Yahoo! 360
Mike Manuel (Media Guerrilla) was kind enough to invite me to try out Yahoo! 360 (thanks Mike). There are already lots of detailed reviews available (here and here via Dave Winer) and I’ve only had…
Yahoo! on a roll
Lots of chatter about Yahoo!’s new momentum with Yahoo! 360, the Flickr acquisition and Mobile RSS. Om Malik weighs in with some analysis and explanation. At the same time, Google seems to have lost the…
NowPublic and OurMedia
…slurps coffee on an overcast Easter Sunday, catching up on week’s flagged news while contemplating going for a run to offset impending chocolate overload…time to check out two interesting grassroots media projects which launched this…
Commercialization of podcasting
The BBC quotes Dave Winer on the commercialization of podcasting: "No matter how you look at it, commercialising this medium isn’t going to make very much money," he says. "Podcasting is going to be a…
And more on are bloggers journalists?
Wired: Much of the news and blog coverage surrounding the Apple Computer lawsuit has centered on the rights of bloggers versus those of professional journalists. While this is certainly an issue worth exploring, and something…
More on: are bloggers journalists?
CNET: Bloggers should be classified as journalists and given First Amendment protections based on the function they perform, not the form of their transmissions. Properly understood, the First Amendment applies to all those who report…
More on Flickr and fair disclosure
The acquisiton of Flickr by Yahoo! still baffles me. Not the deal itself which was widely rumored and seems to be a good fit. No it’s the nature of the announcement. It was made via…
Papercasting
Papercasting: File under ‘Fantastically pointless but hilarious abuse of technology’ – write your blog posts on paper, scan them and post up the images. Call it a ‘plog’ – job done. Great stuff. Credits: CNET
Ask Jeeves bought for $2bn
The New York Times reports that Ask Jeeves, the fourth largest search engine firm, has been acquired:IAC/InterActiveCorp, the Internet company headed by Barry Diller, is close to an agreement to acquire Ask Jeeves Inc., the…
More frigging with the rigging
Back from the UK and a chance to use the jet-lagged early hours to make some further adjustments to Morgan McLintic on PR. I’ve started to use some more descriptive categories such as Media, Blogging,…