Bing and Wave: New Technologies with Different Aims
Two new technologies are introduced, with very different scope and aims. As publishers, we need to think more like Wave and less like Bing.
Publishing for the Google Generation
Is the Google generation coming or are they already here? Why does it matter?
The Real-Time Web Emerges
The “Now Web” has emerged as a major alternative for users. Google is watching it, and you should be, too.
“New” AP Strategy Is Nothing New
The Associated Press tries yet another strategic shift, one that shows they’re late to the game, and playing the wrong game at that.
Online Audience Growing Fast
New data show how powerful the online channel is becoming, with audience and attention to spare. When will some major players wake up to this reality?
Google Wants Your Links, Not Your Content
The Google Books Settlement has publishers up in arms over copyright and content presentation. They need to wake up and smell the coffee. That’s not what Google’s after.
The Google Books Settlement: An Author’s Perspective
The Google Books Settlement has authors up in arms. I’m an author now, and I don’t know what they’re so upset about.
Owing It All to AOL?
Twitter, Facebook, and Google may owe everything to AOL. But to what did AOL owe its success?
Print Goes Out of Style
The MLA’s seventh edition style guide knocks print from its pedestal and dethrones the URL for citations. In other words, its editors get real.
Advertising: Social vs. Keyword
While Google and Yahoo dominate online advertising in a keyword environment, could Facebook’s system dethrone them?
Google’s SearchWiki
Google’s new SearchWiki implementation has grabbed some attention, but will it actually make a difference to users?
Is Google Making Us Stupid? Nope!
In the latest issue of the Atlantic Monthly, Nicholas Carr writes that the Internet is making us stupid. Could it actually make us smarter?