Rev2.org » Featured http://www.rev2.org Profiling Web 2.0 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:06:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Why Apple is Keeping the iPad A4 Under Wraps http://www.rev2.org/2010/03/01/why-apple-is-keeping-the-ipad-a4-under-wraps/ http://www.rev2.org/2010/03/01/why-apple-is-keeping-the-ipad-a4-under-wraps/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:11:33 +0000 Craig Agranoff http://www.rev2.org/?p=3557 One thing that gets only a fraction of the attention that the iPad has generated is the question of its processing power.  The iPad will be powered by a chip called the “A4″ and that’s about all that Apple has told anyone.  It will be a System-on-a-Chip (SoC), similar to the iPhone and other devices, and speculation has been that it will be a new version of the Cortex-A8.  One insider says it’s more like a stripped-down, “nothing to write home about” A8.

Jon Stokes at Ars Technica says ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2010/03/01/why-apple-is-keeping-the-ipad-a4-under-wraps/feed/ 4 Facebook Patents the News Feed, FF and Buzz Hire Lawyers http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/26/facebook-patents-the-news-feed-ff-and-buzz-hire-lawyers/ http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/26/facebook-patents-the-news-feed-ff-and-buzz-hire-lawyers/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:15:13 +0000 Craig Agranoff http://www.rev2.org/?p=3550 On Tuesday, Facebook was awarded a patent for “dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network,” according to AllFacebook.  The patent is #7,669,123 and is credited to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and a veritable who’s who of Facebookers.

The implications are pretty big, since this patent could mean Facebook could enforce their ownership and virtually shut down every other social network with a news feed.  Which is all of them.  So Buzz, FriendFeed, MySpace…  All had better be lawyering up.

As Mashable’s http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/26/facebook-patents-the-news-feed-ff-and-buzz-hire-lawyers/feed/ 0 Gmail Labs Announces 6 Graduates and 5 Retirees http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/25/gmail-labs-announces-6-graduates-and-5-retirees/ http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/25/gmail-labs-announces-6-graduates-and-5-retirees/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:38:46 +0000 Craig Agranoff http://www.rev2.org/?p=3546 In a first of it’s kind move, Google’s Gmail has announced the mass graduation and retiring of Labs features all in one swoop.  Of the current roster of about 60 Gmail Labs test features, Google announced last night the graduation of six of those to full-blowing featurehood for Gmail users.  Five others didn’t make the grade and are being retired.

The six features that made the cut and moved their tassels are:

  1. Search Autocomplete – simply fills in the Gmail search box automatically as you type, suggesting search terms based ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/25/gmail-labs-announces-6-graduates-and-5-retirees/feed/ 1 Google Execs Convicted in Italy, Facing Other Problems in EU http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/24/google-execs-convicted-in-italy-facing-other-problems-in-eu/ http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/24/google-execs-convicted-in-italy-facing-other-problems-in-eu/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:03:25 +0000 Craig Agranoff http://www.rev2.org/?p=3542 Google seems to be feeling the pains of becoming the world’s largest Internet business as it faces Microsoft-like opposition in Europe.  Three Google executives were convicted by a judge in Italy of failing to comply with Italian privacy code while the European Union begins investigating the search giant for monopolistic activity.

    The Italian conviction is, to Google’s credit, a serious miscarriage of justice as an overzealous legal system attempts to convict all and sundry in an effort to win good PR.  Google calls this a Serious threat to the ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/24/google-execs-convicted-in-italy-facing-other-problems-in-eu/feed/ 0 Devil Mountain Software, Kennedy, Barth, and InfoWorld http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/22/devil-mountain-software-kennedy-barth-and-infoworld/ http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/22/devil-mountain-software-kennedy-barth-and-infoworld/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:54:05 +0000 Craig Agranoff http://www.rev2.org/?p=3531 Scandal has rocked the tech world blogosphere this weekend as two damning publications, involving the same person, revealed a lie that made could ruin a software company and tarnish the reputation of a popular tech publication.  Randall C. Kennedy, founder of Devil Mountain Software and blogger at InfoWorld, was exposed to be masquerading as Craig Barth, CTO of Devil Mountain, in interviews blasting Microsoft (which Devil Mountain was famous for).

