Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins
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Solving the Dilemma of eBook Reader Usage
Whenever fellow SiliconANGLE editor Sean P. Aune and I get together on a podcast, we end up solving one of the world’s problems. Last night, we tackled the eBook reader dilemma. Valleywag’s Ryan Tate put out a blog post trumpeting Time, Inc’s intentions to come up with their own e-book reader. The post was entitled ...
Paying for Content and Tiering Your Services: Lessons for Old and New Media
Google, according to reports at the Niemen Journalism Lab, is “developing a micropayment platform that will be available to both Google and non-Google properties within the next year,” which most likely is an attempt to allay (well placed) fears with Old Media organizations that their businesses aren’t sustainable long term. Newsprint organizations aren’t the only ...
If Facebook was a Country…
If Facebook was a Country… The following is one of those feel-good videos designed to appeal to social media professionals and those looking to convince their clients that it’s important to increase their social media budget next month. Aside from the obvious parallels to the one that came out a few years ago featuring the ...
In Mobile Media, Reach is the “Most Important”
One of the drums we’ve hammered here at SiliconANGLE in our coverage of the digital mobile media industry is that when you’re judging the worth of an ad network, the importance of reach is key. Even before Millennial Media came on as an official sponsor at SiliconANGLE, we talked about it as an important and ...
You Thought Skanks Didn’t Matter: More Subpoenas for Anonymous Commenters
I was ridiculed by many of my peers for my stance on the skanks of NYC, and one person in particular actually warned me off doing the story altogether because it made me look foolish taking the side of gal using the Internet as a shield to bash and troll a runway model. I was ...
Two interesting things were pitched to m…
Two interesting things were pitched to me last week while I was head down in code and server administration. Smart.FM (http://smart.fm/), a system for learning based off structured data. It’s a lot more interesting than it sounds. The best way to get into it quickly is to watch the demo (http://www.vimeo.com/6431477) and then install the ...
Twitter is Full of Dummies (http://www.t…
Twitter is Full of Dummies (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/6147668/Facebook-enhances-intelligence-but-Twitter-diminishes-it-claims-psychologist.html) Here’s the summary of the report: Twitter makes you dumb, since it’s an endless stream of information that no one really reads. Keeping up with Friends via Facebook makes you as smart as sudoku. My Angle: What? Is there any actual testing to back this up? Any data? It ...
Is Twitter Slouching Towards URL Shortening or Simply Fishing for Click-Trends
According to a post by Allen Stern over at CenterNetworks, Twitter is once again tracking link data. Given the status of our server, I’m unable to link back to my idea for Twitter to create between $500 million and $1.5 billion in yearly revenue, but the upshot of the plan entailed them doing something very ...
Examiner Acquires NowPublic, Set to Become Leader in Curated and Hyperlocal Content
One of my favorite companies to follow in the crowdsourced news business has always been NowPublic. My infatuation began with an interview I did with their CMO Mike Tippet sometime last September. The one feature that seemed far ahead of it’s time still today were the tools they created to curate data live as it ...
The Influentials Report (http://www.webe…
The Influentials Report (http://www.webecologyproject.org/2009/09/analyzing-influence-on-twitter/) I have been pretty out of the loop for most of yesterday, so I’m not sure if this was a big meme yet or not… but if you haven’t read the Influentials Report yet and you are looking at Twitter as an essential part of … anything … you should read ...
