Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins
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Is This About Mobile Ads or About Ailing Androids? [AdMob-Google]
I’ve been pouring over yesterday’s news of Google’s AdMob acquisition, and given the conversations I’ve had with various members of the mobile ad monetization industry, I’m left wondering if Google didn’t acquire the wrong company. At the very least, I’m left curious as to the motivations behind the AdMob purchase. Stick with me here, and ...
What exactly is a Journalist again?
Like many of you, including Dan Lyons and Dave Winer, I was irritated as hell by Techcrunch’s Paul Carr this weekend by his lambasting of all of citizen journalism, as he judged everyone who might participate in that activity by the actions of two or three Twitter users. I won’t rehash the whole thing, mostly ...
Updates to SiliconANGLE, and Peek into Our Roadmap
Over the last couple of weekends, I’ve been wearing my administrator hat and working my fingers to the bone while working to prepare the SiliconANGLE community features for the next level. I just wanted to take a minute and outline some of the new Alpha-ish features we’re rolling out in the next several days, and ...
Not Another Twitter Conference [Spark Series, Episode 2]
SiliconANGLErs Michael Sean Wright and Robert Scoble have teamed up again with eGuider’s Marc Ostrick for another episode in their mini-documentary series, this one entitled “Not Another Twitter Conference.” This video shadows the group at Jeff Pulver’s #140conf in Los Angeles: This is a joyous process for us – collaborating and discovering the story that ...
This is slick – much better batteries: “…
This is slick – much better batteries: “[A] metal-air battery using an ionic liquid as its electrolyte not only functions significantly longer–because drying out is no longer a problem–but it also gets a big boost in energy density. “These liquids have electrochemical stability windows of up to five volts, so it allows you to go ...
GI Joe DVD Release Ushers Augmented Reality into the Mainstream
It’s been a minute since we talked about augmented reality here at SiliconANGLE. It’s interesting to me since it went from being “bleeding edge,” as I put it (and categorize it here at the blog) to being commonly accepted in record time. Since SiliconANGLEr, and Brunner Digital SVP Rick Gardinier first asked here “AR is ...
Why You Should Care about Google Wave [eComm]
Lars Rasmussen and Stephanie Hannon kindly presented at the debut European version of the Emerging Communications Conference & Awards last week. The 1080P HD footage of the entire event has been physically sent back to the USA for processing; light/colour correction etc. Therefore "official" videos will not start appearing until sometime next week. So I ...
Apologies for the lack of updates – when…
Apologies for the lack of updates – when the Editor’s machine goes down, all other work has a tendency to grind to a halt. If you’re interested in the trivial details of my crash, keep an eye on my personal blog (rizzn.com) or my Twitterstream. Otherwise, don’t run off, the site updates will resume shortly ...
Amazon’s Twitter Sharing Utility is Smart Business, but Is It Legal? [FTC Violations]
I noticed late last night a post from MG Siegler regarding the new social initiative from Amazon, in which they’re adding the ability for surfers and users of the website to tweet out a product recommendation from the site, and make use of their affiliate code in the process. I was impressed that Amazon finally ...
The Only Non-Negative Review of the TwitterPeek
The new TwitterPeek is getting widely panned right now, including by my friends Kim LaCapria over at Inquisitr as well as fellow ANGLEr, Sean P. Aune. Sean posted on one of his blogs, StarterTech, rounding up the history of the Peek and what’s new with the TwitterPeek: Peek is a mobile device company that seems ...
