Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Vringo executes another content deal.

by alec on January 16, 2008

Vringo continues to execute content partnerships. Just this morning, they announced a deal with Turner Broadcasting Europe, and Adult Swim. From where I sit, it looks as if Vringo is turning into the peer to peer viral video delivery mechanism of choice for many content owners. Interesting, and potentially very exciting!

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Squawk Box January 16

by alec on January 16, 2008

Here's the latest Squawk Box podcast. We had Jim Courtney, Randall Howard and myself for most of the call discussing the events at MacWorld yesterday. We talked about the Macbook Air, the iPhone update, and the AppleTV update. Enjoy, and see you tomorrow!

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Of course customers want interoperability!

January 16, 2008

Dan York says he wants interoperability between Skype and other VoIP networks. Who wouldn't, right? Apparently not too many of us. According to Skype, the reason they haven't done this is because "customers aren't asking for it". I'm calling them out on this one. I'm betting that they haven't actually asked customers. You see, [...]

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Jerry Garcia and Lawrence Lessig: brothers in spirit

January 16, 2008

In a move reminiscent of the Grateful Dead allowing concert goers to make their own tapes, prominent author and Stanford law professor Larry Lessig has managed to convince Random House to allow his book The Future of Ideas to be released for free under the Creative Commons Attribution-noncommercial license. I've only read Code, one [...]

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Thumbs down on Breakup

January 16, 2008

Breakup is a new Facebook application that tells you when you've been removed as a friend. Big thumbs down, I'm afraid. Part of the appeal of Facebook as a social network is that you don't have to tell people that you've ignored, unfriended or blocked them. It's one of the privacy guarantees that Facebook makes [...]

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System access fee: the drip feed for Canadian wireless carriers

January 16, 2008

The practice of burying hidden fees on bills, and how it rips consumers off is gaining some visibility: Broadband Reports: companies are "taking business expenses and breaking them out as below the line fees, so they can misleadingly advertise a lower rate". MSNBC: "Those $5 and $10 charges really add up. Even with these limitations, [...]

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Simple solution for Facebook feeds

January 16, 2008

What the right hand gives, the left hand takes away. At least it seems that way in the world of Facebook's schizophrenic support for developers using the News Feed. A few weeks back, Facebook made it possible for developers to add stories to users' news feeds even when the user doesn't have that application installed. [...]

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