Netscape Parties’ Like Its 1999: AOL Quietly Crushes Calacanis’s “Social” Legacy
by Tony Hung on September 7, 2007
Update: Apparently official communications were such that Scouts were in fact told of the upcoming changes. Some sad (or happy, depending on your point of view) news coming out of AOL this morning: they plan to scuttle Jason Calacanis’s social (…)
Steve Jobs Plays Apple Faithful Like Chumps. Faithful Love It, Want More.
by Tony Hung on September 7, 2007
You may have heard that Steve Jobs and Apple have discounted the iPhone by $200 yesterday for a multitude of reasons. This move had Wall Street steamed, but it also had some of the faithful feeling … oh, I don’t (…)
* Why I Won’t Care About Zune Price Drops
by Tony Hung on September 5, 2007
Well, it looks like the Microsoft Zune, Microsoft’s DRM’d iPod never-be, has dropped its price as part of its planned product cycle. If you wanted to try it out, I suppose now is as good a time as any. Being (…)
Another Look At Google News: Can Someone Say “Conflict Of Interest?”
by Tony Hung on September 5, 2007
A few days ago it was announced that Google News had evolved yet again: it would rehost wire content, courtesy of the Associated Press and a few other agencies. At the time I didn’t actually have any examples, but thanks (…)
Google News Vindicates Conspiracy Theorists: To (Re)Publish and Host News!
by Tony Hung on September 2, 2007
Earlier this year, when Sam Zell bought the Tribune for around $8 billion dollars, he brought attention to Google News at the time, alluding to how it was ripping of traditional news media — and wondering out loud whether or (…)