At this point, we really haven’t seen a major Web 2.0 company make it through an IPO. We’ve seen YouTube gobbled up by Google, and MySpace snagged by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. To date, they remain the companies that have truly defined success in the evolving Web 2.0 era.
Hitwise Launches Retail Data Center to Public
Hitwise, announced the launch of its new Retail Data Center. This publicly available website provides weekly online shopping trend data, based on how U.S. Internet users interact with more than 20,000 online shopping sites, across 21 shopping categories such as Video Games, Electronics and Apparel.
Admish Enters Public Beta
I’m not sure that any two people have the same college admissions experience; once a student considers the number of majors, the number of schools, his (or her) parents’ income, and his (or her) own academic abilities, a range of responses can be appropriate. But Admish.com, a new social network, wants to make the process easier on everybody.
Facebook Public Profile Resources
Yesterday’s news of the day was the buzz surrounding Facebook making profiles public to the major search engines. We did predict this enhancement by Facebook earlier this summer when Rumors of Google purchasing Facebook were flying around. Here’s the official word from Facebook:
Starting today, we are making limited public search listings available to
FCC: Public Debate Keeps ISPs At Bay
Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps cited AT&T’s recent censorship of a Pearl Jam concert as evidence for the necessity of Network Neutrality to preserve democracy and freedom of speech.
Public Privacy and The Advent of Social Search
Remember the old adage: It’s better to be silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Means a lot coming from me, a writer, I know, but on the Internet, for people with less public jobs than my own, it might be a good thing to remember.
Public Speaks Out On Net Neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission’s official Net Neutrality inquiry ended Monday, but not before a deluge of public comments in support flooded in.
Google Public Policy Blog Touches On Carhenge
Google’s Public Policy Blog has been home to discussions about censorship, net neutrality, and national security. Now it’s promoting Carhenge, Nebraska’s “whimsical recreation” of England’s famous stone ruins. Ah, well. “All work and no play . . .”
Google Publicizes Public Policy Blog
After starting out on an internal-only basis, the Google Public Policy blog has been opened for public consumption and commentary.
Google Has (More) Secret Public Meetings
Google has historically been pretty secretive about what the company is working on – that’s typical in the corporate world as it keeps competitors in the dark. But more interesting than that are Google’s Not-So-Secret-Secret-Meetings with hundreds of attendees agreeing not say anything about what they heard.