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The Web Week in Review

Fri, 4 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT

From a court ruling in the Viacom/YouTube lawsuit to reports that Microsoft is still eyeing Yahoo, Drama 2.0 found no shortage of drama in the news to attract his interest this week.

The Web Week in Review

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:04:00 UT

From more Yahoo drama to a big money investment and rumoured acquisition to the news that the mobile phone may be great for brain tumours, the tech news that interested me this week was diverse.

Cuban: Hulu is money, YouTube isn't

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:45:00 UT

Whether you like Mark Cuban or not, you have to give him credit for not only selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo for $5.9bn in Yahoo stock at the height of Bubble 1.0, but for recognizing that the fun wouldn't last and positioning himself to retain his billion-dollar fortune once the party was over.

The Web Week in Review

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:30:00 UT

Everybody's working for the weekend and The Web Week in Review signals that the weekend is upon us.

So without further ado, here are the stories that I found interesting this past week.

The AP tussles with the blogosphere

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:45:00 UT

Where does copyright end and fair use begin? In the age of the blogosphere, this question is proving to be a difficult and painful one for copyright holders and bloggers to come to an agreement on.

The Web Week in Review - Money Edition

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT

Drama 2.0 has his mind on his money and his money on his mind more than usual lately, so this week's installment of The Web Week in Review is focused on cold hard cash - who's making it and who isn't.

The Web Week in Review

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:46:00 UT

The news that captured my attention this week took a big media slant...

The Web Week in Review: Microsoft Edition

Fri, 23 May 2008 08:57:00 UT

Microsoft was all over the news this week and its CEO was on the move - in more ways than one.

Thus, this week's Web Week in Review is dedicated to the software company everybody loves to hate.

Craigslist: Meg Whitman seduced us

Thu, 22 May 2008 08:17:00 UT

In what is one of the more amusing lawsuit filings I've read in recent memory, Craigslist has fired back in its legal battle with eBay.

Google asks: Do you have any known allergies?

Wed, 21 May 2008 07:30:00 UT

Google's long-awaited and long-hyped online health service has finally launched in the United States.

When crowdsourcing backfires

Fri, 9 May 2008 08:00:00 UT

Crowdsourcing has been touted by some as a revolution.

Popularized by Web 2.0 and the concept of "the wisdom of crowds," the idea that businesses and organizations can leverage a "crowd" (often for free or at minimal cost) to perform all sorts of tasks that would have otherwise been�done by employees or contractors is one that is naturally appealing.

Q&A: Dominic Yacoubian of 247electrical on online fraud

Fri, 9 May 2008 07:30:00 UT

Here, we ask Dominic Yacoubian, MD�of 247electrical , about the continuing problem of online fraud, how his company is affected by it and what he feels needs to be done to�better combat the problem.

eBay vs Craigslist: double Web 2.0 standards?

Wed, 7 May 2008 12:17:00 UT

Craigslist is more than just a popular online classifieds service. The bare-bones site created by Craig Newmark represents, to some, the epitome of the New Internet.

It is fueled by a dedicated community and Craig has eschewed the temptation to fully exploit its commercial potential for his personal gain, even going so far as to state "my exit strategy is death".

Microsoft dumps Yahoo but the drama is just beginning

Tue, 6 May 2008 07:45:00 UT

Microsoft might be the software company that everyone loves to hate, and Steve Ballmer might be crazy .

But Microsoft and Ballmer proved two things by deciding to walk away from an acquisition of Yahoo this past weekend - they are not desperate and they are not stupid.

The Web Week in Review

Fri, 2 May 2008 08:00:00 UT

This week's hodgepodge of articles I found interesting includes news that could impact the Microsoft-Yahoo courtship, online streaming music, digital thieves and young entrepreneurs.

The Web Week in Review

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:09:00 UT

Most of the news that caught Drama 2.0's attention this week was primarily filled with drama in one form or another.

Scoble: Bloggers have lost control

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:50:00 UT

Through Profy, I learned that the technology blogosphere's drama this past weekend revolved around a "conversation" about the fact that bloggers no longer have control of the "conversation".

Will Google's Adwords trademark policy cause a storm in the UK?

Fri, 4 Apr 2008 16:13:00 UT

Google is preparing for a backlash from large brands this week as details of its new trademark policy are implemented.

Your terms of service agreement

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 12:11:00 UT

The average user ignores them, almost every " serious " website has one and the vast majority of internet entrepreneurs probably expend little thought when having theirs put together.

I'm talking, of course, about "terms of service" agreements that govern the use of websites.

Reaping what they sow

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:53:00 UT

In my recent post on the music industry in the digital age, I noted that record labels and musicians would need to deal with the challenges of digital piracy pragmatically, but also argued that consumers would eventually need to recognize that there could be unintended consequences to their actions.

I pointed out that consumers would inevitably reap what they sow.