On The So-Called “Gold Rush” For Facebook Vanity URLs
by Tony Hung on June 14, 2009
According to Bloomberg, about 3 million vanity URLs have been snagged over the weekend: Facebook Inc., the world’s largest social-networking site, said more than 3 million members registered user names by yesterday morning after it offered people the chance to (…)
How Many Geeks Are Even Trying Bing?
by Tony Hung on June 14, 2009
I think one of the great advantages that Google has isn’t just the strength of its search technology, or the bottom-line deliciousness of adwords / adsense. Its really the thought leadership of what “Search” — and even, probably “The Internet” (…)
Security Updates-a-Plenty
by Tony Hung on June 14, 2009
So … DJI is back. Sort of. After browsing teh interwebs about securing WordPress installations I found a good tutorial over here: http://www.guvnr.com/web/blogging/10-tips-to-make-wordpress-hack-proof/ I would encourage everyone to have a look. Beyond the usual “install the latest version” and “use (…)
How These Six Words Could Energize Friendfeed on the Mainstream Media
by Tony Hung on June 14, 2009
Well, who knows if it really would — but I think one of the biggest inflections in Twitter’s popularity over the past 6-12 months has been the mainstream media’s push, and obvious love affair with socia media. Of course, CNN (…)
Hacked Again.
by Tony Hung on June 13, 2009
So, I was jazzed to write something new yesterday — the topic of which, I can’t even recall now — when I realize that the blog had been hacked again. Yes, I am guilty of not upgrading to the latest (…)
Twitter Changing The Way We Live? What Do Your Kids Think About That?
by Tony Hung on June 4, 2009
I get Twitter. I like Twitter (although I don’t really use Twitter all that much). And there’s no denying how its been taken up by the mainstream media now. And the techno-sphere loves to talk about Twitter almost as much (…)