Is Web 2.0 Easier in America?

January 31, 2006

Nik Cubrilovic of Omnidrive talks about raising money and about running the business in the U.S. instead of Australia. His observations are something for Canadian geeks to think about.

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10 Recruiting Tips

January 31, 2006

Only weeks after his blog launches and already Guy Kawasaki speaks in top ten lists – this one about recruiting.

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“India is Beginning to Get Expensive”

January 30, 2006

Heise Online is reporting that SAP is shifting R&D from India to China and Eastern Europe because of rising costs in India: The software group SAP is planning to expand significantly its research and development capacities in China and Eastern Europe, while at the same time reducing its R&D involvement with India. “India is beginning […]

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The EULA Library

January 30, 2006

Ed Foster has started a wiki for EULAs with particularly egregious terms: To make EULA analysis more of a collaborative effort, and to sharpen the tools that can help us spot the nastiest terms, the first step is to put the licenses someplace where we can all see them and comment on them. That’s the […]

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More on Net Neutrality in Canada

January 30, 2006

Michael summarizes some MSM coverage of net neutrality in Canada (and has the links), and notes that Telus is quoted as saying it’s looking at charging application providers, a la Bell South / Google.

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Lobbying for Neutrality

January 30, 2006

The WSJ reports that Google, alert to net neutrality issues, is staffing up its lobbying in Washington. Via /.

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Giving Teeth to the CRTC

January 30, 2006

Tyler covers the question of whether the CRTC should be given sharper teeth to deal with rule-breaking telecoms.

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All Your Artist Are Belong to Us

January 29, 2006

I’ve previously written about disintermediating the music labels (also here and here). Disintermediation would allow the artist to retain more control and more value – all of the intermediate roles being outsourced each for the best possible price. A new service has launched in beta that fills one of those roles: Tunecore takes the artist’s […]

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All Your Family Room Are Belong to Us

January 29, 2006

Fortune looks at the battle for the family room, and why Piper Jaffray’s Apple Computer analyst thinks Apple has already won. I suppose that means the next Mac Mini will also come in black. Update: Black verified?

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Policing Fraud on eBay – or Not

January 28, 2006

NYT covers the issue of knock-offs on eBay and its response (or lack of one) to the issue.

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A to Z on the RIM-NTP Patent Wars

January 28, 2006

On the eve of the resumption of injunction hearings, Barrie McKenna, Paul Waldie and Simon Avery have written a great feature-length piece on the wireless email patent wars.

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I Don’t Hate Seth’s New Logo

January 28, 2006

Well, yes I do, actually, but it’s more about how much I loved the last one – it had terrific attitude and told me (I thought) exactly who he was, in one look. (And it was the cleanest Typepad style going.)

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