    InfoWorld broke the story Sunday morning, publishing a blog entry announcing their dumping of Kennedy and removing all of ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/22/devil-mountain-software-kennedy-barth-and-infoworld/feed/ 0 Apple Doesn’t Like Sex, But Loves the Lottery http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/19/apple-doesnt-like-sex-but-loves-the-lottery/ http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/19/apple-doesnt-like-sex-but-loves-the-lottery/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:42:47 +0000 Craig Agranoff http://www.rev2.org/?p=3527 The current buzz is that Apple has apparently begun removing sexual content apps from The App Store and is sending notices to their developers about those application removals.  At the same time, Apple has added SDK terms to the App Store that allow promotional sweepstakes or contests (read: lotteries).

    According to TechCrunch, which published a copy of an email sent to the developer of Wobble iBoobs, the decision is due to numerous complaints about sexually-based content.  This despite the fact that the App Store labels these apps with a ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/19/apple-doesnt-like-sex-but-loves-the-lottery/feed/ 1 MySpace CEO Dumped as Murdoch’s Social Network Begins Its Death Throes http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/11/myspace-ceo-dumped-as-murdochs-social-network-begins-its-death-throes/ http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/11/myspace-ceo-dumped-as-murdochs-social-network-begins-its-death-throes/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:37:17 +0000 Craig Agranoff http://www.rev2.org/?p=3503 Owen Van Natta, CEO of MySpace, stepped down (some say fired) yesterday and two other executives were named as co-presidents to replace him.  John Miller (COO) and Jason Hirshhorn (CPO) were moved to the new positions as the struggling social network tries to find relevance.

    MySpace is owned by News Corp, Rupert Murdoch’s media powerhouse.  Murdoch knows information and content.  With huge franchises like Fox and now Avatar, Murdoch has gained solid control over a large chunk of the news, content, and entertainment markets.  His failing is ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/11/myspace-ceo-dumped-as-murdochs-social-network-begins-its-death-throes/feed/ 1 Google’s Twitter Killer or Just More Buzzkill? http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/09/googles-twitter-killer-or-just-more-buzzkill/ http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/09/googles-twitter-killer-or-just-more-buzzkill/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:32:48 +0000 Craig Agranoff http://www.rev2.org/?p=3494 The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Gmail, Google’s email service, is going to rival Facebook and Twitter. Then USA Today did the same, targeting Facebook as the next one to receive a Google bomb. The two media giants got the scoop, but probably missed the core of the whole situation.

    That is centered on who, if anyone, Gmail is really targeting and Business Insider’s Nicholas Carlson thinks it’s Twitter, not Facebook. He’s got a good point, though, but he misses the reason that Facebook ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/09/googles-twitter-killer-or-just-more-buzzkill/feed/ 2 The FTC’s Blogging Rules Are Blatant Favoritism http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/03/the-ftcs-blogging-rules-are-blatant-favoritism/ http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/03/the-ftcs-blogging-rules-are-blatant-favoritism/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:41:05 +0000 Craig Agranoff http://www.rev2.org/?p=3467 When the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued new rules last October that govern how bloggers in the U.S. can publish endorsements or reviews of products for which they’ve received compensation, a lot of controversy ensued.  Mainly because bloggers saw this as a direct attack on their ability to report on products or consumer services.  At the time, however, most Netizens seemed to at least agree that the rules appeared to be fair across the board.

    Boy were we wrong.

    Apparently, how a law is written and how it’s enforced are two ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/03/the-ftcs-blogging-rules-are-blatant-favoritism/feed/ 7 Google App Store in the Works http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/02/google-app-store-in-the-works/ http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/02/google-app-store-in-the-works/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:19:13 +0000 Craig Agranoff http://www.rev2.org/?p=3462 The war between the tech giants continues, with a new battlefield emerging in the business applications arena.  The New York Times Blog has broken a story stating that Google is planning a new application store to sell business software while promoting Google Apps.  This is interesting, but not surprising, on several levels.

    The rivalry between Microsoft and Google is not new, but Google Apps promises to bring the competition directly to one of Microsoft’s key doorsteps: business applications.  With Bing hitting Google on the search front, Google is returning ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2010/02/02/google-app-store-in-the-works/feed/ 1