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OpenID – The Good and Bad
I've had some interesting conversations with people lately regarding OpenID. What is OpenID?
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Cerf: Cell Phones To Drive Internet Growth
There are about 5.5 billion people on the planet. Roughly 2.5 billion of them use cell phones. Only 1.1 billion surf the Web. So when Vinton G. Cerf, who currently serves as Google’s vice president, states that mobile phones will fuel the growth of the Internet, well . . . maybe we should believe him. “The mobile phone has become an important factor in the…
JetBlue CEO Hits YouTube
In another display reinforcing the idea that JetBlue understands how to communicate in a crisis, CEO David Neeleman has produced a video and had it uploaded to YouTube. Neeleman doesn't read-in fact, he comes across as very human with a lot of "umms" as he speaks off-the-cuff, probably from a simple outline of things he wanted to cover.
Get That Site Back Up Before It’s Delisted
If you're site goes down for whatever reason, get it back up quickly or risk being de-listed from Google's index. Though it has been thought there may be somewhat of a grace period, it now seems robots only notice what's there when they arrive.
Micro-Business Execs Spend More Time Online
JupiterResearch, a firm that provides information on the impact of the Internet and consumer technologies on business, has found that executives operating very small businesses or micro-business executives are unique when it comes to their online behavior when compared to other online users and business executives.
AdaptiveBlue Finds New Funds
AdaptiveBlue’s name may imply change, but Union Square Ventures likes the company the way it is. That’s what I infer, anyway, from the venture capital firm’s decision to fund AdaptiveBlue. But the amount of money involved remains unknown, so it’s hard to say exactly how fond Union Square Ventures is of its new friend.
