2008年5月10日のブックマーク (28件)

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    Dan Frommer: "This year, there was a new phrase going around the circuit -- mostly at the hostel computers with free Internet access: "Are you on Facebook?" Instead of writing down an email address to write to, you clicked "Add as friend." (Note: Not MySpace. I didn't hear that once.) "
  • Microsoft won't buy Facebook anytime soon - May. 9, 2008

    SEATTLE (Fortune) -- When Microsoft walked away from its blockbuster bid for Yahoo, the media sought desperately to keep the news coming even when there wasn't much left to say. That seems to be how The Wall Street Journal came up with the notion that Microsoft had approached Facebook about an acquisition. It's not true. Good sources at Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) recently have told me several t

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    David Kirkpatrick predicts:"MySpace is still the world's largest social network(.....)Perhaps now News Corp.(...)would be willing to sell it. For now, Google is its big advertising partner. That's all the more reason to imagine Microsoft making a move for MySpace(...)"
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    Suzy Jagger cites:"Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, parent company of The Times and owner of MySpace, has, in the past, ruled out buying Facebook, saying that it was overvalued. News Corp bought MySpace for $580 million in 2005."
  • Facebook Developers | Facebook Developers News

    At Facebook, we're committed to enabling people to communicate and stay connected wherever they go. In August 2006, we introduced the first version of the Facebook API, enabling users to share their information with the third party websites and applications they choose. Hundreds of companies have leveraged these APIs, allowing users to dynamically connect their identity information from Facebook,

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    "We believe the next evolution of data portability is about much more than data. It's about giving users the ability to take their identity and friends with them around the Web, while being able to trust that their information is always up to date and always protected by their privacy settings."
  • Can Facebook Build a Better Passport?

    By Saul Hansell May 9, 2008 5:03 pm May 9, 2008 5:03 pm It didn’t take long for Facebook to react to the announcement by MySpace Thursday that it would enable other Web sites to tap into information about its users and their friends. Facebook Connect will allow users to connect their Facebook accounts with partner Web sites, such as Digg. (Facebook) Facebook’s announcement, in a blog post Friday a

    Can Facebook Build a Better Passport?
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    Saul Hansell notes: "Forward thinkers like Esther Dyson have been predicting for a long time that we will create a virtual representation of our identities that may help mediate how we connect to (and hide from) others online."
  • MySpace Turns Social Network Sharing in the Right Direction

    Amid all the initiatives in which Internet companies are supposed to make friends with one another — like Facebook’s Platform and Google’s rival OpenSocial initiative — the announcement Thursday by MySpace may well be the most useful to ordinary people and thus the most important. MySpace has created a series of handy tools that solve real problems. Well, they are real to the extent that anything

    MySpace Turns Social Network Sharing in the Right Direction
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    Saul Hansell observes: "Of course, pretty much all of the early adopter types who will get excited about the concept of MySpace’s new features have already moved to Facebook. But that may not matter, because what MySpace is doing is something that people may really want to use(...)"
  • Freedom on trial from Guardian Unlimited

    The Gone With the Wind star, known for her lifelong feud with her sister as much as the bewitching brilliance of her acting, and the last link to Hollywood’s golden age

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    Jemima Kiss interviews Steve Pearman: "I did ask if in the spirit of collaboration and "moving away from this walled garden" they were talking to Facebook about helping people share their content: Pearman said they'd be "open to talking to them because "we're tearing down walls here"."
  • Freedom on trial from Guardian Unlimited

    The Gone With the Wind star, known for her lifelong feud with her sister as much as the bewitching brilliance of her acting, and the last link to Hollywood’s golden age

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    Jack Schofield wonders: "It's not clear why anyone would want their real identity to be used on a site like Digg: I'd have thought that just the reverse was the case. Indeed, it's hard to think of many public sites where you'd want your "real identity" exposed. Any suggestions?"
  • Why the WiMax Deal Is A Disaster, Part II (Or, How Craig McCaw Snookered Eric Schmidt) | TechCrunch

    Why the WiMax Deal Is A Disaster, Part II (Or, How Craig McCaw Snookered Eric Schmidt) The more I learn about the $3.2 billion deal announced earlier this week to salvage Clearwire’s and Sprint’s WiMax businesses by merging them together, the more I am convinced that someone got snookered. And that someone was Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Maybe he just can’t say “No” to visionary billionaires like Cle

