From the monthly archives:

June 2008

Are Google Reader shared items the new del.icio.us?

by Shane Perris on Thursday, 26 June, 2008

in opinions

Since its debut in 2004, del.icio.us has been the market standard for social bookmarks.  Its reputation was further enhanced in late 2005 when it was acquired by Yahoo!.  Social bookmarking was going places.  It wasn’t that long ago that every second blog (particularly in the tech niches) had some type of del.icio.us widget in [...]

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Why internet TV is failing and torrents are winning

by Shane Perris on Wednesday, 11 June, 2008

in opinions

I understand that content owners have licensing agreements around the world and feel that they can’t open up television programs globally to protect the financial investment of various regional licensees.
However, content owners, you need to understand that if you deny people a way to legally access your product simply on the basis of geographic location, [...]

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Google spam?

by Shane Perris on Tuesday, 3 June, 2008

in news

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Apparently, no one is safe from the Google spam filter.

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Google and Jaiku

by Shane Perris on Sunday, 1 June, 2008

in administrivia

I recently wrote another guest piece for Sarah Perez:
Stocktake time. Despite the fact that Jaiku has everything that the hottest 2.0 properties have, all tied up on one neat basket, Google has failed to get any mindshare at all amongst users and developers. Unless Google has some fiendishly cunning plan for world domination, it really [...]

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