In case you missed it, Facebook is pretty popular. As of June 2008, they’d beat MySpace in terms of total unique visitors worldwide (ballooning to twice as many uniques as MySpace in January 2009)—and even in the US, one of the few Facebook-is-#2 holdouts, Facebook has caught up to MySpace.
Intel Gets Behind Facebook Developer Garages
Take it from a car guy: the people who are willing to spend time with you in a garage are some of the finest individuals you’ll ever know. And so it seems Facebook has a new BFF, as Intel will sponsor some Facebook Developer Garages this year.
Google Stands Behind the Cloud
Today Google is touting the reliability of Gmail, and comparing the service to several "on-premises" solutions in terms of downtime and lost productivity. In a post on the Official Google Blog, Google Enterprise Product Director Matthew Glotzbach writes:
Google Getting Behind Satellite Broadband
The "other three billion" look set to receive a helping hand from Google. The search giant, along with Liberty Global and HSBC Principal Investments, is supporting O3b Networks in its quest to provide emerging markets with Internet connections.
Behind the Twellow Curtain
It’s not often I get to walk down the hall to conduct an interview. That made chatting with Twellow lead developer Matthew Daines all the more convenient. Here’s what I got out of him.
Yahoo Throws Its Weight Behind The Semantic Web
The semantic web was one of those ideas that are always a little out of reach; statements of "that’s so cool!" emerged from few places other than tech conferences. Yahoo has announced its support for semantic web standards, however, so it looks like the thing may finally arrive.
Google Throws More Support Behind Static
Google joined another wireless alliance this week, the Wireless Innovation Alliance, a coalition of technology companies and public interest groups devoted to opening up "white spaces" for broadband use.
U.N. Behind “Hunger Bytes” YouTube Contest
The competition has a slightly goofy name – “Hunger Bytes” – and a strange logo – a globe with two pointy teeth. But this YouTube-centric contest is for a good cause, and it’s backed by the United Nations World Food Program.
Compete Still Wet Behind the Ears?
I actually like Compete I think it’s quite a bit more accurate than Alexa or other competing services, however when I see comments like this on their blog it makes me question some of their conclusions:
The Reasoning Behind Ask 3D
Last week in my interview with Jakob Nielsen, he called Ask’s 3D label "stupid". Just to refresh your memory, here’s how the exchange went: