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Monthly Archives: May 2006
Blogosphere Navel-Gazing
There's enough comment about Tim O'Reilly's decision to trademark "Web 2.0" (his response to the controversial issue is here) but the hailstorm of criticism it generated demonstrates how the blogosphere loves to chatter about itself among itself – something one could describe as cyber-navelgazing. The amount of time and energy devoted to whether O'Reilly has [...]
Online Ads: Up, Up and Away
It looks like the advertising community has not only embraced the Internet but giving it a great, big bear-hug as online advertising in the first-quarter jumped 38% to $3.9-billion from a year-earlier, and 6% from the fourth-quarter, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PWC. In a classic case of understatement, PWC's Peter Petrusky said [...]
Posted in Advertising/Marketing, Main Page 2 Comments
The "Q" is Cool
Kevin Restivo, my editor, Ian Karleff, and I just got a sneak-peek at the Motorola "Q", which will be available in the U.S. this week through Verizon, and, hopefully, for sale in Canada within the next few weeks. In a word, it's extremely cool. Okay, that's two words but the "Q" is the closest thing [...]
Posted in Main Page, Uncategorized, Wireless/Research in Motion 2 Comments
Our Weekly Podcast: Vonage, HUM, eBay-Microsoft
We're a bit late with this week's podcast after experiencing some technical issues. We tried to do it using Skype and Pamela but the sound quality was terrible, which might have had to do with the fact I was on a wireless network. This week, Kevin and I took a look at Vonage, whose IPO [...]
Posted in Main Page, Podcasting 1 Comment
Mac Woes
I'm trying out a beautiful, new MacBook (black) – thin, lightweight, nice screen. It's frustrating, however, that I can't use many of my favourites applications such as FeedDemon, Google Talk and Roboform.
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Vonage: More IPO Pain