Archive for October, 2006
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Google's shopping trip through the Web 2.0 start-up market continued with the purchase of Wiki maker Jot.com. In the scheme of things, it's chump change for Google but it does put the spotlight back on Google's online application suite, which will come as little surprise to anyone when it's eventually launched one day. Jot.com is [...]
It's Good to be Ted (Rogers)
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Talk about letting the good times roll for the cable industry. Today, Rogers Communications posted better-than-expected third-quarter results that provide more evidence how the cablecos are thriving while many carriers are struggling to find any kind of growth. Rogers' operating profits jumped to $784-million, compared with estimates of $727-million, while wireless operating profits were $563-million, [...]
Paris, Anyone?
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Paris: the city of light….and now the conference for bloggers. I just took a quick look at Les Blog 3's schedule, and it makes you want to book a flight right now. Some of the highlights include Index Ventures' Danny Rimer, one of Skype's early investors, Netvibes' Tariq Kim, and FON's Martin Varsavsky. Some guy [...]
Where Are Newspaper Readers Going?
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Newspaper circulation continues to decline in the U.S., according to a story in the New York Times. In the six-month period ended Sept. 30, average daily circulation for 770 newspapers fell 2.8%, while circulation for Sunday papers was down 3.4%. So where are all these newspaper subscribers going? Is it the Web that's capturing their attention or DVDs [...]
Firefox 2.0 - Not Quite Yet For Me
Monday, October 30th, 2006There's a lot of excitement about Firefox 2.0 (although it seems muted compared with 1.5) but I have no plans to jump on the bandwagon quite yet despite the new version's better security and better speed. Why not? It mostly has to do with the compatibility of extensions. Why would I want to jump to [...]
What Does Darren Entwistle Do Next?
Monday, October 30th, 2006The Report on Business magazine has an interesting profile on Telus CEO Darren Entwistle, which offers some insight into arguably Canada's most dynamic telecom executive. It includes the surprising contention the 44-year-old may have plans to walk away from telecom in four or five years to teach strategy and leadership at a U.K. university - as [...]
Using the Web to Rock the Vote
Monday, October 30th, 2006In Canada, the voter turnaround for municipal elections is appalling - usually less than 40% if you're lucky. There's been a lot of focus on whether online voting can convince more people to exercise their democratic right but the technology doesn't seem be ready for prime time. That said, there are a few signs the Web [...]
The New Newspaper Business Model
Sunday, October 29th, 2006There is no doubt the newspaper industry needs to change its ways as the Web becomes more popular with readers and advertisers. There has been a lot of talk about how newsrooms need to evolve (for example, my “5 Ws Post”) but little focus on the newspaper “business” so it was interesting to read a [...]
Polaroid Cameras: Retro but Cool
Sunday, October 29th, 2006At my mother's 70th birthday party yesterday, we created a “memory book” by taking photographs of the guests with a Polaroid camera. The reaction of my six-year-old daughter, who was annointed the “official” photographer, about how a Polaroid camera worked was priceless. She was totally blown away by the idea you could take a photograph and [...]
The End of YouTube (as we know it)?
Saturday, October 28th, 2006One of YouTube's most compelling features are clips of the Daily Show and the Colbert Report. Well, it looks like Comedy Central has asked YouTube to take them down, and YouTube has complied. Boing Boing reports that if you do a search for the Daily Show, you get this message: “This video has been removed [...]
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