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The Long Tail: The three kinds of FREE (23)
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One of the themes of the book is untangling the confusion over different kinds of free,which can range from a simple marketing gimmick to a radically new economic model. I've taken a quick pass at doing this visually, but we'll really have to pretty these diagrams up (perhaps with cute restroom-style figures for the various parties, rather than the Ps and Cs below?) Here's the first, which dates back more than a century. It's the ...Shared by Antonio Ortiz (37) atul (75) C.K. (134) Cartwright Reed (7) cgsheldon (151) Dondado (23) erwin blom (4) FlorinGrozea (38) Fred Schechter (75) Hugo Schotman (6) Ivan Žužak (5) Javed (119) Jawad Shuaib (11) Jeff (43) Le Duc Bao (18) Michael (28) Michael (39) Michael Fidler (9) Niva (4) Paul Hulbert (11) Peter Du (11) runbuck (10) SharonG (63)Contribute comment -
First Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld Advertisement. (22)
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Those Jerry Seinfeld Microsoft advertisements started today. CrunchGear’s Doug Aamoth recorded the first ad during the Giants/Redskins game and put it up on the site. This is reportedly a $300 million ad spend. Seinfeld gets $10 million. It’s a cute and cuddly situation comedy about shoes. Has a couple of moments. No mention of Microsoft or Windows other than “are they ever going to come out with something that will make our computers moist and ...Shared by adam (25) Adam Singer (6) Andrew (63) Andrew (27) David (59) dkastner (16) elsterama (40) Ivan Žužak (5) Jaffer (12) Jawad Shuaib (11) Jeff (59) Jeffrey (26) Jennifer (10) jonson (23) matt (10) Nate (32) Neil (7) Rex (152) ricardo (20) Todor Christov (31) Wayne (52) weinberg81 (9)- Neil said: I thought it was actually funny. It had no substance, of course, but what could they say when they're trying to sell Vista? The goal is clearly just to make themselves a cuddlier company.
- Jeffrey said: this is awesome... if by awesome i mean ridiculous and nonsensical x.x
- adam said: Ten million dollars, ladies and gentlemen!
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Google Killer Strikes Again But Kills Everybody But Google (107)
onAn anonymous tipster wrote to us this morning to tell us that Cuil, the ill-fated “Google Killer,” has unleashed its Twiceler indexing bot on websites across the globe and in the process, has brought many sites down. “I don’t know what spawned it, but when Cuil attempts to index a site, it does so by completely hammering it with traffic,” the tipster wrote. “So much, that it completely brings the site down. We’re 24 hours ...Shared by Abhishek Kumar (39) Adam (36) Adrian (33) Alex (102) Alex (24) alex lines (3) Aman (7) Andrew (44) Andrew Schott (73) Artem (52) Athar (7) Avi (700) Ben (8) Brian Cuban (1084) Brome (6) brownpau (47) Bryan (8) Cai Chen (995) Caleb Brown (10) CannonGod (226) cbsmith (41) Chantal (53) Chris Coleman (61) Christophe Maximin (15) crazyjaf (44) DarkBls (73) Darren Isbrecht (77) David (64) Dean Burge (12) dedrick (10) Derek Edmond (88) DigitalMike (55) Doug Funny (68) Dragos Pirvu (638) Drew Olanoff (144) Emil Kaiser (8) Fenng (48) Floris (11) Frank (11) Garnett (10) George (6) GilesVG (19) haggaret (30) Hisham (23) Hooman Radfar (9) hunikal (21) iAlja (30) Ilias (6) James (18) Jawad Shuaib (11) Jay (8) jayce (60) Jeff (59) Jim Schmidt (3) Jojo (47) Jordan (411) Josh (17) Kevin Federline (259) Kristen (218) Leena (1060) Leobardo (37) mabisa (48) Mani Karthik (125) Matt (6) Matt Mueller (22) McBilly Wilford Sy (37) Michael Bartnett (43) Mr. BabyMan (366) MV (23) Nagraj Sambrani (27) Nick Cobb (474) Nihar (19) noel (16) Ooble (26) Paul Capestany (4) Phil (49) Philip V. (3) Razzu (11) Reid (3) rkalajian (47) sarahintampa (98) Shankar Ganesh (62) Sigalon (35) Simon (23) soupireland (5) Steve Nimmons (74) Steven (15) stvalentine (7) Sumesh (103) Tim (6) TJ (47) Toby (29) Tom (24) Tomi (8) Trevor Wermund (134) Tyson Williams (58) Uzair (203) vepa (1) webtime (476) wille (103) xxdesmus (71) Yung-Hui Lim (81) Zack Jewell (3) zer0ck (91) zizzy (28) zuzur (9) 康爷 (14)Explore read four notes
- Chantal said: It's important to Cuil developers that it obeys robots.txt and that it doesn't pwn sites that don't wish to be pwn3d.
