Analysis RIA: What is it good for? This year there has been an explosion in Rich Internet Application (RIA) frameworks. The first major player to announce one was Adobe and its Apollo framework, which Richard covered back in March and I wrote about during ETech. Richard also wrote an explanatory post on Apollo. Next was Microsoft's announcement of Silverlight during Mix 2007… Alex Iskold View comments
Music Last.fm Sale Fallout: User Response All too often when we report about a major acquisition or merger, there is a part of the story that is ignored: how the users respond to the news. Reactions usually run the gamut from expressions of congratulations, to expressions of fear, to expressions of rage. The case of Last.fm's purchase for $280 million by CBS is no exception. Though the… Play Josh Catone View comments
News Userplane Shares the Wealth Userplane, a communications widget provider that allows website owners to add chat, instant messaging, and video conferencing to their sites, has launched a revenue sharing program called Userplane Money. The company, which was purchased by AOL in August 2006, has deployed widgets on over 155,000 websites including Friendster, MySpace, and… Josh Catone View comments
Digital Lifestyle AppleTV: Like a DVD player for the Internet last100 has an excellent post analyzing comments about the upcoming AppleTV, made by Steve Jobs at yesterday's D5 event. ÄúWeÄôre in two businesses today, weÄôll very shortly be in three, and a hobbyÄ?, AppleÄôs CEO Steve Jobs told Walt Mossberg in an on-stage interview at yesterdayÄôs D: conference. The first two are… Richard MacManus View comments
Polls Poll Update: 47% of you think Google should be investigated for antitrust Earlier this week we reported that the F.T.C. is looking at a possible antitrust investigation against Google, over its DoubleClick acquisition. Our poll this week asks: Should Google be investigated for antitrust? I'm somewhat amazed to find that nearly half of respondants so far think that YES, Google should be investigated for anti-trust. At… Richard MacManus View comments