Mobile Web Usage Indicators
Some interesting posts and discussion on the BBC Internet blog centered around Linux and how open source the BBC is with regard to its sites and its content.
What I found interesting are these stats included in Martin Bellam’s related post:
Facebook Introduces Product Pages
Facebook’s Social Ads program already has some people upset, and at first glance, new product pages just look like another way in which users might be turned into billboards. But whether this is or isn’t the case, the pages are already catching on.
Google Looks To Green Energy Sources
Google is exploring the use of a variety of forms of renewable energy in an effort to reach its goal of creating 50 megawatts of renewable generating capacity for its operations by 2012.
Looking at Google Android, Developer Kit & Competition
Google created a video showcasing Android, the Google-initiated, Linux-based open source mobile operating system being backed by the recently announced – and again Google-initiated – Open Handset Alliance.
Google Touted As Possible Sprint Buyer
A wireless broadband network could be as close as writing a check, if Google opts to save Sprint and turn it into the GoogleNet.
Northeastern Sues Google Over Search Patent
Northeastern University has sued Google in the patent-friendly federal court for the Eastern District of Texas, accusing the search giant of infringing upon its work.
WiMax: Sprint, Clearwire Split
The difficulties associated with rolling out wireless service through WiMax may have claimed the nascent Sprint and Clearwire partnership as a victim.
Gates, Jobs, Dell Named Top IT Personalities
Another “tops in tech” list has come out, and most of the names you’d expect to see are on it. What’s surprising, though, is that no one closely connected to Google made the top three; instead, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Michael Dell were voted the most influential IT personalities.
Online Ad Spend To Reach $42 Billion
Advertisers are on track to spend $21.4 billion on the Internet in 2007, according to an eMarketer online ad spending report. By 2011 spending on advertisements online is estimated to hit $42 billion.
Satisficing, Bounded Rationality & Search
Herbert Simon came up with some pretty interesting concepts, among them satisficing, bounded rationality and chunking.