Guest Article at Business Insider: Apple Just Killed MySpace Even More Dead

by Dan on September 2, 2010

Check out my article at Business Insider on how Apple’s new Ping music-oriented social network has just beaten MySpace’s last viable niche out of it.  MySpace is soon to be a shell of its current shell of its former glory. Just read the article.

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Newsweek Zombie Easter Egg: GREATEST THING EVER

by Dan on June 14, 2010

So perhaps “GREATEST THING EVER” in Internet-shouting-caps is a bit of hyperbole, but have you seen the awesomeness that Newsweek has unleashed on unsuspecting Internet geeks everywhere? If you haven’t seen it, go there… NOW.  Head to Newsweek.com and enter the Konami code.  What, you don’t know the Konami code?  Fine… Up Up Down Down [...]

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Microsoft Courier: Best Vaporware Ever

by Dan on May 12, 2010

I know this is kind of old news, but I wanted to shed a quiet, geeky tear for the Microsoft Courier, a big part of the reason I blew off the iPod Maxi… er, iPad. On April 29th, in my opinion the greatest vaporware product of all time died.  The amazing-looking Courier, which existed in [...]

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China and Google: Is There A “Right” Side?

March 30, 2010

The past couple of weeks have shown us something definitive in the world of search, freedom, and censorship: Google is the scion of good and China is the Evil Empire, worse than a New York Yankees team with Darth Vader, Cruella DeVille, and “Mighty Casey” Jason Voorhees manning the outfield.  Right? Right? The debate over [...]

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Google Buzz and the World of “Beta”

March 29, 2010

Google Buzz is a good idea.  In fact, there are a lot of features in Buzz that I really like, first and foremost being the threaded conversations (Twitter, please make these standard).  But what I don’t like about Buzz is this: it’s another beta product from Google that might never get any support from the [...]

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Microsoft: Bastions of Innovation?!?

March 26, 2010
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I know, I know, I cringed a little when I wrote that title.  How in the world could Microsoft, the kings of crushing creative competition, be accused of having anything positive to do with the world of tech innovation? Well, fellow geeks, we just have to deal with the fact that the Microsoft of today [...]

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Apple Waffling on User Experience

February 26, 2010
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Flash is everywhere, and despite the fact that it can be a memory hog and cause browser crashes, censoring content types is not a viable way to protect the user experience. When one in three of the top sites is using Flash to provide content, it must be permitted.

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Social Media, Meet Personal Safety

February 19, 2010

Guest writer Terri Ann Swallow takes a good hard look at the realities behind Please Rob Me, as a concept – is the ubiquitousness of the digital lifestyle taking a bite out of our privacy?

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Buzz vs. Twitter – Is there really a contest?

February 17, 2010
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At this point, everybody and their mom knows Twitter.  From its humble beginnings directing people to free booze at South by Southwest, it’s become an Internet powerhouse – books are written on how to market through it, Oprah (sort of) has an account on it, and an entire sub-culture has sprung up around cramming your [...]

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iPad vs. Kindle… wait, what?

February 4, 2010
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I’ve got to say, a big part of me just doesn’t quite get the comparisons between the iPad and the Kindle.  No, I’m not an idiot.  Yes, I’m aware of the fact that both can function as eBooks.  No, I’m not shilling for Amazon.  I just… don’t get it. The Kindle is a niche product. [...]

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