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 (…)

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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” (…)

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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 (…)

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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 (…)

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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 (…)

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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 (…)

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