Jessica(Author) Livingston: Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days [FOUNDERS AT WORK] (****)
Stephen Baker: The Numerati (****)
Mark Penn: Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes (*****)
Charlene Li: Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies (*****)
Steve Krug: Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
DOOM now available in the App Store!. Perfect selection for Halloween! This is still one of my favorite games...so many years later. Placing it on my iPhone is awesome! :) This is one of my favorite new additions to my iPhone. Try it...you will like it!
Via TheNextWeb
Defriending can bruise your 'digital ego' - CNN.com. - I recently had to defriend some "ridiculous" University of Texas fans from my Facebook account. One of them...the arrogant original instigator sent me hate mail...further proving I was right in removing this person. I am so glad that we have the de-friend feature available...but, it is especially obvious to me that this article is right...people do get upset when you de-friend them...even if it is for a strong reason. Be careful my friends... :)
Via CNN
Smartphone Showdown: iPhone 3GS vs Motorola Droid. Very interesting showdown between seemingly the two best smartphones on the market now. This review further proves that beauty (or in this case best in class) is definitely is in the eye of the beholder. Enjoy!
Via Techcrunch
The Top 50 Tweeted Brands. - Great story about the importance of brands in social networking. They list the Top 50 brands on Twitter. The list contains mostly the usual suspects, but there are a couple of surprises.
Via TheNextWeb
How To Measure The True Stickiness (And Success) Of A Facebook App. Really interesting analysis of Facebook's relationship and ability to drive usage of applications on their platform. It is even more interesting how it can all dissapear in an instant, due to your
partner, Facebook!
Neo Technology Commercializes Next Generation Graph Based Database. This is a very cool technology for specifics uses. The social networking example given in this article really show the amazing latency benefit one can get using Neo Technologies product. It is true that relational databases are not always the best answer, but definitely the most popular. Other unique databases such as Cache' and others have been fighting an uphill battle to try and compete with Oracle, IBM and Microsoft. It will be very interesting to see how the position themselves against these 800-LB gorillas.
Mobile Web Usage Keeps On Growing, And Growing, And Growing …. It is unbelievable how fast mobile web usage is growing. Just think about this, Aple announced it now has over 100,000 approved iPhone apps available now. This is just for Apple, if you through in all the others you can start to see what is fueling this incredible growth. Smartphones couple with mobileweb access are rapidly becoming the new platform of choice for social networking, email and web access over PCs. It is a brave new World out there!
Via Techcrunch.com
Slashdot Technology Story | Microsoft Opening Outlook's PST Format. Wow...so it must be a cold day in hell as it is shocking to see Microsoft compromise or to open a technology completely as outlined in this story. Hhmmmm...better get my jacket
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Arch Rock Launches Monitoring Tool « Data Center Knowledge. - Very interesting product...it makes a lot of sense. Cabling in data centers can be a complex game of rip and replace and sometimes even the best layed out data centers have issues tracing cables. The interface is clean and intuitive and good monitoring of environmentals in the data center is a important cost saving element.
Via Data Center Knowledge
Is the MacBook Pro about to receive a quad-core speed bump?. I certaintly hope so as it would be a welcome upgrade and a true reason to buy and replace my current 15" MacBook Pro. For those of us who do true multitasking! It seems likely that this story is true as per the support files describe in the article linked to this post. Cool...Very Cool!
Internet Speeds and Costs Around the World. - Great map and very interesting content, it will amaze you as to which countries are the most and least expensive for Internet service.
It is hard to question their marketing strategy as they are outperforming everyone in their space. Their products are lusted after by nearly all and they are tops in the smart phone market as well. How about another byte at the apple??? :) Apple punts on lower-cost MacBook | Nanotech - The Circuits Blog - CNET News.
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Inside the App Economy - BusinessWeek. - This is a burgeoning market that is affecting nearly every category of software. Many would say that "if you don't have a mobile version of your software...you are wrong!". Some of the examples in this article that comes from Business Week are really inspiring if you are ready to attempt to put out a mobile app, like say for the iPhone. Good luck and good coding!
Via Businessweek.com
Twitter Finally Removing Deleted Tweets From Search Results. - This is not cool! They are using to much glue and toothpicks on this service. The fail whale alone is enough to make someone look elsewhere. Twitter get it together!
Via Techcrunch.com
Inorganic Growth » Microsoft pals up with Opalis?. - Consolidation continues in the systems management space. It is an amazing time in this space as the big boys continue to innovate through strategic acquisitions.
Via The 451Group.com
Beautiful Commercial: Vodafone Symphonia. - This is a really cool commercial - It is truly innovative and fresh...great branding!
Via TheNextWeb.com
Facebook Merges ‘Highlights’ Back Into Your News Feed. - Not sure if I like this yet. At first glance it seems like a good feature, but after awhile I found myself wondering . Thoughts???
A Couple iPhone Apps Named “Twitter” Are Tricking Users. - Not cool at all. You would think the Apple police over there would want this to clear up, but that might be asking to much. :)
Via Techcrunch.com
Review: Take a quick look at Microsoft’s very first retail store located in Scottsdale, Arizona and let the imitating begin. It looks like and Apple Store with Microsoft's inventory. Yeah, I am really believing Ballmer's claims that he does not view Apple as a threat. :>)
Apple Versus Microsoft Regarding Windows 7 - This is so funny! I do agree though with the premise that Microsoft is suspect when it comes to trust. It should be an exciting battle for mind share as this one develops.
