Post reblogged from ParisLemon with 557 notes
Given my post last night, this will probably sound like piling on. But I’m sorry, it’s the first thing that comes to mind. I don’t see how it can’t.
How on Earth is Google going to avoid antitrust inquiries with their new Search+ features announced today? If Facebook, Twitter, etc, have any decent presence in DC, the ball began rolling a few hours ago.
This is the type of case that Senators die for. Google wrapped it in a bow and placed it in one of their laps.
Most of the broader antitrust concerns against Google are bullshit in my opinion. You can argue that they have a monopoly on search, but it’s a natural one. They’ve earned it. They’re simply better at search than their competitors. This has always been true. It remains true.
But when they use that natural monopoly to start pushing into other verticals, things get gray. Travel, restaurant reviews, etc, etc. We see more of it each year.
Link reblogged from the understatement with 3,500 notes
The announcement that Nexus One users won’t be getting upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich led some to justifiably question Google’s support of their devices. I look at it a little differently: Nexus One owners are lucky. I’ve been researching the history of OS updates on Android phones…
Link reblogged from betashop with 994 notes
Here’s some more awesome data from Fab.com’s Black Friday - Cyber Monday.
Of the more than $1.1 million in sales during the period, more than 50% was from people who joined via social sources.
Facebook is far and away our biggest source; more than 25% of the sales/revenue we generated…
Link reblogged from A Blog, By Luke Morton with 1,296 notes
Today I’ll start with some PHP and JS.
$('<div class="successful_message">A success message</div>') .insertAfter('h1') .delay(5000) .fadeOut() ;Image::factory('/my/path/to/image.jpg') ->resize_proportional(1024) ->flip('y') ->save(function ($current_name) { return str_replace('.jpg',...
