Monthly archive March, 2011

Today's tech tapas is heavy on mobile devices, with some jurisprudence thrown in. • What do you know — you can file this item under Unhappiness with Google, too. The famed open nature of Android, which is Read More →

"We’re concerned by a broadening pattern of conduct aimed at stopping anyone else from creating a competitive alternative." Quick, who wrote that, and which company does it refer to? About a decade or so ago, that might have been written by, Read More →

"Good Internet companies don't ambush their users." — Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn executive chairman and co-founder, and Greylock Partners venture capitalist, on stage Wednesday at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, where he predicted that the next big thing, or Web Read More →

Music masters: Kanye West and Bob Dylan compared in an infographic, ego meter included. (via @GuyKawasaki) Africans wearing T-shirts that say "Iowa: Nothing to do since 1772" and other clothes once worn by Americans, a "Goodwill" Read More →

The Federal Trade Commission has ordered Google to submit to regular privacy-policy audits for the next 20 years as a result of its bungled launch of Buzz, its Gmail-connected social network, last year. The Silicon Valley giant has Read More →

There were sharp contrasts in how three Web 2.0 Expo keynotes Tuesday — by Wired co-founder Kevin Kelly, Google economist Hal Varian and inDinero CEO Jessica Mah — approached value. Kelly, who led off the keynotes in a packed Read More →