Archives for the "Google" tag
Non-obvious winners and losers in Microsoft Yahoo Deal
Welcome to TNL.net. If you like this content, you may consider subscribing to the RSS feed.The tech community is buzzing at the news that Microsoft has made an unsolicited US$44.6 billion offer to acquire Yahoo and word is that Yahoo is actually considering it very seriously. The potential merger has long been rumored and there are [...]
Tags: AOL, AT&T, Finance, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo
In Business, Technology
Personal Relationship Manager
I am a tad obsessive about my address book. While there are several thousand people in it, I tend to believe that I need to make sure that they stay current and I look to my address book as the center of my social network. but it ought to work more like a personal relationship [...]
Tags: Google, Social Networks, VOIP, Wireless, Yahoo
Transition time
Yes, it has been quiet on the blog. Too quiet in fact and here is some background information as to why and what’s being done about it. Background “People are concerned about your blog.” In the hushed world of banking, this was a clear sign that I was in trouble. People didn’t like my blog and it [...]
Tags: Advertising, Bank, Finance, Google
In Personal
Safari: Apple’s New Platform?
Yesterday’s announcement of Apple launching it’s Safari web browser for the window platform was a bit puzzling and I wasn’t sure of what to make of it at first. So I decided to read more about it and then install it. Of course, day one is always amusing. First, it’s clear that the security claims are [...]
Tags: Browser, Community, Google, Microsoft, Wireless, Yahoo
In Technology
Blogger’s Code of Conduct: a Dissection
Due to the recent kerfunkle over the Kathy Sierra affair, Tim O’Reilly has now proposed a “blogger’s code of conduct” (covered with no less than a front page article in today’s New York Times.) In this entry, I will dissect the code and highlight why I think such a code is a bad idea. June 26th [...]
Tags: AOL, Google, Microsoft, United States, Yahoo
In Business, Politics, Technology
2007 Predictions
This year marks the 10th anniversary edition of the TNL.net predictions for the year ahead. In past years, I’ve been batting above 50 percent in terms of predictions, except when it comes to naming what will happen with specific companies. The trends are generally correct (or in some case, early) and I always look at [...]
Tags: 3G, AOL, GSM, Google, IBM, Microsoft, OS, Oracle, Social Networks, Sony, VOIP, Wireless, Yahoo
In Business, Media, Politics, Technology
