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Data Property Rights, Not Portability - GigaOM
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No VoIP In New Nokia N-Series Phones? Is Nokia Turning Its Back on MobileVoIP? - GigaOM
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http://gigaom.com/2008/08/23/no-voip-in-new-nokia-n-series-devices-is-nokia-turning-its-back...
F|R Crib Sheet: 15 Sites to Cut Your Startup Operating Costs - GigaOM
A similar list as my recent post to Bootup Labs on tools for startups. Virtually all are US-specific, would be good to go through and find Canadian equivalents. Really should stick a BUL ...
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http://gigaom.com/2008/07/19/15-sites-to-cut-your-startup-operating-costs
Symbian, iPhone & the New Mobile Reality - GigaOM
The mobile industry’s old guard is experiencing the business equivalent of heartburn as players like Apple prove that software platforms, and the innovation they foster, are the only wa...
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http://gigaom.com/2008/06/24/symbian-iphone-the-new-mobile-reality
In the Mobile Platform War, Nokia Snags TrollTech - GigaOM
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http://gigaom.com/2008/01/28/in-the-mobile-platform-war-nokia-snags-trolltech
GigaOM » Digg that Fat Belly!
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http://gigaom.com/2006/09/04/digg-that-fat-belly
5 Ways Your Gadgets Will Betray Your Privacy
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http://gigaom.com/2008/05/19/5-ways-your-gadgets-will-betray-you
Twitter VC Funding Done. Raises $15 MM
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http://gigaom.com/2008/05/21/twitter-series-b-funding-done-raises-15-mm
Flash P2P: Now That’s Disruptive - GigaOM
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http://gigaom.com/2008/05/15/flash-p2p-now-thats-disruptive
Metrics: Trouble in Online Adland
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http://gigaom.com/2008/05/13/metrics-trouble-in-online-adland
The 5 Stages of a Consumer Web Startup
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GigaOM Favs: 10 Blogs We Love
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When Is the Right Time to Launch Your Own Cloud? - GigaOM
Specifically talks about "launching your own cloud"
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http://gigaom.com/2008/05/08/when-is-it-right-to-launch-your-own-cloud
The F|R Interview: Y Combinator’s Paul Graham - GigaOM
Most startups have one low point where any reasonable person would give up. The only people who get through it are the ones who have an unreasonable aversion to failing.
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http://gigaom.com/2008/05/03/the-fr-interview-y-combinators-paul-graham
Pixar’s Brad Bird on Fostering Innovation
If you have low morale, for every $1 you spend, you get about 25 cents of value. If you have high morale, for every $1 you spend, you get about $3 of value. Companies should pay much more...
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http://gigaom.com/2008/04/17/pixars-brad-bird-on-fostering-innovation
Why Murdoch Really Bought MySpace? - GigaOM
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http://gigaom.com/2005/08/06/why-murdoch-bought-myspace
Facebook’s Insatiable Hunger for Hardware
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http://gigaom.com/2008/04/25/facebooks-insatiable-hunger-for-hardware
Wanted: Virtualization Engineer, Referee Exp. Pref. - GigaOM
People are starting to think about abstraction layers and where "traditional" network engineering fits into the virtualizaton / cloud landscape
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http://gigaom.com/2008/04/17/wanted-virtualization-engineer-referee-exp-pref
GigaOM Here come the FemtoCells «
2Wire, which makes DSL residential gateways, and is part owned by AT&T, recently announced that it will include femtocell functionality in its devices.
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Casual Games Worth $2.25B — But Where Are They Going? « GigaOM
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Attack of the Casual Game Sites, Part II - GigaOM
• The Pitch: The blockbuster casual game of heroic waitressing adds a social network (pictured) and a quasi mini-MMO in which players can run restaurants and buy virtual items.
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http://gigaom.com/2007/12/11/attack-of-the-casual-game-sites-part-ii
MEMS the Word
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Does the World Need Another Way to Search?
recherche sur internet et moteur: a t on besoin de nouveau mode de recherche
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http://gigaom.com/2008/02/09/does-the-world-need-another-search
SocialNets & The Power of The URL
It’s not too difficult to envision a media landscape where the majority of traditional media distribution [...] have largely been replaced with a highly-fragmented layer of people-power...
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http://gigaom.com/2006/04/04/socialnets-the-power-of-the-url
Scribd’s iPaper Plan - GigaOM
While I don’t care much about community around documents, I love the concept of dead simple sharing of documents.
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http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/scribd-ipaper
GameLayers Converts All Web Activity Into MMO - GigaOM
Instead of exploring dungeons and killing monsters, as you would in an old-school MMO, there’s a genius twist: You gain points and achievements through browsing the web itself.
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http://gigaom.com/2008/02/28/gamelayers-converts-all-web-activity-into-mmo
Could Bungee Labs Undercut EC2 Pricing? - GigaOM
There is starting to be more talk about how Amazon really isn't that price effective. We'll see prices plummet as more competitors come online.
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Hitwise is acquired
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GigaOM » Why eBay wants Stumbleupon
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SkyGrid Finds Gold In The Wisdom Of The Webs - GigaOM
Relates to both managing news and pubsub / something simpler
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WordPress.com Creator Raises $29.5M
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Om Maliks Broadband Blog ‽ Asterisk, Linux of Telecom Biz?
