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…

Is it Time to Fire Apple’s Simplicity Police? (by Gene Steinberg March 26th, 2009) When Mac OS X was first released eight years ago, a number of smart programmers found simple ways to customize the interface and behavior of Apple’s Unix-ba…

Yes, A Newspaper Can Survive If It Focuses On The Community (by Mike Masnick Tue, Mar 24th 2009) When it comes to newspaper business models, we've been saying over and over again that the problem has never been about "free" vs. "paid" but …

Can Google Find Its Voice? (John Battelle, March 11, 2009) This is going to be a very big deal. Or forgettable. I am not sure which. ヴォイスはおおきな取引になるのだろうか、それとも忘れられてしまうのだろうか。 どちらになるかはわからない。 …

Zemanta For Webmail(by Fred Wilson February 6, 2009) Let's start with the disclosure part. Union Square Ventures is an investor in Zemanta. I'm talking my own book here. さあ、新しくわかったところからはじめてみよう。ユニオン・スクウェア・…

Google's Schmidt: "They Have Guns and We Don't"(by Matt Cooper Aug 28 2008 1:20PM EDT) 2> "Do you worry about cyberwar?" Maddow asked. Interestingly, Schmidt said there was such redundancy in the system that cyberwar would be hard to pull …

Updated: Exclusive: A Look at Google Ad Planner Data Vs. Comscore(By John Battelle August 14, 2008) 2 > Turns out, the reverse is true. Gian provided me data comparing Google Ad Planner and ComScore data in two cases. First, for a large sa…

Updated: Exclusive: A Look at Google Ad Planner Data Vs. Comscore(By John Battelle August 14, 2008) 2 > When Google Ad Planner came out back in June, I immediately thought of Comscore - and I was not alone. Many in the marketing industry t…

Is too much Google a bad thing?(Bobbie Johnson August 17, 2008 8:41 AM) Is Google good for you? Well, you can have too much of a good thing, writes David Smith. あなたにとって、グーグルは良いもの？ そうだね、あなたはとてもたくさんの良いこ…

Twitter's Business Model? Well, Ummmm...( By Sam Gustin, 08.04.08) 2 3 > One of Twitter's most likely revenue streams is through advertisements in search results where messages could be tied to what users were searching on. Twitter recentl…

Twitter's Business Model? Well, Ummmm...( By Sam Gustin, 08.04.08) 2 3 > "Unless we have a reliable service that works the way we think it should," Stone says, focusing on revenue "is really putting the cart before the horse." 「われわれが…

Twitter's Business Model? Well, Ummmm...( By Sam Gustin, 08.04.08) 2 3 > When the earth shook in Los Angeles last week, the first reports didn't come from traditional media outlets, but from Twitter, the "micro-blogging" service where user…

After Cuil, Blekko Will Be More Careful - But Does It Matter?(Written by Bernard Lunn / July 30, 2008 10:30 PM) 2 3 > Its the “you don’t need a million servers” bit that I am less certain about. Google invests $ billions in server farms. Y…

After Cuil, Blekko Will Be More Careful - But Does It Matter?(Written by Bernard Lunn / July 30, 2008 10:30 PM) 2 3 > Assuming the game is defined as the search infrastructure game. I think that game has been over for some time. The barrie…

After Cuil, Blekko Will Be More Careful - But Does It Matter?(Written by Bernard Lunn / July 30, 2008 10:30 PM) 2 3 > My first post for ReadWriteWeb, just over 1 year ago, started with the premise that search was “game over”, that Google h…

Data Centers Will Follow the Sun and Chase the Wind(Written by Stacey Higginbotham Posted July 25th, 2008 at 3:00 pm) 2> One of the issues with renewable sources of energy, is that the places where it’s most abundant, such as winds blowing…

Data Centers Will Follow the Sun and Chase the Wind(Written by Stacey Higginbotham Posted July 25th, 2008 at 3:00 pm) 2 > Data centers’ ability to suck up inordinate amounts of electricity is turning them into the Hummers of the computing …

Intel CEO Calls for 10 Million Plug-In Conversions within Four Years(By Chuck Squatriglia EmailJuly 23, 2008 | 4:00:00 AM) 2 3> Once you've started that project, Grove's acolytes say, expand the campaign to conventional hybrids -- add a co…

Intel CEO Calls for 10 Million Plug-In Conversions within Four Years(By Chuck Squatriglia EmailJuly 23, 2008 | 4:00:00 AM) 2 3 > He's called on automakers, utilities, researchers and pretty much everyone in Silicon Valley to develop a plan…

Intel CEO Calls for 10 Million Plug-In Conversions within Four Years(By Chuck Squatriglia EmailJuly 23, 2008 | 4:00:00 AM) 2 3 > SAN JOSE, California -- Plug-in hybrids are a great way to ease our oil addiction and do something about globa…