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Declining search quality: Is Google losing the battle?
Has Google lost the battle against the companies that game its system of ranking search results? It certainly seems that way from my anecdotal…
What makes a Twitter user influential?
I’m a big fan of Bernardo Huberman, director of HP Labs’ Social Computing Lab, and the work of his team. HP has been applying…
Employees change search rankings, says Google
According to Richard Waters in an FT.com article (subscription required), “Groups magnify chances of Google hits”. The FT articles says: “Companies with a high…
Oriella Survey: Journalists are working harder, better, faster, longer
The Oriella PR network, an alliance of 17 communications agencies in 20 countries around the world, has recently concluded its third annual survey of journalists….
Newspaper paywalls are freemium business models
Newspaper paywalls have been criticised by many people in geek communities across the world and also by popular journalism bloggers such as Clay Shirky,…
The lack of tech IPOs is holding back job expansion in US, says leading VC
Robert Ackerman, a leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist and founder of Allegis Capital, says that tech IPOs will remain scarce and that this will…
Move over mobile, what about web apps?
Apps developers are rushing to mobile en masse yet there is another large market, says Joseph Puopolo, director of marketing at OPENapps, and it’s…
Why are Google’s new services failing?
Google has had a long string of failures. It encourages its engineers to spend 20% of their time developing side projects but when those…
Is “The Singularity” the elite geeks’ version of “The Rapture”?
The Singularity is a belief that our technology will inevitably collide with our biology, and that this will give us mastery over our mortality….
Does Mark Zuckerberg need adult supervision?
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, is just 26 and has done very well but his young age does often show itself in various ways….
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