Have to remember to blog about the idea of turn-key Asterisk systems, like web hosting
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http://www.gigaom.com/2005/05/06/asterisk-linux-of-telecom-biz
Om Malik’s Broadband Blog » Winamp Creator unleashes NinJam
Have to check out where the final storage is, maybe build it into Backstage if there are open APIs
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http://gigaom.com/2005/07/23/winamp-creator-unleashes-ninjam
GigaOM : » The New Office Space Goes Global
Vancouver gets the nod as the only Canadian city on the list. That's right, no TDot
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http://gigaom.com/2006/03/24/the-new-office-space-goes-global
GigaOM » Topix.net Raises $15M
So....$15M for an aggregator? Compared to Newsvine (what? no NowPublic?) Part owned by lots of newspapers.
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GigaOM » Really Plug and play WiFi
NetEquality bought 2000 Meraki routers and changed the cases into ones that plug directly into outlets for indoor deployment. Share this with Richard Smith for his DTES work.
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http://gigaom.com/2007/03/17/really-plug-and-play-wifi
GigaOM For NowPublic Citizen Journalism Seems to Work «
And now the NP story on GigaOm. Some good dodges by Len Brody :P For the record: no one has this space figured out yet, NP has as good a chance as anyone else. Does local matter? yes and ...
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GigaOM Publish2 Joins The Social News Party «
WorkHabit and Drupal are involved with this project...very exciting....
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http://gigaom.com/2007/08/14/publish2-joins-the-social-news-party
GigaOM Something Simpler Acquires PubSub Assets «
Om discovers Something Simpler aka PubSub. Not quite ready to uncloak yet, but I'm sure these guys will be another great Vancouver tech startup
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A discussion on how social networking has changed over time
eople have been using computers for social communication since the very beginning of the personal computer industry. Long before the Internet became accessible to the general public, peop...
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http://gigaom.com/2008/01/20/social-networks-from-the-80s-to-the-00s
Updated: Facebook’s Cruel Intentions, Facebook Responds « GigaOM
“The ads are going to feel like content to a lot of people.” “There is no opting out of advertising.”
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http://gigaom.com/2007/11/09/facebooks-cruel-intentions
2008: The Year of LinkedIn?
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http://gigaom.com/2007/11/30/2008-the-year-of-linkedin
Professional networking service LinkedIn wants to emulate Facebook’s success by drawing users and applications through the use of a similar portal strategy.
But LinkedIn’s best chance at success lies in doing just the opposite: reaching out to other web sites and applications
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http://gigaom.com/2007/12/10/linkedin-needs-to-reachout
As privacy issues continue to monopolize our national conversation
Google’s proposed takeover of DoubleClick to Facebook’s Beacon advertising platform to warrantless wiretapping by the NSA and various other activities that bring to mind tinfoil hats ...
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http://gigaom.com/2007/12/26/how-to-safeguard-your-privacy-online
T-Mobile Denies Blocking Twitter, Just A Bug
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http://gigaom.com/2007/12/17/t-mobile-denies-blocking-twitter-just-a-bug
Bebo Launches Platform, Aligns with Facebook
This morning said it will launch an application platform of its own tonight, closely modeled on that of Facebook.
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http://gigaom.com/2007/12/12/bebo-launches-platform-aligns-with-facebook
The Next Social Network: WordPress - GigaOM
Could open-source blogging platform WordPress serve as your next social networking profile?
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http://gigaom.com/2007/12/11/the-next-social-network-wordpress
Tech Blogging: The Web Mind at Warp Speed
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What’s New Now: Gizmo Project 4.0, fringMe Widget, Truphone For Facebook
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Facebook Beacon Revamp: Will It Go Far Enough? - GigaOM
Facebook may announce alterations to the Beacon social advertising system as early as today, according to BusinessWeek. Perhaps Facebook will now allow global opt-out of publishing third-...
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http://gigaom.com/2007/11/29/facebook-beacon-revamp-will-it-go-far-enough
What Is Your Social Network Really Worth? « GigaOM
Now we all know that Facebook is worth one gazillion dollars, but how about the people who are always social networking? In other words, how much is your personal network worth?
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http://gigaom.com/2007/11/21/mynetworkvalue
As Online Advertising Grows, The Question Is How Much Is Too Much? « GigaOM
news of online advertising has dominated the conversation: from MySpace’s hyper- targeted ads to Facebook’s new ad system to broadband advertising systems introduced by companies such...
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http://gigaom.com/2007/11/07/as-online-advertising-grows-the-question-is-how-much-is-too-much
Is Facebook Beacon a Privacy Nightmare? « GigaOM
unveiled Facebook Ads, an ad system that allows companies to use the Facebook social graph and to develop highly targeted ads.
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http://gigaom.com/2007/11/06/facebook-beacon-privacy-issues
Why Is Google Afraid of Facebook? « GigaOM
Google (GOOG) announced its OpenSocial strategy last week, starting with some of the smaller (albeit fast-growing) social networks, and quickly ensnaring MySpace (NWS), Bebo and a bunch o...
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http://gigaom.com/2007/11/06/facebook-vs-google
Will Privacy Concerns Take the Boom out of Online Ads? « GigaOM
Will Privacy Concerns Take the Boom out of Online Ads?
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OpenSocial, Google’s Open Answer to Facebook « GigaOM
Google’s (GOOG) much awaited answer to Facebook ecosystem is finally coming to light. The existence of this Google platform was first reported by TechCrunch and is going to become offic...
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http://gigaom.com/2007/10/30/opensocial
GigaOM » Of Social Nets & Business Models
Describes a model where users feature in myspace ads
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http://gigaom.com/2006/06/19/of-social-networks-and-business-models