On Facebook Opening Up (by John Battelle April 26, 2009) I nearly re-upped my subscription to the online version of the WSJ this evening, so as to read this piece:Facebook Opens Site To Developers Of Services. フェイスブックがサーヴィスの…

Apple Questioned Again About a Mac Netbook (by Arnold Kim, Wednesday April 22, 2009) As usual, Apple executives were questioned about the possibility of an Apple netbook during today's financial results conference call. The issue has been …

What Does The Gray Google PageRank Bar Mean? (by Search Engine Roundtable April 21, 2009) The last time we discussed the grey PageRank Google toolbar indicator was just about two years ago. It was then when the gray/grey color changed from…

A Look Inside Facebook’s Data Center (by Rich Miller April 17th, 2009) If your users are uploading 40 million photos a day, what does your data center look like? A new video seeking to recuit engineers for Facebook provides a glimpse of on…

When You Are A Public Company Without Being Public (by Fred Wilson April 16, 2009) This happened a bit with Google early this decade and it was certainly part of their decision to go public (reluctantly). Now it is happening to Facebook, a…

About the Recent Steve Jobs Reports (by Gene Steinberg April 14th, 2009) So out of the blue, the Wall Street Journal reports that Steve Jobs continues to work closely with Apple on new products, while he recovers from the illness that forc…

The Three Terms You Must Have In A Venture Investmemt (by Fred Wilson April 10, 2009) Many years ago, when I was still in my 20s, the managing partner of my first venture firm, Milt Pappas, told me that he felt there were three terms that …

Inside A Google Data Center (by Rich Miller April 2nd, 2009) Google will soon be publishing videos of many of the sessions at its Google Data Center Efficiency Summit held Wednesday in Mountain View, Calif. In the meantime, here’s a sneak …

Hulu Tries (And Fails) To Up The Arms War Against Boxee (by Mike Masnick Thu, Apr 2nd 2009) To be honest, we're still quite confused as to why Hulu's content partners think it makes sense to stop Boxee from showing Hulu videos. If you don'…

Industry Shocked And Angered By Facebook CFO's Dismissal (Nicholas Carlson|Apr. 1, 2009, 8:58 AM) The industry reaction to the way Facebook handled CFO Gideon Yu's departure is surprise and anger. CFOのギデオン・ユーが離脱することを取り扱…

Ten Lines Of Code Is Easy; Building Community Is Hard (by Mike Masnick Tue, Mar 31st 2009) Fred Wilson has a good post pointing out how ridiculous it is for various elitists to scoff at a certain internet startup because it could be recrea…