- Tim said: That's totally not cuil. /pun
- soupireland said: mad. is this for real?
- Aman said: shared just for the headline
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Google to Offer its Own Browser: Chrome - ReadWriteWeb (110)
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Google watchdog Phillip Lessen has scanned and posted a printed comic he says he received in the mail from Google today describing the company's forthcoming open source browser Chrome. The link to Chrome is currently a 404. Long rumored to be in the works, this appears to be the first formal acknowledgment that Google really is working on its own browser - and it looks very cool. Will you drop Firefox and use Chrome instead? ...Shared by 88michael (8) aak (1) Abhishek (8) Adam (17) AJ (190) Alex (12) Andrew (27) Andy (14) Anna Richter (2) Anthony Romano (9) arjo (27) asblogger (35) atul (75) Ben Shoemate (23) BNPrade (1) Bob Caswell (15) Bob Hazlett (10) Bobbi Newman (16) Brian (26) Brian Landau (20) Caleb (7) CannonGod (226) Chris L (20) Chris Ryall (19) Christopher Martin (65) Corvida (73) dave (16) Dedalus (22) Dimitar D (37) Drew Olanoff (144) dryan (6) Dzu (19) Earl E Morningwood (59) Emily Malloy (8) Eric Herberholz (31) fordchao (65) Forrest (21) Glenn (24) Götz (26) GUNA (29) Hari Kishore (3) Henk-Jan van der Klis (10) Hisham (23) Jaco (3) Jandy (21) Jason R. Hunter (41) Jawad Shuaib (11) Jay (58) Jeff the Great (15) Jeremy (91) Joe Vautour (7) Jon Price (33) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (30) jose (14) Joseph Rodgers (24) Julius (13) Karl Söderström (7) Kim (22) Kluzter (19) Konstantin (10) Kristen (218) Kyle Bunch (3) Le prof. (12) Leonid (20) louisgray (147) Luis Suarez (24) ManiacD (30) Marshall Sponder (24) maui (1) max (11) Melissa Attree, GetOn eMarketing (16) Michael (41) Mike (10) minmax (9) mndoci (46) Morton Fox (76) neal (5) Netviber (10) nicholas gill (15) NickBoucart (9) Nihar (19) Olivier Favre (Innovablog) (30) onurka (9) partout (25) Phil (49) PlanningQueen (6) Program Witch (21) psvensson (25) Quasidot (22) Rabid Cow (8) Radu (6) Ralph Poole (20) ramyon (30) realgt (20) Rick Turoczy (66) Rob (132) Ron Capps (4) Rumble (14) Ryan S (45) StudentMfri (2) Tac (17) tadhgk (6) tomi (12) Uday Kiran (7) ultraviolet (58) Vox (43) Xiaocong Cao (8) yoshy (339) Yung-Hui Lim (81) тaмás (12)Explore read six notes- Forrest said: Great development - and how interesting is it that we're still competing so heavily over browsers, all these years after microsoft / netscape? As I've said before, it would take something HUGE for me to switch from firefox. But innovations like these are great for competition, and will push the industry forward.
- aak said: I use so much Google stuff, I'd almost be afraid to download the Google browser. I'd feel like a Google freak if I did. But...
