Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Ignore Twitter? Major Brands Learn They’d Better Respond — and Quick
Amazon.com Inc. shut like a book.
Domino’s Pizza Inc. was late but eventually delivered.
And CNN focused on the good news.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Dalai Lama Imposter Escorted From Twitter
Some members of Twitter, the microblogging service, received a surprise over the weekend when they were informed that the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, had joined the site. “Dalai Lama (OHHDL) is now following your updates on Twitter,” the message read. But @OHHDL was an impostor, it was revealed, and banned from the site.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Good Cellphones Make Good Delegates
It must be tough to be a delegate at the Democratic National Convention–you have to know when to scream for Hillary, when to scream for Obama and when not to scream at all. And then you have to learn the art of shaking hands and networking while listening for really important announcements such as someone [...]
Monday, August 18, 2008
RushmoreDrive: We Need a Black Google
Is Google too white? No, we’re not talking about the white home page that’s so bright it motivates some people to change its appearance to save energy.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Cash Scarcer for New Technology Firms
In recent months, some start-up technology companies have died or gone into comas after running out of money, a possible early sign that the resurgence in venture investment may be coming to an end. File123 is counting its days. Edgeio was edged out. TripUp has fallen. BrightSpot went dark. Firebrand flamed out and Ezmo is no more. Industry analysts say this year will bring a big wave of start-up deaths as the credit crisis gripping the financial markets makes investors cautious in other areas.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Wikipedia’s Tin-Cup Approach Wears Thin
With about 300 million page views a day, Wikipedia by some estimates could be worth many hundreds of millions of dollars if it sold advertising space. It doesn’t. Wikipedia’s business plan is, basically, to hold out a tin cup whenever it runs low on funds, which is very often. When it comes to money, “we are about as unsophisticated as we could possibly be,” Executive Director Sue Gardner said as she swept up Styrofoam packing nuts in the office in San Francisco, the foundation’s home since it relocated in January from St. Petersburg, Fla. “It’s time for us to grow up a little bit.”
Growing up can be hard to do.
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