Definitely one of the smartest business ideas out there; should be added to my list of exciting web services. -- KM ******************* Mashery, possibly the coolest company in Silicon Valley that most people have never heard of, announced a Series A funding round tonight. The All-Star...

The strategic consideration is that this will lead to web apps being commoditized, with value shifting to those who know how to get the most out of powerful and sophisticated web apps. Example: value shifts away from apps like Salesforce and to those who know how to get the most out of apps like...

It doesn't allow embedding. That's essential for any video service, failure to allow such functionality is tantamount to suicide. The future is in creating value through syndication and remixing (i.e. the RSS game). -- KM ********************** msnvideologo.jpg There are big changes...

The most important story for Americans today. Remember the history of gun control. Also note that gun confiscation is a key part of the New World Order agenda -- see our section on gun confiscation in our NWO video archive. -- KM *********** Gun Bill Rewrites Law To Disarm More...

An example of the promise of the local web (that's you, Outside.in). Also, this guy is a killer photographer (there's a link to his photos in the article below). He should quit being a doctor and spend more time taking photos. Seriously. -- KM ******************** Dr. Jay Parkinson MD...

Have you noticed a new weird kind of spam, without URLs or anything to sell, hitting your blog? This article takes a stab at explaining what it's all about. View Full Article

So, despite huge amounts of pushback via email and comments, I have been pointing out for a while now that Facebook is evil - and it's pseudo-platform strategy is so yesterday. But if you needed any more confirmation of my hypothesis, ... View Full Article

Oh. My. God. Maybe the dumbest idea in the history of business. I suddenly feel smarter in spite of all my mistakes. 30 seconds is way too long. If it's that long, it'll be the end of YouTube. -- KM ************** Google has apparently decided to add 30-second advertisements before...

Consumer confidence in the US fell to a 22-month low in September, new data suggested, while a rise in the stock of unsold homes in August raised the risk that house prices will decline from their present levels Read Full Article

I'm on the fence on OpenID, although leaning towards being a skeptic....see the "cons" noted in the link below, I think they are powerful reasons. -- KM ************************** Decentralized online identification system OpenID can log you into dozens of social networking sites (and...

My take, fwiw... The network is a set of value activities undertaken by people - linking to each other, talking to each other, etc. The graph is a representation of those, hidden behind Facebook's iron curtains. From a strategic pov, ... View Full Article

The latest numbers from Nielsen//NetRatings show that Facebook has now surpassed MySpace in the UK. For August, Facebook registered 6.5 million unique visitors versus 6.4 million for MySpace. For Facebook, that represents a whopping ... View Full Article

This should be on every web 2.0 news site....let's see if anyone reports it, or if self-censorship is how web 2.0 pundits prefer to roll. -- KM ******************** MySpace Censors Anti-War Websites Prison Planet blocked as the model for government regulated Internet 2 gets a dry run...

Facebook released some new statistics today on overall growth, user demographics and engagement, international growth, and the Facebook Platform. Some notable numbers:. Facebook now has more than 42 million active users (double the ... View Full Article

A survey of about 1,000 Americans showed that the Internet has become such an essential part of their every-day lives that 28% said they spend less time socializing with friends because of it. And 20% said they spend less time having sex because they're too busy online, according to a study by...