mobile Twitter Says: These Are Not the Mobile Ad Units You're Looking For The new version of Tweetie, the iPhone Twitter application acquired this month by Twitter Inc., says it contains a surprise. What's the surprise? When you pull down the stream of Tweets to refresh, a slot machine appears. The slot machine's wheels spin, then stop. Some percentage of the time you're rewarded with a little graphic telling you… Mobile Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Tips The Role of Education in Entrepreneurship On Wednesday of this week, Flickr and Hunch co-founder Caterina Fake wrote a provocatively titled blog suggesting that wanna-be entrepreneurs should drop out of college. She based this opinion on the amount of successful companies founded by drop-outs, including Facebook, Twitter, Apple and Microsoft, as well as the drop-outs she finds herself… Chris Cameron View comments
Blogging Google Wave Finds Purpose as Live Blogging Platform Do you remember Google Wave? After a lot of hype around the initial launch of Wave - which some pundits billed as an "email killer" at the time - things have been rather quiet around the service. The latest update to Wave, however, could push the service back into the public eye. Publishers can now easily embed waves on their sites and readers… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Government This Week in Online Tyranny I said last week that "When the level of evil plummets...I wonder, for instance, if Tinhorns the world over aren't taking the week off to apply neat's foot oil to their collection of rubber hoses." I had no idea how right I'd be. Cuba arrests blogger Diana Virgen GarcĂa. Garcia, who covers issues of free speech in Cuba, and supports the Ladies… Curt Hopkins View comments
Apple Apple Shuts Down Lala: Here are 5 Alternatives Apple plans to shut down Lala, the cloud-based streaming music service it bought in December 2009. Lala stopped accepting new users today and will close on May 31. Thanks to its unlimited music locker and innovative pricing scheme, Lala had long been a favorite of ours. Rumor is that Apple will revive the service is some form under the iTunes.com… Play Frederic Lardinois View comments