Fox News Partners With Maven Networks
Fox News has selected Internet TV platform Maven Networks to run all of its online video channels for its global news network.
Careful How You Use Flickr Images
When I started my music podcast, I needed an apporpriate image for the podcast blog. I found an ideal image on Flickr accompanied by a Creative Commons attribution share-alike license. The image of an electric guitar neck now graces the JamJourney blog.
A Tale of Two Cities: Red Hat and JBoss
Red Hat reported great numbers today. The stock was down in after hours trading, and I suspect it will be down tomorrow. The stock movement will likely be based on comments about the JBoss division by Red Hat’s CEO. Forbes reports:
Nintendo Sacks Anonymous Blogger
You can’t help, from a reasonable Internet distance, but like her; she’s sexy, irreverent, and smart, everything you should like and fear in a gal. But she goofed, at least a little, and unfair or not, Nintendo is the latest corporate entity to can an employee for blogging.
Stanford’s Facebook App Development Group
Today I noticed that a couple of my Facebook friends joined the group: Creating New Apps for Facebook (New Stanford Course).
Reactions to Amazon MP3 Store
Our news story and analysis "What The Amazon Store Is…And Is Not" got so many links and hits that we thought we’d take a look across the web to see what other’s thought of the opening of Amazon’s MP3 Download Store.
MSN Video Gets Update
Microsoft has released a new version of MSN Video, offering users and advertisers a better experience by improving the ability to find premium and user-generated video content from the MSN Video library along with adding new sharing features, and introducing a new time-based advertising delivery model.
Is Facebook Doing Enough About Perverts?
I know, you were all shocked last month when I had to break the news to you that there were perverts on the Internet—even on the hallowed (and supposedly fenced-in) “grounds” of Facebook.
MySpace Turns Away Australian Mobile Users
Under the right circumstances, an air of exclusivity can create a lot of interest. Under the wrong circumstances, it can generate a lot of shrugs. And by blocking some Australian mobile users, MySpace seems to have earned an unhealthy mix of the two.
What if Google merged with DHS?
Author and Boing Boing blogger Cory Doctorow has picked up plenty of attention for his story, “Scroogled,” which tells a tale of the Department of Homeland Security being especially effective at using Google to police the citizenry.