What Tech Conference to Attend?

Time To Unify Web Metrics?

There are lots of ways to measure the popularity of a social networking site. The general shift seems to be toward measuring engagement – how long users spend at a site and how often they show up. Even then, you'll often see the same names pop up that you would have if page views and/or unique visitors were measured alone.

YouTube Content Filter Could Come In September

YouTube wants to implement a content-filtering system this fall.  It also (presumably) wants world peace and free energy, and it’s anybody’s guess which of these three outcomes is most likely to occur.

Yahoo Denies RSF China Claim

The saga of jailed Chinese journalist Shi Tao took a sharp twist when Reporters Without Borders accused a Yahoo executive of lying to Congress about Yahoo's knowledge of Beijing's investigation.

Cisco Chides Google Over FCC Proposal

Not that there's a potential conflict of interest or anything, but Cisco, or at least Mary Brown, Cisco's Director of Technology and Spectrum Policy, sounds insulted by Google's attempt to strong arm the FCC into imposing a certain set of rules on the upcoming spectrum auction.