Acquisitions
Hot on the heels of Google's acquisition of You Tube, wiki software company Jotspot has become the latest addition to the Google empire. Here's Jotspot co-founder Joe Kraus announcing the deal on Google blog. "It’s obvious to anyone following developments in the Web 2.
Marketing and PR
Here I was, travelling back to Oslo after a weekend on the coast and suddenly my internet connection started to work again, after a frustrating weekend of constantly abrupted or no connection. The lousy connection in that particular area contradicted my previous experiences, so while stuck in that area and
Web/Tech
Doomsday prophecies about the death of this communication form or the other have been with us for such a long time that writing the previous post made me stop and think about what I was doing back in 1996, at the very start of the Internet revolution – or at least
Marketing and PR
How difficult can it be to terminate an internet account? Good thing this guy had the sense to TAPE the phone conversation. I found this almost too painful to listen to as it brought some very unwelcome flashbacks from my AOL nightmare – which ended with my then new laptop becoming
Acquisitions
I thoroughly enjoyed this short flick about how financial services might look in the future (if you're interested in finance, the web and/ or the future you just have to watch this). Link via Adriana
Web/Tech
On my way from Oslo to Stavern. My mobile broadband has the 'allure' of me theoretically being able to work online from anywhere (at least in Norway). However, the stretch from Drammen (which is fab for connection) to Sandefjord (which is really bad) is a problematic one. From
Personal
...is the new networking hype according to Wired. Initially intended as a pun on online social networks, the founder of anti-social networking site Snubster found that "shared hates can be an equally effective bonding tool". I can't say I'm too surprised, seeing how a
Current Affairs
... you try to sign up for broadband, but are told it takes FIVE weeks before you are guaranteed to be up and running. You get somewhat puzzled as you thought Norway was part of the fast world and seem to remember to have read somewhere that Norway is one of