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How the iPad is Changing Interaction Design

Applications that looked amazing on larger multi-touch experiences like Microsoft Surface may have a more affordable consumer-facing counterpart. While the iPad has been widely criticized, many startups are thrilled by its possibilities. In mid-Nove…

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |

Bravo! Foursquare Snags a TV Partnership

Foursquare’s new frontier isn’t just newspapers, but media companies as a whole. Case in point: Bravo and Foursquare have entered into a must-see TV relationship integrating show personalities and their city tips, as well as a Bravo badg…

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |
 

Macmillan books pulled from Amazon website

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc has removed all e-books published by Macmillan from its website after a dispute over pricing, according to media reports.

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Internet |

Privacy: Managing the New Currency of the Social Web

Mollie Vandor is the Product Manager for Ranker.com and Media Director for Girls in Tech LA. You can find her on Twitter and on her blog, where she writes about the web, the world and what it’s like to be a geek chic chick.The privacy policy might…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |
 

Darren Herman Is Moving On Up

Darren Herman is a popular media personality in NYC. His blog looks at marketing and media. Darren has written several columns for CenterNetworks including a look at talent agents and a rant about the music business.  Just about a year ago, he lau…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |

The Emerging Era of Alert Services – For Almost Anything

As ever more data flows onto the Web, we need tools to track changes in that data and alert us to new data that we’re interested in. Examples of data that can be tracked include shopping deals, places, companies, home prices, sports scores, local ev…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |
 

Will the iPad Kill the Kindle? In a Word, Yes

Om is drooling over the iPad at the moment and getting ever more excited about the feel and capabilities of Apple’s new device. His thesis is that the Amazon Kindle is dead and the iPod is going to change media forever.

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |

The Tablet Could Spur A Media Revolution, But It Will Be Out Of Apple’s Hands

Here we are, on the eve of the Tablet’s unveiling, with only hours to go before we find out just how ambitious Apple’s latest creation is. Countless articles have been written about how the forthcoming Tablet could be the savior of old media. Suppo…

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |

Bill Gates Talks Twitter on the Daily Show

The world’s richest man joined Twitter last week to a flurry of media coverage, which became the very first topic of discussion on his recent appearance on Comedy Central’s Daily Show.Host Jon Stewart amusedly asks Mr. Gates about his Tw…

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |

7-Year-Old’s Bike Ride Raises More Than $240,000 For Haiti

A 7-year-old London boy named Charlie Simpson has so far raised more than $240,000 for Haiti relief efforts using only his bicycle. Simpson used JustGiving.com, a site dedicated to “helping ordinary people raise extraordinary amounts for chari…

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |
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