    Why the WiMax Deal Is A Disaster, Part II (Or, How Craig McCaw Snookered Eric Schmidt) | TechCrunch
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    Erick Schonfeld admits: "But to get Google (and Comcast and Time Warner Cable) to put up the cash, Clearwire had to promise it would build out a richer mobile broadband service as well. This is why Google invested—to bring the broadband Internet to mobile devices."
  • $3.2 Billion WiMax Deal Goes Through. Take Cover. | TechCrunch

    The deal to combine Sprint Nextel’s and Clearwire’s fledgling WiMax businesses that was rumored last March is finally expected to go through. Comcast and Intel are supposed to put in $1 billion each; Time Warner Cable, $550 million; Google, $500 million; and regional cable provider Bright House Networks, $100 million. The new company, which will be valued at $12 $14.5 billion, will be run by Clear

    $3.2 Billion WiMax Deal Goes Through. Take Cover. | TechCrunch
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    Erick Schonfeld asserts: "As I said before, this is a disaster waiting to happen(.....)I hope that I’m wrong and that this new consortium will bring cheap WiMax to us all. Because the technology is very promising. Unfortunately, the business is not."
  • WiMax: The dream Internet is coming | Eric 2.0

    Posted by Eric Gwinn at 9:58 a.m. If you're away from home and want to get on the Internet, you'll probably go to an Wi-Fi hotspot such as McDonald's or Starbucks or a hotel lobby and log on. But what if you could connect your laptop to the Internet while hanging out at the beach to send a wish-you-were here e-mail to your mom? Or what if you were watching a game at Wrigley Field and wanted to sea

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    "If you're away from home and want to get on the Internet, you'll probably go to an Wi-Fi hotspot such as McDonald's or Starbucks or a hotel lobby and log on. But what if you could connect your laptop to the Internet while hanging out at the beach to send a wish-you-were here e-mail to your mom?"
  • News | Latest tech news & rumours | Trusted Reviews

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    Sylvie Barak observes: "The potential deal is good news for Google, as it would give the company more wireless broadband alternatives and influence over a wireless network, much needed for their mobile applications and of course advertising."
  • Afternoon Reading: Sprint-Clearwire Venture, a Dream or Disaster?

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    Afternoon Reading: Sprint-Clearwire Venture, a Dream or Disaster?
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    Joe Mantone sums up: "It didn’t take long for an array of opinions to form about Sprint Nextel’s latest announcement — a $14.5 billion joint-venture with Clearwire attempting to deliver faster Internet service."
  • Google Gets Closer to a Mobile Future

    By Miguel Helft May 7, 2008 6:33 pm May 7, 2008 6:33 pm Google has long said that its best hope for future growth comes from mobile devices. Wednesday, Google moved to bring that future a bit closer. The Internet search giant joined an industry consortium that plans to build a next-generation wireless data network. Google is investing $500 million in the project, which is led by Sprint and Clearwi

    Google Gets Closer to a Mobile Future
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    Miguel Helft points out: "And as part of Clearwire deal, Google appears to have gotten itself the pole position in a number of areas. Google agreed to develop applications, and importantly, advertising services, for mobile devices running on the WiMax network."
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    Elizabeth Corcoran cites:"John Chambers told Forbes.com that he worries that the U.S. is severely lagging other countries in the roll-out of second-generation Internet technology."
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    Richard Martin:"The 10-year-old company reported quarterly losses(...), short of analysts' expectations. Nevertheless, thanks to the Sprint-Clearwire hook-up, Airspan's share price jumped by 56% on Wednesday. And Airspan is not even involved in the Sprint-Clearwire build-out as a primary supplier."
  • Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

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  • Google’s Schmidt on Cloud Computing « Data Center Knowledge

    May 9th, 2008 : Rich Miller Last week we noted reports from the IBM Business Partners Conference that Google (GOOG) and IBM would team up on an enterprise cloud computing initiative. Here’s a video of Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s presentation at the event in which he spoke about cloud computing. “We’re on the edge of a truly great breakthrough,” said Schmidt. “It’s the story of our lifetime.” The vi

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    Rich Miller introduces:"Here's a video of Google CEO Eric Schmidt's presentation at the event in which he spoke about cloud computing. "We're on the edge of a truly great breakthrough," said Schmidt. "It's the story of our lifetime.""
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    Steve Rubel queries: "So my question to all of you is - what is the future for the Polymath? Once this was a ticket to success. Now is it equally a way to fail in an increasingly specialized world? Do you know any Polymaths? They seem to be dwindling in number as we spend more time online."
  • http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/opensolaris_amazon_mysql_and_glassfish

