Teens Not Twittering? Absolutely. Here’s the Evidence.

by Tony Hung on July 13, 2009

No, I didn’t conduct the research myself, but as astutely pointed out by Ben Parr, the recent report commissioned by Morgan Stanley regarding one teen (and his friend’s) internet / technology related activities may seem the sweeping generalizations of a (…)

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WolframAlpha, Where Are You?

by Tony Hung on July 13, 2009

Time will tell if it was Bing’s inherent abilities or Microsoft’s deep-pockets spending that caused the initial bump of 8% in unique users after the first month — but its clear what is suffering from a lack of Buzz … Wolfram Alpha. (…)

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Will Microsoft Use Office 10 To Push Internet Explorer and Silverlight?

by Tony Hung on July 13, 2009

In advance of the inevitable blogging orgy around Microsoft’s Office 10, only a couple of questions I’d like answered: Will Office 10 work “better” in Internet Explorer, and will it require Silverlight to work?  It would be fascinating (and stupid) (…)

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Still Suspended On Twitter. No, I Don’t Have a Koobface Infection.

by Tony Hung on July 11, 2009

So, as Louis Gray discovered (to my shame), my Twitter account has been suspended. I understand that I’m in some company, and it probably predated a human-related error that occurred several days ago. I have no idea why this is (…)

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Google OS and The Privacy Issue: For Some, Google Is Quite Evil

by Tony Hung on July 10, 2009

Nice pick up from the USA Today on privacy concerns regarding Google’s upcoming Google OS.  In particular Privacy advocates want more transparency from Google about how it plans to monetize the vast amounts of behavioral data it collects. Google could (…)

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Speaking of Accidental Tweets …

by Tony Hung on July 10, 2009

Speaking of careless tweets: unintentional, accidental, pre-maturely scheduled, or actually intentional? EA’s UK PR team just tweeted an announcement that Command & Conquer 4 is now in development, though the linked press release doesn’t seem to exist yet. This seems to (…)

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Finding Mahalo In Them Thar SERPs

by Tony Hung on July 10, 2009

So, I’m not disparaging any company that gets 3M or so uniques per month, but its funny.  I remember that when Mahalo was launched some year(s) ago, in its initial incarnation / hype, I remember someone saying something about building (…)

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