I just read a post on the NextWeb about how one of their bloggers intends to wave goodbye to the internet, email and anything online for the next month. The post also refers to how being online and connected impacts your happiness (social interaction) and sadness (being overwhelmed with information overload) levels… you can read [...]
Archive > November 2008
Microsoft to buy YSM?
Just when we thought it was over… and Ballmer states that Microsoft had moved on… the TimesOnline reports that Microsoft is looking at a $20Billion deal with Yahoo. This time however, they’re not looking to buy the whole company… just the Yahoo Search Business.
As the Times states:
The proposal forms the centrepiece of a complex transaction [...]
Online Addict?
I don’t know about you guys… but this image seems to represent me 100%…
Image from the NextWeb..
Microsoft’s online failures…
Microsoft is undoubtedly still the king of desktop software, with their virtual monopoly of operating systems. Sure they have competition from Apple and open source applications, but in reality they still have a very enviable monopoly market share. On the enterprise side Microsoft is also huge, successful and profitable with it’s Exchange, SQL servers and [...]
Is the Blogosphere dead?
It’s a little disappointing, that only a few months after I start my Hiconomics.com blog… someone comes and claims the blogosphere has been killed. Nevertheless, there is a lot of truth in the matter, and this post by Nicholas Carr, summarizes a notion already pointed out by the Economist, The Register and other sources.
In essence, [...]
Interview with WordPress…
This is an interesting interview of Matt Mullenweg by the infamous blogger and tech evangelist Robert Scoble. Matt is the founding developer of WordPress and there are some interesting discussion points around the future of wordpress, the strategic value of the latest acquisitions, and general trends of blog reading and interacting with the web through [...]
3 Browsers in 1…
In my line of work, I spend a lot of time testing new web sites, implementation or online product… and one of the most annoying things is having to test across different browsers.
There’s often a gap between designers and developers and users or consumers. The former prefer to use Firefox with it’s endless array of [...]
Yahoo secures T-Mobile US Search deal…
Yahoo’s OneSearch is to power the Search platform on T-Mobile phones. It seems strange that in this particular period of Yahoo decline, that they are able to secure a Search deal such as this with T-Mobile. Especially considering Google’s recent deal with T-Mobile for the G1 Android phones (on which OneSearch will also be prevalent). [...]
Keyboardr…who needs a mouse?
I was reading about this new Search Engine, keyboardr on the NextWeb blog… and I really think, this is one that tempts me to move away from the standard Google search. There are a couple of reasons:
Content: For a start it aggregates the content from Google (standard search, images, YouTube and BlogSearch) and Wikipedia.. and [...]
Kumo? Microsoft Live Search to re-brand?
According to TechCrunch there are reports that Microsoft is contemplataing the re-launch and re-brand of Microsoft Live Search… while it looks like Live.com will focus on evolving into a pure social network following it’s first steps in that direction earlier this month.
The TechCrunch sources think that Live Search will re-brand to Kumo, which means ‘cloud’ [...]
