Browsers Race To Data Portability: Google Chrome vs. Mozilla Weave Google announced bookmark sync to the Chrome browser in a blog post earlier today. Chrome users can sync their bookmarks across various machines and store them alongside Google Docs. While the feature is not a new concept amongst browsers, the significance is that yet another player is storing your data in the cloud with the ability to distribute… Dana Oshiro View comments
Facebook Facebook to Address Privacy Concerns in Canada A month ago, Canada's privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddard announced that Facebook did not satisfy Canadian privacy law on several counts. After an investigation prompted by the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), Stoddard identified several areas where the company could better address privacy gaps for 12 million… Social Dana Oshiro View comments
Products Twitter As Your Shopping Cart: Worst Business Decision Ever TwoTweet is a new shopping cart service that integrates closely with your Twitter account, using it to log in and letting your customers "reply to buy." While it's a cute idea for very small-scale ecommerce, relying on the unstable and insecure platform that is Twitter may be the dumbest business decision you ever make. TwoTweet isn't designed… Enterprise Steven Walling View comments
Startups Kind of Bloop: Kickstarter Gives Another Use Case with an 8-Bit Miles Davis Album When we interviewed Kickstarter advisor (and now CTO) Andy Baio last month, he gave us a sample or two of what could be done with the social fundraising software. Kickstarter operates on an all-or-nothing principle: users solicit pledges from their friends online, and if their fundraising goal is met by the deadline, the money is collected. If… Jolie O'Dell View comments
NYT Bits of Destruction Hit the Book Publishing Business: Part 4 In this fourth part of our investigation into the ongoing changes in the book publishing business, we look at the author's point of view. What are they getting today? What would they like to get? What can they reasonably expect to get as this drama unfolds? Authors are the creative juice of the whole eco-system. If they don't create material that… Bernard Lunn View comments