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Web 2.0 Expo: Schmidt Keynote Highlights
Thanks to the great wifi here, this lengthy post was completely erased when I tried posting. Here we go again, this time…
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Google Drinks Tonic, Readies Presentations
Google added another piece to their Frankenstein-ish productivity suite by acquiring Tonic Systems for its technology, which will allow Google to add a PowerPoint competitor to its Docs & Spreadsheets product.
Ask.com Says It Knows Where Jesus Is
I have a sense of humor. But a lot of people don't, not when it comes to Jesus. With that in mind, I think I'd be hesitant (nay, 10-foot-pole distanced) to launch an ad campaign with a Jesus joke in it. Ask.com, it would seem, is just brave enough to try. Billboards and posters have begun appearing in major metropolitan areas (like New York and…
UK Telecom Comes Down Against Traffic Shaping
It’s often considered lazy writing to start a piece with a quote, but I think that, in this case, it might be necessary. Wikipedia calls traffic shaping “an attempt to control computer network traffic in order to optimize or guarantee performance, low latency, and/or bandwidth.” And now that you know that, know this: a major British telecom does not favor traffic shaping.
VoIP Gaining On Landlines
As broadband penetration continues to grow, so will other services such as voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and Internet protocol television (IPTV).
Writing For Online Readers Goes Against The Book
It pains me to suggest this, but we must ignore (one of) the teachings of Strunk and White. We must turn our backs on a number of other writing guides. And we must break our own habit of writing out numbers as words. Instead, we should represent numbers with numerals - a recent eye-tracking study suggests that they’re much more likely to capture online readers’…