- Ryan S said: Go read the comic if you are at all interested in this, it's worth it.
- Dedalus said: There's already Prism (all plats.) and Fluid (Mac), but this one is built on WebKit.
- Kluzter said: ZOMG no no nooo... será que habrá betas pronto?
- neal said: The fact that I'm excited about this probably just adds strength to my dork portfolio.
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MySpace's Tom Anderson Was A Real Life “WarGames” Hacker (270)
onLate last year we discovered that MySpace cofounder Tom Anderson, arguably the most popular individual on the Internet with 240+ million MySpace friends (he is added by default to every MySpace account) was actually 37 years old, not the 32 that he continues to claim on his MySpace page. Now we’ve learned a much more colorful part of Anderson’s history: In 1985, when he was fourteen and in high school in Escondido, California, Anderson was ...Shared by Aaron (26) AaronTN (36) abhi (2) adam (972) Adam (3) Adam (9) Adam (16) Adam McDonald (29) adamkcarson (10) Adrian Bacon (20) AJ (19) AJ (190) Alberto (2) Alex France (139) Alex Ryan (17) Alfonso Martinez (14) Allen Thompson (14) Andreas (13) Andrei (6) Andrei Vladescu-Olt (19) andrew reedy (13) Andy (10) Angel (7) Angel (14) angel (253) Anthony (11) aNTwNHs (78) Archit T (16) Armando Alves (29) arturo.servin (10) Avi (700) b (45) Beglen (11) Ben (76) Ben (5) Ben S (40) Ben Soto (0) Benjamin (1024) BIGODE (23) Bill (17) bittin (200) Brajeshwar (23) Bret Taylor (14) Brian (26) Bryan Waters (2) Buzzworkers (20) Cai Chen (995) Calvin Robinson (19) Carl (5) Carl Dunn3 (15) Carlito (10) Cesar Noel Quinon (16) charlie anzman (111) cheflove (239) Chris (34) chris (5) Chris C (1) Chris Lee (4) Chris Ryall (19) Chris Stamas (9) chrisco (3) Christopher (22) Clint (22) Corwin Hoover (1) crazyjaf (44) Creeva (41) Dan (78) Dan Driver (1) Dan Kearns (28) Danny (4) DarkBls (73) dave (0) Dave (5) Dean Clark (137) Dennis Gonzales (16) Digg Boss (641) Dileepa (25) Dion Rodrigues (43) DIOSA | Communications (0) dmkinteractive (18) dobata (366) DOCBook Howto (116) Drew Olanoff (144) DrFu (22) Dustin DeKoekkoek (6) Eater (20) El_Greco (27) Eoin (14) Eric Herboso (12) Eunice (12) evo (11) FaceySpacey (3) faizal (11) Fernando (27) g b (39) Gavin (22) George Syson (15) guy (626) Harold Cabezas (3) Heather (7) hikbi (109) HollowMarkeD (65) Humberto Gonzalez (43) hyderabadblues (5) Iain Baker (6) Jack (91) Jacob (29) Jacopo (4) Jake (0) James (18) James Frye (6) James Fuller (20) Jase (13) Jason Joo (73) Jason Sares (11) Jawa Buddhavarapu (29) Jawad Shuaib (11) Jay (58) Jay Springett (20) jayce (60) Jean-Baptiste (2) Jeff (59) Jeff Q (8) Jeffrey (2) Jens Christian Freund (17) Jeremy (102) Jim Reppond (4) Joe (102) Joe Smith (6) Joe Wang (0) Jonathan Washburn (3) Jordan Calhoun (5) Josh Chandler (4) Jrod (68) JUSTIN (13) Justin Laramée (6) Katie Fellows (36) Kevin Rose (14) Kim, Yi-chul (14) kmohr25 (22) Koka Sexton (12) Kristen (218) kskobac (17) Kyle (2) lasean (3) Laughing Squid (17) LeapsandBounds (15) Lee (50) Leena (1060) Leo Laporte (9) Manuj Darshan (9) Marcio (5) mario r (17) Mario Villalobos (1) Mark (6) Mark (21) Mark Cheverton (2) Marten (23) Matt (5) Matt (6) Matt Pierson (9) Matthew (3) Matthew Jones (3) melmyfinger (15) Mich D (169) Michael Bartnett (43) Michael Reese (22) Michael Stewart (0) Michaelk (17) Michelle Barsi (2) Mike Nayyar (185) Mike Wilton (14) minmax (9) Moah (10) mubix (16) Nate Whitehill (2) neal (530) nervioso (72) Nicholas Mercer (9) Nick (2) Nick Nogueira (20) Nigel Eccles (147) Noah J (6) Ontario Emperor (73) Pat (8) Patrick Chanezon (2) pericles (700) Peter Ghosh (5) peterpoe (10) PMinze (28) Prashanth (14) ProfVegas (167) Punksolid (26) Qazwix (8) Rabid Cow (8) Rafi (16) Rami Taibah (453) ratward (33) Rene Rattur (69) ricardo (20) Ricardo.Borelli (9) Rich (37) Rick Turoczy (66) Ritu (663) River Song (30) rmg7344 (18) Rob Spectre (26) Robert (8) Romie (13) rony john (50) Ru> (15) rveguilla (5) Ryan (20) Sadashiv (9) sadiq kassamali (41) Sam Daams (5) Sarah Austin (2) Sarah Burris (9) sarahintampa (98) Scott Whigham (1) ScrewTheMan.com (26) SD (12) sean percival (14) Sean Shaghaghi (16) Sebastian Montini (10) Seth G (42) Sham (107) Shane (13) Shane Coffey (99) shedali (1) Sherry Chupka (1) siwaporn (466) slinetty (2) SMC (204) Stef Lewandowski (5) Stephen (12) Steve (24) Steve M. (16) StevieB (71) stratus (4) StudentMfri (2) Sun Tzu (313) surftheair (8) Sylvia Giacinta (6) T. Matt Sanders (0) t94xr (17) Tal Siach (474) Thinh (198) Thomas (15) Thomas Acreon (22) Thomas Kjær Nielsen (4) tig (33) toddkitta (5) Tom Davies (142) Tomas Becklin (1) TOMHTML (22) Tony Ruscoe (14) Valerа (1) Vox (43) Web Measurement and Analytics (8) webtime (476) Wesley Donehue (231) Will (10) z00pedup (5) Zac (5) zach (7) zorburt (0) Zypher (3) тaмás (12)Explore read 12 notes
- Jonathan Washburn said: props to the myspace founder. Wow.
- Clint said: ahh, good ol' war-dialing, i used to do that a lot myself. in fact that's how we all first got onto the internet. thank you [unnamed u.s. armed force]!
- surftheair said: 哈哈！这张脸看着太熟了，每个MSN账户中都有这个人。
- Angel said: El Arte imita a la vida. Casi casi podria haber sido "Wargames II". En verdad que la realidad es mas extraña que cualquier ficcion. Mis respetos al Sr. Anderson.
- Eater said: His buddy Landreth is the guy who wrote Out of the Inner Circle (one of the first 'hacker true stories' published). I have it in the bookshelf at work, if you co-worker types want to read it. It shows you just how hardcore (read: lame) that stuff was in the 80s.Anyway, weird, who would have thought Myspace Tom was a hacker kiddie back in the day?
- Michaelk said: "You're Zerocool? I thought you were black."
- Will said: No kidding, that's pretty crazy. He's going to get some cred from this.
- Jrod said: whoa
- тaмás said: was the leader of an early black-hat hacker group when he was 14 years old. In July and August 1985, between his freshman and sophomore years, Anderson hacked into a Chase Manhattan Bank DEC VAX computer system (like the one in the image below) that handled “much of Chase’s data processing and record keeping, including records of home mortgages and…portfolios of major customers such as pension funds.” He subsequently showed up to 40 of his friends how to do it.
- Tomas Becklin said: Hehe, this is just classic!
- Moah said: ha. techcrunch actually does some research?
- peterpoe said: Tom is an FBI secret agent.
