October 2009
“YouTube’s webcast of a U2 concert was watched by nearly 10 million people”
– The Associated Press: U2 concert is YouTube’s largest streaming event
“Gamers could be joining in a real televised sporting event from their homes...”
– BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click | Video gamers to play for ‘real’
“half of Internet traffic in 2007 was generated by between 5,000 and 10,000...”
– Just 30 firms dominate the internet - The Inquirer
“with last Friday’s upgrades to its News Feed and Live Feed features, Facebook...”
– On Facebook, Reconnecting with the Dead - Digits - WSJ
“Google Voice, which provides people with a single phone number that can be used...”
– How Google Voice Is Growing - BusinessWeek
“The smartphone is the fifth limb we never knew we needed”
– Smartphone Showdown: iPhone 3GS vs Motorola Droid
“Iraqi refugees in Syria will receive UN food vouchers through text messages on...”
– AFP: UN to text message food vouchers to Iraqi refugees
“Telecom executive: Once upon a time, there weren’t any water meters in...”
– Mobile Opportunity: A web guy and a telecom guy talk about net neutrality
“Among those stories that strike us as perfectly plotted, with those astonishing...”
– http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/22/twitter_story/index.html
“Last week, BBC Audiobooks America announced that it would sponsor the creation...”
– http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/22/twitter_story/index.html
“Google says 2 million businesses using Google Apps”
– Google goes global with Apps, has 2 million customers | Industries | Technology, Media & Telecommunications | Reuters
“while the deal does leave Microsoft and Google in almost exactly the same place...”
– Twitter announces deals with Microsoft and Google on same day | Technology | guardian.co.uk
“Facebook has been the largest share gainer of online usage over the past 3...”
– Mary Meeker’s latest report
“iPhone + iTouch has had the fastest growth in users in consumer tech hardware...”
– Mary Meeker’s latest report
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“when Levi�s appeared in the top spot in both organic and paid listings on a...”
– Levi�s finds the value of paid search ads goes beyond clicks | InternetRetailer.com - Daily News
“On the one-year anniversary of the product’s release, the developers decided to...”
– A Lesson in eCommerce from The World of Goo – Neatorama
“when you’re dealing with exponential growth, the distance from A to B...”
– Forty years of the internet: how the world changed for ever | Technology | The Guardian
“Without most of us quite noticing when it happened, the web went from being a...”
– Forty years of the internet: how the world changed for ever | Technology | The Guardian
“in 1946, an astonishingly complete vision of the future appeared in the magazine...”
– Forty years of the internet: how the world changed for ever | Technology | The Guardian
“on New Year’s Day 1994 – only yesterday, in other words – there were an...”
– Forty years of the internet: how the world changed for ever | Technology | The Guardian
“Twelve years after Charley Kline’s first message on the Arpanet, as it was...”
– Forty years of the internet: how the world changed for ever | Technology | The Guardian
“29 October 1969 – 40 years ago next week – has a strong claim for being, as...”
– Forty years of the internet: how the world changed for ever | Technology | The Guardian
How the Guardian reported the rise and rise of the... →
“Microsoft is celebrating the release of Windows 7 in Japan with a Burger King...”
– Microsoft’s Windows 7 ‘Whopper’ campaign: The worst promotion ever? - Computerworld Blogs
“Jaguar Land Rover CIO Jeremy Vincent said, “Six or seven months ago I...”
– Jaguar Land Rover hit the Google Apps road
“after only being out six weeks, iPhone traffic is 10% of (Redfin) site traffic...”
– On Weekends iPhone Traffic is 10% of Site Traffic | Redfin Corporate Blog
“Nokia is experimenting with adding biosensors capable of monitoring heart and...”
– The pocket spy: Will your smartphone rat you out? - tech - 14 October 2009 - New Scientist
“A growing awareness of identity theft means that many people now destroy or wipe...”
– The pocket spy: Will your smartphone rat you out? - tech - 14 October 2009 - New Scientist
“Police in the UK have already identified burglaries that were committed after...”
– The pocket spy: Will your smartphone rat you out? - tech - 14 October 2009 - New Scientist
“Aside from the text messages stored on my SIM card, the most detailed personal...”
– The pocket spy: Will your smartphone rat you out? - tech - 14 October 2009 - New Scientist
“Starting next July, every person in Finland will have the right to a one-megabit...”
– 1Mb Broadband Access Becomes Legal Right | News | YLE Uutiset | yle.fi
“My job is to reduce departure delays and to maintain an efficient flow of air...”
– Google Wave’s Best Use Cases - Wave - Lifehacker
“The way Google should have advertised Wave is: “it solves the problems with...”
– http://danieltenner.com/posts/0012-google-wave.html
“There is a 9.7 percent increase in happiness on Fridays compared with the worst...”
– Link by Link - Facebook Has a Happiness Index Drawn From Posts - NYTimes.com
“Years ago, we were frustrated if it took a few days for a letter to arrive. A...”
– The End of the Email Era - WSJ.com
“Google, unlike Navteq or Tele Atlas, is focused on developing base data not just...”
– Tectonic Shifts Altering The Terrain At Google Maps
“I suspect that people will eventually become a little more hesitant about...”
– Tectonic Shifts Altering The Terrain At Google Maps
“A month ago, the clothing retailer Bluefly realized that some international...”
– Closing the Deal at the Virtual Checkout - NYTimes.com
“some e-commerce companies estimate that only about 3 percent of shoppers who...”
– Closing the Deal at the Virtual Checkout - NYTimes.com
“PepsiCo Inc. is facing criticism for an iPhone application that promises to help...”
– Pepsi iPhone app draws fire for stereotyping - Computers- msnbc.com
“the massive display apparently consists of 5.6 milion LEDs that cover the entire...”
– Bayer’s ‘Media Facade’ redefines building-vertising
“we have been serving well over a billion views a day on YouTube”
– YouTube Blog: Y,000,000,000uTube
Most Inappropriate Google Suggests Of All Time... →
“It’s early, experimental, and questionably useful, but it’s just too...”
– PhotoSketch picture software wins plaudits - Telegraph
