Worth Watching
By John Furrier
Pat Gelsinger, President of EMC, sat down with me at SAP Sapphire on SiliconAngle’s The Cube. Here is a highlight where he talks about social media and gives his angle on what it means.…
The Supreme Court of Technophobes
This is an ongoing issue with the American judiciary system. Judges are by institution isolated and by tradition older than the general population. Increasingly, however, they are called upon to rule on technologies with…
Chicken or the Egg: Do Social Networks Influence Macroeconomics or Vice Versa?
I made one of those serendipitous discovery clicks on Twitter today that lead me to a short sponsored video exposition on the nature of social networks and their effect on the economy. The conversation…
CableCo Cord-Cutting Finally a Reality. Are You the One in Eight?
Has the time finally come to cut the cord? A recent study from the Yankee Group found that one in eight consumers plan to cut back or ditch entirely their pay TV service this…
Gartner Results Confuse The Word “Mobile” – Mobile Is Smartphones Not PC Notebook
By John Furrier
Gartner just put out a study using the word Mobile which will confuse a few people. The world of mobility is changing and I think that it’s time to hang up the notion that…
Journalists Won’t Report on News Unless it Drives Pageviews
By Tom Foremski
[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…