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    Jonathan Schwartz summarizes: "From where I sit, this is a profound change in the industry - the world's most popular database is now available, and commercially supported, as a cloud service. As is the fastest growing Java container, and a redefined OpenSolaris for the modern world."
  • Best Netflix Suitor: Amazon or...Microsoft? | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

    You Say Goodbye and We Say Hello To our dear readers: Thank you, thank you very much. Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher in Media December 31, 2013 at 2:00 pm PT

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    "Facebook PR was not helpful to me either, but that does not stop BoomTown in its greedy and ceaseless quest for rupees!According to sources, Zuckerberg is in India and, in fact, all over the world, on a trip that is mostly for pleasure and contemplation, but also mixing it with some business."
  • BBC NEWS | Technology | Google denies staff 'brain drain'

    Google has denied there is a brain drain of talent at the firm following the departure of its communications boss to social network Facebook. Elliot Schrage's departure as head of global communications and public affairs is the latest in a string of senior Google staff to have quit. Google spokesman Matt Furman said: "Elliot was a valued member of the Google team and we wish him well." He added: "

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    Maggie Shiels interviews John Pulsipher: ""It does of course not look very good for Google." He added: "But for a start up company it's great. They are always going to be attracted to the big names that helped take a start up like Google to the top."
  • [video] Steve Jobs unveils latest iMac

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    [video] Steve Jobs unveils latest iMac
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    Elinor Mills cites Paul Roberts: ""Microsoft clearly sees the light that the Web and the Internet are the OS (operating system) of the future and that selling shrink-wrapped software isn't going to be feasible," Roberts says."
  • [video] Steve Jobs unveils latest iMac

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    Elinor Mills: "In addition to real-time malware protection and URL-filtering, the product also offers reporting and policy enforcement features. It's basically a re-branded and more affordable version of a product from Postini, a company that Google acquired last year, a Google representative said."
  • Home

    Apple is reportedly experimenting with an AI-driven advertising platform, partnering with a select group of collaborators, according to Business Insider. This cutting-edge tool is allegedly designed to optimize ad placements within the App Store, potentially enhancing the performance of App Store Search Ads. While AI in advertising is not new, with giants like Google and…

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    Sarah Perez presumes: "That being said, this new service is definitely moving Google closer to being a true competitor in the realm of enterprise security, as they already offer email security and compliance tools."
  • Google turns Postini into Google Web Security for Enterprise

    Google has been boosting its Google Apps product suite as fit for corporate use for months, with new security and deployment features arriving on a regular basis. The company's latest endeavor, Google Web Security for Enterprise, is now available, and promises to provide a consistent level of system security whether an end-user is surfing from the office or working at home halfway across town. The

    Google turns Postini into Google Web Security for Enterprise
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    Joel Hruska observes: "Unlike other Google-purchased companies languished for a long time after being acquired, the Postini brand and related products have been the foundation of many of Google's corporate-oriented initiatives this year."
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    Apple is reportedly experimenting with an AI-driven advertising platform, partnering with a select group of collaborators, according to Business Insider. This cutting-edge tool is allegedly designed to optimize ad placements within the App Store, potentially enhancing the performance of App Store Search Ads. While AI in advertising is not new, with giants like Google and…

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    Bernard Lunn points out: "Google reversed that. Google is happy to let you use anything for free, as long as they get to use your data. That is OK for most individuals and small businesses, but totally unacceptable for large companies."
  • John Battelle's Search Blog Independence for Microsoft? No Way. The Thesis Remains.

    John Battelle's Search Blog Thoughts on the intersection of tech, business, and society. Recent rumblings out of Redmond have stated that Microsoft, post the Yahoo axel wrap, will pursue and independent path on the Web. No freakin' way, is my first thought. That might be refined once I spend some time with their senior management later this month, but if the company… Recent rumblings out of Redmon

    John Battelle's Search Blog Independence for Microsoft? No Way. The Thesis Remains.
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    John Battelle observes: "How to build brand equity, awareness, preference, and the like, on the web? It's one of the largest questions facing the web economy. And while the thesis that Microsoft is pursuing is sound, the proof, well, that's quite a bowl of messy pudding at the moment."