TechCrunch requires VCs to publish their failure rate.
There's Hope
Google has hope to win the fight against spam (see Betsy Schiffman from Wired).
Goodbye
The New Social Way
Old Software Lives
The Facebook Way - Part 2
Btw. there's a great post about Facebook from the only guy who - I think - really understands the net in all its releases. See Jason Calacanis.
Part 1 is here.
Gillmor Is Back
I've just heard the 3rd show of the Gang (f.k.a. Gillmor Gang; to get it visit the Gillmor Group on Facebook). I enjoyed it. It's as good as in the old days until '06.
The History Of Web 2.0 - Part 13
Learn From The Cell Carriers
Russell Shaw postulates the dead of all cellphone contracts. Maybe it will go the other way around.
Ransoming iPhone
T-Mobile has set the iPhone free. You just have to pay them 600 Euro more (999 instead of 399).
See Yahoo NEWS (seen through Techmeme) or Epicenter.
Old Europe
Next to the France perhaps the German iPhone will be free.
See Techdirt, The Register (seen through Techmeme), Financial Times Deutschland (in German) and Spiegel Online (in German).
Doing Social
See Slashdot about trolls and flames.
Time Is Money
After I'd seen this TechCrunch post some days ago, I wanted to create a smart cartoon about it.
Sorry, I've found none.
Apples "Scoble Department"
Robert Scobles broken Mac made some waves in the blogosphere (see ZDNet, Ryan Block, Fake Steve Jobs). And of course it's on Techmeme and blogrunner).
I want to be a part of this too.
How To Google In 2020
Is Google getting into the real phone business? See Larry Dignan.
The Cool Old Geek
Having read the post from Slate about "The Death of E-Mail" (seen through Techmeme) I fear my daughters will soon see no geek in their old dad any more (if they ever saw it).
Recently In China
Somewhere During The iPhone Launch Night
Was the iPhone launch in UK and Germany a success or not?
Epicenter says "don't know"?
The stock exchange seems to says more no than yes:
"Apple fell more than 7 percent after analysts described the weekend debut of the iPhone in Europe as disappointing." (The News&Observer)
"Apple Inc. fell $11.61, or 7 percent, to $153.76, after analysts described the weekend European launch of the iPhone as disappointing." (baltimoresun.com)
One Year In A IT Project - Day 7
A great quote from Michael Krigsman:
"(...) software is a unique beast which cannot be tamed by wishful thinking alone"
led me to this cartoon.
The Matured Market Of Web 2.0
See Anne Zelenka from GigaOM (seen through Techmeme) about the new soberness of Web 2.0.