January 2009
27 posts
“An unusual mistake on the part of Google this morning: the search engine...”
– Mashable
Update: Caused by human error.
Zappos Blogs: CEO and COO Blog: How Twitter Can... →
Call for Papers: Hypertext 2009 | 20th ACM... →
The science of shopping | The way the brain buys |... →
40 of the Best Twitter Brands and the People... →
WatchLeveraging Social Technologies for Ecommerce: Delivered at the Internet Retailer Web Design Conference in Miami on 21 January
Leveraging social technologies strategically in... →
“Tyler’s way of experiencing the Web — primarily through video — may not be...”
– At First, Funny Videos. Now, a Reference Tool. - NYTimes.com
Get ready to be rich | Rich Internet applications... →
(gotta post it ‘cause I wrote it)
(Under)mining Privacy in Social Networks, a Google...
Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace allow users to keep in touch with their friends, communicate and share content with them, as well as engage in other multi-user applications. What distinguishes such sites from other, pre-“web 2.0” applications is that users make explicit their social network: who your friends are (and – by omission – who they aren’t) is a constant presence in the...
CES: Ford Works With Microsoft But Thinks Like...
In what was dubbed “Sync 2.0” by Ford developers, the new service will have further personalization and integration between a driver’s cellphone, personal computer and car. Sync is an open platform technology, and Ford has created partnerships with other companies, including Sirius Satellite Radio, Sony and most importantly, Microsoft (CEO Steve Ballmer made a cameo appearance) to create it rather...
pervasive racial discrimination identified in the...
Black college graduates in advertising earn 80 cents for every dollar earned by their white counterparts.
The total U.S. population is 12.8% African-American. Blacks should represent 9.6% of advertising professionals and managers, according to U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission estimates. But actual representation falls dramatically short of that expectation...
Toledo Retailers Accept Competitor's Gift Cards -... →
“ITunes is finally getting a full slate of digital rights protection-free music...”
– Ryan Kim of the SF Chronicle liveblogging from MacWorld
Obama, CNN Twitter accounts hacked →
Americans View 34 Percent More Online Videos in...
77 percent of the total U.S. Internet audience viewed online video.
The average online video viewer watched 273 minutes of video.
97 million viewers watched 5.1 billion videos on YouTube.com (52.3 videos per viewer).
52.5 million viewers watched 371 million videos on MySpace.com (7.1 videos per viewer).
The duration of the average online video was 3.1 minutes.
The...
“For an online holiday shopping season that recorded a disappointing 3-percent...”
– ComScore chairman Gian Fulgoni
retail's dearly departed (2008)
KB Toys Linens ‘N Things Mervyns Sharper Image Steve & Barry’s
—RetailWire
“To put the link between professional social networking and the economy in...”
– Job seekers flood social networks - DMNews
OAuth is an open protocol to allow secure API... →
