dan tynan on Aug 21 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Web 2.0, censorship
Model Liskula Cohen has forced Google to hand over the name of an anonymous blogger who slandered her. Is this the end of free speech on the Net?
dan tynan on Apr 16 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, amazon
Amazon found itself crucified this Easter, and though it has since climbed down from the cross, it hasn’t quite managed to claw the nails out of its hands and feet.
The story, in case you missed it: Sometime around Egg and Bunny day, Amazon mysteriously started removing the sales rankings of many gay and lesbian book [...]
dan tynan on Apr 08 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Da Web, Deadpool, Google, Infoworld, Web 2.0
It’s getting ugly out there, as news publishers turn their anger toward the King of Search. Is Google to blame for the death of the dead tree industry, or is that just pulp fiction?
dan tynan on Mar 23 2009 | Filed under: Computerworld, Culture Crash, Google
Behold the power and majesty of the almighty Google algorithm. See how it glows even in the brightest sunlight and disappears when you try to touch it. Just don’t ask how it works, cuz it’s a big secret.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one.
Big publishers are complaining that Google gives short shrift to the originators [...]
dan tynan on Feb 06 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Computerworld, Culture Crash, Da Web, Spamarama
Last week I wrote about Linkstar, a UK-based company that offers to place text ads for its clients on small, low-traffic Web sites. (See"The curious case of Linkstar Media.") Though Linkstar is extremely close-lipped about who it is and what it does, I couldn’t see anything wrong with the ads they were placing (unless [...]
dan tynan on May 26 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Da Web, Geekishness, Infoworld, Web 2.0
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
Bad news for Twitter. The original micro-blogging service (now available in brief, mega-terse, and vowel-free versions) has been accused of aiding and abetting bad behavior on the Web. I am shocked, shocked I tell you.
In case you’ve never used Twitter, here’s a quick primer. Twitter [...]
