Infographic: Millennial Media Mobile Year in Review
Back in December when Millennial Media launched their 2010 mobile ad predictions, they said that 2010 is not going to be the Year of Mobile, because 2009 was. Advertisers asked us for more proof…
1938media Names 100 Companies In TechCrunch ‘Payola’
By Tom Foremski
Loren Feldman, the publisher of 1938Media, a New York city based web site, has published the names of the companies that were the subject of 100 posts written by former TechCrunch writer Daniel Brusilovsky.…
Pennsylvania School Spying Somehow Getting a Pass in the Media
By Jeff Nolan
The Pennsylvania case shows how even well-intentioned plans can go awry if officials fail to understand the technology and its potential consequences, privacy experts said. Compromising images from inside a student’s bedroom could fall…
Cloud Security, In Dollars, Ron Paul, Coming Transparency
@GeorgeReese did something pretty cool today. He dared to ask how much a traditional security approaches were really worth vs. a cloud based approach. Yes, the discussion was short on heavy details–but it put…
New Blog Monetization Strategy: Report Your Sploggers to the SIAA for $1 Million!
By Tom Foremski
Wow. This looks like easy money. The Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) "the principal trade association for the software and content industries" is offering rewards of $500 to $1 million, to any whistleblowers…
Microsoft’s Overlooked Innovation
It's fun to bash Microsoft. It's easy, too, with Apple solidly conquering the high end of the PC and mobile markets and Google's command of the Internet. But how fair are these articles skewering…
Is Windows Mobile 7 a Mistake?
Sounds like Microsoft has serious iPhone envy. We all knew they were going to integrate the Zune into it. The Xbox features are a plus, but how about the dedication to form factor? For…
No Matthew, The Proper Response is RTFM! [Google Buzz Privacy]
The tech press has worked itself into a frenzy over recent comments from Eric Schmidt at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress. According to numerous sources, Schmidt told attendees that "[t]here was a lot of…
Companies’ Irrational Fear of Social Media
By Tom Foremski
Irving Wladawsky-Berger has put together a good review of several studies and reports concerning business use of social networks: Why are so many companies reluctant to embrace social networking? One of the articles in…
Austin IRS Attack: Thoughts and Discussion
I’ve spent the last hour or two reading up on the various accounts of what happened in Austin today, as well as connecting with various SiliconANGLE members in the area to get their thoughts…