dan tynan on Mar 13 2009 | Filed under: Computerworld, Culture Crash, Da Web, Facebook, Video, Web 2.0
Hulu, the joint video venture between NBC and Fox, turned one year old yesterday. And what a precocious rugrat it’s become.
To celebrate, Hulu announced it’s becoming more social, adding a feature called, appropriately enough, “Friends.” (No word whether Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Ross, et al will be making guest appearances, but don’t hold your breath.) This [...]
dan tynan on Mar 11 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Computerworld, Culture Crash, Da Web, Facebook, Web 2.0
Would you prefer the chocolate cinnamon dogshit or the raspberry swirl? In the end, it’s still dogshit.
dan tynan on Feb 09 2009 | Filed under: Computerworld, Culture Crash, Da Web, Google, Privacy, Web 2.0
In what seems to be a weekly occurrence, Google has announced yet another new product seemingly designed to suck what little privacy you have left out of your life.
It’s called Latitude, and it uses your phone’s GPS chip and/or cell tower triangulation to locate you and your friends on a map. Sounds rather Big [...]
dan tynan on Sep 17 2008 | Filed under: Google, Web 2.0, yahoo
Do search terms really indicate what Americans are thinking? It all depends if you believe Americans are actually thinking. Cringely has more.
dan tynan on Apr 21 2008 | Filed under: 15 minutes, Da Web, Facebook, Families, Foolishness, Life, Web 2.0
by Dan Tynan
When word got out that my wife and I were splitting up, I received several emails from long-time friends who knew us back when we were both skinny–err, dating.
“I am a little heartbroken about your current relationship status,” wrote one.
“What’s with the single status? Are you guys splitsky? That’s so wrong and sad,” [...]
dan tynan on Mar 07 2008 | Filed under: Da Web, PC World
Tynan on Technology (TOT) recently had a chance to converse (by email) with Catherine Cook, co-founder of myYearbook.com, the fastest growing social network on the planet and the number one destination for teens on the Net. What’s so special about that? Well, Catherine was 15 when she came up with the idea, along with her [...]
