I’m no Luddite. But I flushed Facebook from my life more than a year ago because it simply wasn’t clear what they were up to. Google+ is really just Facebook with a Google logo.
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Network effect to keep Facebook safe from Google move
Facebook, more than almost any other company, is a beneficiary of a global “network effect”.
Drag0nista: political private lives CAN be a public issue
Journalists traditionally have been less enthusiastic about exposing low standards in politicians’ personal behaviour, particularly those occasions involving the infidelity of politicians, writes Drag0nista.
The Weiner show: we have no prick of conscience
Anthony Weiner’s underwear gets as much media attention as Syria’s entire civil uprising. I despair for humanity.
Political tweets eclipse blogs, but parties still don’t get it
Social media including blogs and, especially, Twitter, offer unprecedented opportunities for politicians, but take-up remains low because party machines still see it as a threat.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The trouble of Facebook and kids
Crikey reads have their say.
Why Apple will (eventually) fail — the industry guarantees it
Apple relies on a few key products, all of which require upgrading every 12 months. That’s a horribly short product lifecycle that demands constant innovation, writes John Addis, founder of The Intelligent Investor and a Crikey director.
Apple: saving old media, or just making them its bitch?
“Media is dying”, was the call. Now there’s a new one: grab an iPad and bend over for Apple. Frustration with Steve Jobs’ digital powerhouse is growing.
How Al Jazeera leads the world in social media for news reporting
Al Jazeera’s reporting from Egypt’s revolution and now the uprising in Libya has been transformed by the use of social media and social networking tools.
Build the NBN, but be careful of the detail: Optus boss
Optus’ CEO is frustrated by the debate around the NBN. The telecommunications industry faces a “critical period”, he says, but the discussion is little more than a polarised argument about whether to build it.
WikiLeaks isn’t cyber war, but maybe it’s piracy
The consensus is in. Stuxnet, the malicious software that inflicted physical damage on Iran’s nuclear program, is cyber war. But China’s attacks on Google a year ago and the whole WikiLeaks thing are not. WikiLeaks, in fact, is more like piracy.
Wireless obsession gets in the way on broadband
The conviction that wireless is a viable fast broadband technology is getting in the way of accurate coverage of the NBN.
Microsoft’s record revenue, but for how long?
Microsoft announced record second-quarter revenues of $19.95 billion overnight.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Queensland floods
The Queensland floods: Beryce Nelson in Toogoolawah, Queensland, writes: Re. “Rockhampton flood crisis: attack of the blood suckers” (yesterday, item 4). It was good to see the first 2011 edition of Crikey yesterday but after reading it I am left wondering if I live in a parallel universe. The main thrust of articles focused on […]
Letter from...: Letter from: San Francisco, and Bill Clinton on instability, sustainability … and WikiLeaks
“The great thing about being a former President is you can say whatever you want. The sad thing is, nobody cares anymore,” said Bill Clinton to Stilgherrian and 15,000 others in San Francisco last night.
Media briefs: The Oz jumps on Fairfax … defining WikiLeaks …
Communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy today launched the new cybersafety help button, a $100,000-odd project that “provides internet users, particularly children and young people, with easy online access to cybersafety information and assistance available in Australia”. Plus other media news.
Senate to re-open bloggers versus journalists
That tired “bloggers are not journalists” debate looks like it’ll surface in Australia’s Senate soon, thanks to the Greens. It’ll be annoying. But it’ll be a good thing.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Of cookies and Canadian banks
Crikey readers have their say.
Timeline of misinformation: Twitter’s plane crash down to human error
Yesterday, in the real world, a Qantas A380 landed safely in Singapore. On Twitter word spread it had exploded and crashed — while distracted by the dog s-x. Crikey presents the timeline of misinformation.
Coalition objection to NBN opt-out is just scaremongering
“If Australian consumers want a fixed line for telephony or internet access, they are going to have to use NBN’s line — like it or not,” wrote Malcolm Turnbull yesterday. As Stilgherrian asks: so what?
How America could censor the internet … or not
“The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it,” claims Gilmore’s Law. Could the US really censor copyright infringers off the internet? On the surface, yes. In reality, says Stilgherrian, no.
Admit it: people don’t get the NBN
The NBN debate is becoming increasingly sterile as critics and supporters alike stick to their guns. Another study isn’t going to help.
Campaign Crikey leftovers: Campaign Crikey Leftovers: PM does FM … the forgotten independents … Leaflet Watch …
Kyle and Jackie O, ornament to democracy. FM radio is hardly the place to seek political enlightenment, but this morning Sandilands and O forgot that an interview is about the guest, not about them. Between them, they spoke for 767 words, two-thirds of them Kyle. The Ranga-in-Chief managed just 742. Number of prime ministerial words […]
Campaign Crikey Leftovers: spinning the supply … the view from Herbert … Latham was ‘moving forward’ …
The view from Herbert… If ALP candidate Tony Mooney wins Herbert it will be a miracle — he is not necessarily liked by the ALP branches (many people are upset by the lack of a pre-selection ballot after the previous disastrous Townsville Council election) and is having trouble manning the polling booths for the election. For similar […]
