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You may have heard something about the death of print.
The Grey Lady Builds the Brand | Fast Company
That comment turned my mind to a handful of reports over recent weeks that I’ve been thinking about closely. Amid the torrent of news we see each day, they caught my attention not necessarily because of what was said — but because of how, when and where it was said. First there were Twitter’s “low-level” acquisition talks , which valued the messaging service at $10 billion, then there was JP Morgan Chase considering a $500 million new media fund , and just the other day came Zynga’s hopes to raise another $250 million , with a $7 billion valuation.
Can We Avoid Another Internet Bubble?: Tech News and Analysis «
When Is a Tech Company Dead?: Tech News and Analysis «
Last week, I had the chance to interview Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Sun Microsystems and many other game-changing companies. Whether it was time spent with him, or the news that Oracle was shutting down Sun.com, I’ve been dwelling on a morbid thought: the death of a technology company.
Microsoft and Toyota are jointly investing $12 million in a bid to build a cloud-based platform that will connect cars, homes and electrical smart grids.
Microsoft and Toyota Use Cloud to Connect Cars, Homes and Users: Tech News and Analysis «
Five years ago, in a small town on the east coast of Canada, the team behind Radian6 realized that businesses, big and small, would need a better way to engage with customers on the web. They built a platform to facilitate customer relationships by listening first. Now you can monitor a brand online to understand whether a product is getting compliments or complaints, attracting fans or foes.
The Art of Listening Online | Fast Company
Spotify Shift Signals the End for Ad-Supported Music: Tech News and Analysis «
So why make the changes?
It’s been obvious for a long time that Myspace is on the ropes, suffering under a series of pummeling blows including an ever-changing executive lineup and slashing staff , to being put up for sale by owner Rupert Murdoch. And the general consensus is that it has been knocked out by a combination of two interlinked factors: Its progress was slowed by dealings with its corporate parent News Corporation, which led to it being outmaneuvered by a younger, hungrier, smarter rival in Facebook. That’s the main thrust of this substantial and interesting profile of the company by Reuters reporter Yinka Adegoke .
Was It Google That Killed MySpace? : Tech News and Analysis «
There are many, many newsreaders available for the iPad, but entrepreneur Ali Davar said his startup Zite is launching an iPad magazine with the content that’s most personalized to a reader’s needs an interests. The obvious reference point here is Flipboard, the popular “social magazine” for the iPad that allows users to browse their social networking content and news in beautiful, magazine-style layout. Zite seems to combine a Flipboard-style reading experience with content personalization technology that has a similar aim to companies like Gravity and My6sense .
Zite delivers personalized news to your iPad | VentureBeat
Apple Reportedly Adjusts How Apps Are Ranked: Tech News and Analysis «
Apple is apparently tweaking its App Store rankings to factor in more than pure download numbers, a welcome sign if true. It could be an attempt to mimic what Google’s done with the Android Market which now appears to take into account daily and monthly engagement data, so this seems to be a case of Apple playing catch-up.
Erick Schonfeld is a technology journalist and the former Editor in Chief of TechCrunch. At TechCrunch, he oversaw the editorial content of the site, helped to program the Disrupt conferences and CrunchUps, produced TCTV shows, and wrote daily for the blog. He joined TechCrunch as Co-Editor in 2007, and helped take it from a popular blog to a thriving... → Learn More
(Founder Stories) Joel Spolsky On Startups: “Have A Co-Founder Otherwise You’ll Go Insane”
Preparing for South by Southwest Interactive every year, I’m inundated with pitches for services (now they’re apps when they used to be social or merely web-based products) that are fun, sometimes useful and generally something I wouldn’t pay money for.
Dispatch from SXSW: Have Startups Become a Fetish? : Tech News and Analysis «
Startup creates social marketplace for game “mods” | VentureBeat
Olympus Games has created a social marketplace for uploading and downloading user-generated modifications to games known as “mods.” Seattle-based Olympus Games says its Gmod market will let hardcore video game fans upload their own mods for popular games such as Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion or Portal. Mods often recast an environment for a game with a different art style or theme, or they provide new maps for multiplayer combat.Mozilla CEO: Firefox Faced Advertiser Backlash Over "Do Not Track" Feature | Fast Company
In January, Mozilla announced plans to add a "Do Not Track" feature to Firefox, a tool that would allow users to opt out from having advertisers and other sites track their web-surfing habits.Android’s share jumped a full 21 percentage points since InMobi’s last report in October, 2010.