Category Archives: Trends

The race for the smallest screen of 'em all

Yahoo’s been quietly putting into place a set of very high-quality tools and services for mobile phones. From the time it launched Yahoo! Go last year, the company’s been working feverishly at plugging its diverse services (mail, search, instant messaging, … Continue reading

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How do you solve the problem of… metrics?

Peter Daboll, “Chief of Insights” (wow!) at Yahoo!, contends that page views as a measure of website performance are outdated. Daboll’s argument is that with Ajax, Flash and embedded video, traditional methods are no longer accurate indicators. While he’s right … Continue reading

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Universities and Venture Funds

Institutions of Higher Education in the USA really do seem to “get” Private Equity. Over the past two weeks, I’ve come across two examples of just how well Universities are leveraging private equity. Both these examples are with different ends … Continue reading

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And the PC becomes more irrelevant…

… with every passing day! Today we aren’t just storing data online, but are now using applications that run straight off the web to work with that data. At this stage in the evolution of web applications, we’ve done a … Continue reading

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Bill Gates and the new Workstyle

Here’s a report on CNN Money, on the way Bill Gates deals with information. The article does provide a rare glimpse into Gates’ office, but you come away with the feeling that this kind of article ought to have appeared … Continue reading

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Opera Mini – as good as it gets!

What’s the best mobile browser out there? On my Nokia 6670, I’ve tried NetFront 3.2, Opera for mobile (the 15-day trial). Both of these run neck-to-neck in terms to overall experience. There are a few features NetFront has that Opera … Continue reading

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"Blog" in Word 2002

If anyone needed a reminder that blogs have caught on only recently, take a look at this: This had been typed into a Microsoft Word 2002 document!

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