Tag Archive 'Web 2.0'
dan tynan on Mar 31 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Computerworld, Culture Crash, Facebook, Foolishness, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0
Like many people, Randy Hallet is fed up with the Facebooking of the planet. Unlike most, he’s decided to do something about it. The 30-something Webpreneur has created what he calls “the anti-social network.” Hallet declined to speak by phone, though he did agree to an interview via Twitter. He tweeted: “I’m fed up with [...]
dan tynan on Jan 30 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld, Web 2.0
Michael Arrington’s sudden hiatus from TechCrunch belies a bigger problem on the ‘social’ web: it’s getting more and more anti-social. Even Cringe is feeling the effects.
dan tynan on Jan 26 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Computerworld, Culture Crash, Da Web, Facebook, Privacy, Web 2.0
Don’t look now, but you’re being watched. And now that I’ve signed up for Spokeo.com, I could be the one watching you. Spokeo is a search engine that uses email addresses to find people across the social Web. Give the site your log-on info for Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, or AOL – or just upload [...]
dan tynan on Dec 02 2008 | Filed under: Computerworld, Culture Crash, Da Web, Deadpool, Facebook, Web 2.0
Last week it was I Want Sandy. Yesterday, Pownce. Which Web 2.0 startups will disappear tomorrow? Twitter? Facebook?? Consolidation fever has gripped the valley, and that’s not good. Last week it was IWantSandy. Yesterday, Pownce. Tomorrow, who knows? The current financial crisis is claiming a passel of Web 2.0 startups whose VC sugar daddies appear [...]
dan tynan on Nov 07 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Google, Infoworld, Microsoft, yahoo
Thanks to the DOJ, Google has backed out of its partnership with Yahoo — leaving the #2 search company dangling helplessly over the jaws of Microsoft. Can it survive?
dan tynan on Jul 22 2008 | Filed under: Geekishness, Infoworld
Taking a hard, honest look at what you need to accomplish is the key to keeping your business competitive — and yourself gainfully employed (This post originally appeared on Infoworld.com) by Dan Tynan Pity the poor IT managers. They’re expected to know what their end-users want need, even if their end-users can’t articulate it themselves. [...]
dan tynan on May 29 2008 | Filed under: Da Web, Facebook, Google, Infoworld, Quizzes, Web 2.0, yahoo, youtube
(Note: An edited/augmented version of this piece appeared on Infoworld.com.) Sure, you may know all about the garage where Apple was born, Michael Dell’s dorm room, or Bill Gates’ youthful indiscretions. But that’s all so 1997. The old guard of the PC revolution are giving way to the young Web 2.0 turks redefining technology for [...]
dan tynan on Mar 24 2008 | Filed under: Da Web, Web 2.0, Wired
(This entry originally appeared on Wired.com. It’s here now though ….) by Dan Tynan The last thing Philip Bensaid wants to think about is making money. The co-founder of Crusher, a hip, Web 2.0-ish take on invitation sites like Evite, he’s determined to keep his self-funded firm revenue- and ad-free, at least for the time [...]
