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Given the number of Facebook apps in existence, allowing for reviews of them seemed like a good way of tracking which ones…
Let me just say this so I can get it out there and out of my chest where it's probably looking for a way to kill me: I don't like it that I have to say I "follow" someone on Twitter. I'm a leader, dammit. I lead. I also don't like saying "tweet" because I'm freakin' 31 years old.
Privacy is Only Part of the ProblemBehavioral targeting (BT) has been around since the first dotcom days. In late 2007 it rose to fame again thanks to a few big promoters like Facebook; and in early 2008 it ignited a firestorm of debate that continues to unfold before us each day. But what is it, what does it claim to do and why the surrounding…
Imagine that you're watching one or two boulders rolling down a hill; in this scenario, you'd actually pay attention to the individual rocks. But if enough stones started to tumble, you'd become interested in the landslide as a whole, and that's more or less where the departure of Elizabeth Harz from Yahoo comes in.
UPDATE 4/9/08: Seems there was some confusion sparked by this piece, which is, at best, a muddled, meandering, word-labyrinth posing as an unconventional, smart-alecky essay on web journalism/blogging. That's okay, any reader would find himself in good company lost amid my verbose effluvia. For crying out loud, I used a word like "bildungsroman" and made references not just to Roman mythology but also to an obscure…
Rumor has it that Entrepreneur Media is up for sale; its asking price is supposed to be $200 million. And even if you haven't heard of Entrepreneur Media, speculation puts well-known names like Yahoo, Time, and R.H. Donnelly among the would-be buyers.