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Facebook Crosses 100,000,000 Active Users Today (14)
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Facebook’s Dave Morin just tweeted that Facebook has officially crossed the 100,000,000 active user mark as of 5pm PT today. Crossing 100,000,000 active users marks a major milestone for a company that was founded 4 1/2 years ago. The company continues to grow at a tremendous rate - capturing more new social networking users than any other social network in 2008 - and tripling in size since this time last year. Congrats to the Facebook ...Shared by AARRIETA (14) Adam (10) Adam (36) charlie anzman (111) DOCBook Howto (116) Jawad Shuaib (11) ltbeyer (11) Matt Dickman (11) mdc (20) Melissa (0) prexec (1) Sandra (8) shwibbs (4) WindPower (28)- WindPower said: IT'S OVER NINE(ty) BILLIOOOON
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13 Free and Cheap Website Monitoring Services (37)
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Everyone seems to have their own website or blog nowadays. But do you want someone else to tell you your site is down? So what do you do? Corporate IT shops can install some fancy monitoring software suite that can track hundreds of types of software, servers, ports and hardware devices. That monitoring software also normally costs hundreds of thousands for dollars. Most likely, you want to monitor your website for free, or at least ...Shared by Abdul Jaleel (28) AC Valentine (16) AJ (190) Angelito (5) arturo.servin (10) assbach (21) Ben Shoemate (23) Bjoern (27) Brandy (7) Dadone (14) Deb (5) Derek Lerner (1) Eliacin (39) elsterama (40) gocrawford (2) GP (36) iAlja (30) James (18) Jason (6) Jawad Shuaib (11) Josh (24) Josh (8) leedsjimbo (39) Melissa Attree, GetOn eMarketing (16) mr.petruccio (39) OGG (5) Pascal (1) Paul Helmick (25) Rahul Gaitonde (15) Ricardo.Borelli (9) riwilo (6) Rob (132) toddoneill (11) Travis Tubbs (4) Trindade (40) wwdj (9) xxdesmus (71)Contribute comment -
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Counting Your Big Pile of Benjamins: 5 Startup Tips for Maximizing Ad Revenue (11)
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(this guest post is by Andrew Chen, who will be speaking at Startonomics about generating revenue) So you want to make some money, eh? Every startup gets to the point where they decide to bring in some ad revenue, and it’s worthwhile to consider exactly how much money will be generated through advertising. So in the parlance of the ad industry, your “ad inventory” is the set of impressions that you have to sell to ...Shared by Charles (24) Clay (22) Dan (78) Derning (17) Jacob Reiff (2) Jawad Shuaib (11) krynsky (15) Marc Nathan (15) Muhammad Saleem (246) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (20) Vanessa Rivers (23)Contribute comment -
Is North Korea's Kim Jong Il dead? (23)
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Is Kim Jong Il dead? According to a professor at Japan's Waseda University, North Korea’s “Dear Leader” passed away in the fall of 2003 and a stand-in has been fooling the world for at least five years.1876 Diggs and 288 Comments in World News - Submitted by WordsnCollision - MirrorShared by Aaron (15) Adam Debreczeni (13) Al Salmon (16) Andrew (31) Benjamin (1024) Blake Helms (2) Bob (2) Brian J. Cohen (7) Dan (36) David (5) Graceshot (7) Harold (21) Ian Mikutel (5) Jane Burt (15) Jawad Shuaib (11) jayce (60) Kabren Levinson (27) Kyle Ingrelli (38) Mazz (54) ratward (33) Sam Tingleff (1) Tristan Leck (6)- Aaron said: this is so crazy its believable. would be nice if i could do some fact checking on it
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Aroxo: The 4-Stages of Testing Your Web Product - GigaOM (9)
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CommentsShared by Andrew M (6) Dave (2) Edin (13) Jawad Shuaib (11) jetfar (0) Mike F (460) Peter H (25) tig (33) voidfiles (28)Contribute comment - An amazing economics experiment and how it got field workers to pick a lot more fruit. - By Tim Har
