The New York Times is inviting developers to mess with its data. On Wednesday, Derek Gottfrid announced on The Times "Open" blog that programmers and developers can now easily access 2.8 million news articles going back to 1981 via the new Article Search API. Mathew Ingram at Gigaom wonders why people in journalism aren't screaming about this from rooftops (because it's such a big deal). It's possible that this kind …
Is It A Service Or A Platform?
People are talking about Twitter possibly being worth a quarter of a billion dollars. Which people? Why, Sarah Lacy and Om Malik. Let's listen. …
Ubuntu Sounds Like “Up Yours” In Europe
The French are fun people. They make lovely wine and food, they climb mountains and frolic at the sea. But don't get on their bad side, because they're also a proud people and nationalistic, as well. For a variety of reasons, Microsoft, is on their bad side. Ashlee Vance of The New York Times writes: If the French National Assembly gets its way, the open-source Linux operating system will take over the governments of …
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Set The Net Free!
Let's talk infrastructure. Is there any doubt that the nation's citizens and small businesses would benefit greatly from a basic free wireless internet service? According to The Wall Street Journal, outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has little doubt in his mind. In fact, he's pushing for action this month on a plan to offer free, pornography-free wireless Internet service to all …
Commercials Are Strong. Even DVRs Can’t Take Them Down.
From an ad man's perspective, DVRs are the bane of TV's existence. According to The New York Times, 27% of American households now own one of these hideous devices and use it to fast forward through commercials. Can you imagine? Here's the thing with a DVR though...you have to watch the screen to know when/where to skip commercials. And a new report in The Journal of Marketing oddly claims that ad messages still …
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FCC Intent On Closing The Digital Divide
The FCC, at Chairman Kevin Martin's urging is paving the way for a nationwide network that will offer free wireless connectivity, according to The Wall Street Journal. Wireless companies and some lawmakers have raised concerns about the plan, because the proposed auction rules appear to favor M2Z Networks Inc., a Kleiner Perkins-backed start-up that originally floated the free-Internet plan two years ago. M2Z …
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Software Developers Are Hooked On Iterations
TechCrunchIT has a thought piece by Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com, wherein he makes clear his vision for Web 3.0. Web 3.0 is about replacing existing software platforms with a new generation of platforms as a service. To put Web 3.0 into perspective, we need to look at all of the major waves in the history of the Web. Web 1.0: Anyone Can Transact Web 2.0: Anyone Can Participate Web 3.0: Anyone Can …
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IT Meltdown Wreaks Havoc in San Francisco
The Guardian is reporting that Levi Strauss announced a 98% drop in second quarter profitability and a 19% decline in US sales. The culprit, other than tight-fisted consumers, appears to be the company's IT operation. A software disaster stopped all product deliveries in the US for seven days earlier this year. David Bergen, Levi's chief information officer, who came on board eight years ago to reconcile the …
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