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Flickr Without Yahoo?

By Mark Evans | Published: November 4, 2008
There was some major news from Flickr today on the inclusion of its three billionth photograph. That’s incredibly impressive but it got me thinking about how Flickr might have been different if Yahoo hadn’t snapped up the company for a reported $40-million in 2005. Would Flickr be any different than it is today? It’s obviously impossible to [...]
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A Recession will be Good for Craigslist

By Mark Evans | Published: October 25, 2008
With the “r” word (recession) slowly going from a whisper to a quiet roar, the spending habits of consumers are going to quickly change. If people are going to make purchases, many of them will be bargain-hunting – waiting for increasingly anxious retailers to have sales, or live without something new until they can afford it [...]
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Yahoo Fiddles While Rome Burns

By Mark Evans | Published: October 20, 2008
The Wall St. Journal is reporting that Yahoo is poised for eliminate more than 1,000 jobs as it battles to remain viable amid fierce competition and a tumultuous economic landscape. That’s it: 1,000 positions? Not to be disrespectful or dismissive about the idea of 1,000 people losing their jobs but Yahoo is being timid when it needs [...]
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The .com Domain is Becoming Irrelevant

By Mark Evans | Published: October 3, 2008
It used to be that if you didn’t have a .com domain, you pretty much doomed. It was the global standard when establishing a presence on the Web. It is becoming increasingly apparent, however, that having a .com domain is becoming less important. Part of it has to do with the fact it’s so difficult to [...]
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Life on the Other Side of the Digital Coin

By Mark Evans | Published: July 24, 2008
So, my hunt for Wi-Fi in Bayfield, Ont. was finally successful as the public library offers free access. What’s interesting is the library seems to be the place in town where most people go to get online. With a large retirement community that only needs occasional access to the Web, the library’s computer and its Linksys [...]
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Think, Breath…Then Hit Reply

By Mark Evans | Published: June 24, 2008
We live in a world of instant-gratification and instant communication. We want things and we want them now. We want to communicate with people and we want to communicate instantaneously and continually. One of the major challenges within the always-on, always accessible world is the belief that if someone is able to contact you, you’re obligated to [...]
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