Saturday, December 29, 2007

E-Commerce News: E-Commerce: Amazon Hits Sales Jackpot in Lucky 13th Holiday Season

Once upon a time, there were doubts across the land about the viability of online commerce. No longer. Last week, Amazon reported that customers spent $881 Million in just one day - Dec 10. They also reported that it was their biggest year to date. That's in a year when Christmas shopping was not so hot. Quite a record! E-Commerce News: E-Commerce: Amazon Hits Sales Jackpot in Lucky 13th Holiday Season

Thursday, December 20, 2007

8 bold predictions on Google's next moves

Google is so innovative, it has everyone guessing as to what it will do next. In this Computerworld article, Stacy Collett sets out 8 possible new initiatives that Google might take in 2008. 8 bold predictions on Google's next moves

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

E-Commerce News: Telecom: Ribbit Offers Way to Leapfrog the Phone Company

Thee are several new VOIP applications out there, but one that is gaining some attention is Ribbit, which offers new ways to integrate voice into applications. E-Commerce News: Telecom: Ribbit Offers Way to Leapfrog the Phone Company

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

globeandmail.com: NebuAd sniffs out your Web desires

NebuAd is a new service which can track all the activities of users on the web to identify their wishes and desires and therefore direct ads to them most likely to be of interest. They think they have addressed the privacy concerns people might have. Not everyone agrees. globeandmail.com: NebuAd sniffs out your Web desires

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Technology Review: Evolving Privacy Concerns

Facebook's advertising policy, under which it publishes on a user's profile page, their recent activities forwarded to it by other sites the user has visited, have raiseed some serious concerns and also placed the spotlight on data mining by companies. Technology Review: Evolving Privacy Concerns

Thursday, December 06, 2007

The top 12 mobile and wireless issues for 2008: Part 1

There is a lot going on in the mobile and wireless world and Computerworld is compiling a list of the major issues for 2008. As they point out, it is a very difficult job to narrow the list down to a workable 12 items. In this article, they publish the first 6. The top 12 mobile and wireless issues for 2008: Part 1