New eBay-StumbleUpon Takeover Rumors Surface

The rumors of a deal between eBay and StumbleUpon may soon become facts - the latest report indicates that the two companies are in “advanced talks.”  And this news comes straight to you from “people familiar with the matter.”

Interview with Web Analyst Rohan Kapoor

Continuing my series of interviews with Web Analysts here is an interview with Rohan Kapoor. Rohan, originally from India, was working as an analyst for a fortune 50 company in Seattle area on his student visa (he was allowed to work for a year). Like thousands of other he applied for his work visa called H1B via his employer, unfortunately he was not selected by…

WordPress Blogging Pipeline & Projections

One of the WordPress development team, Ryan Born, noted in his post WordPress 2.2 Release Candidate 1 will not include a tagging feature, the next version could include a comprehensive taxonomy framework which could open up the field for interesting plugins. The year has been an interesting one for WordPress bloggers with the release of about 5 major and incremental upgrades since the start of…

HBO, Boxing Miss With YouTube Complaint

The fight that's supposed to save boxing, Mayweather versus De La Hoya, ended up on YouTube, swiftly followed by a takedown request from HBO. It's a missed opportunity for lots of potential boxing fans.

Life Without Google Gets Thumbs Up

It’s common knowledge that quitting smoking is hard, and I’ve even known a couple people who had a tough time cutting back their caffeine intake.  But James Thomas did the unthinkable: he gave up Google.