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BlogsTags > rmsCurrent state of formats and platformsBy Joe WikertApril 3, 2013 Remember the old days when PDF was pretty much the only way to distribute content and those PDFs were read on computer screens? PDF still lives, of course, but now we’re also faced with offering content in mobi and EPUB … Commerce Weekly: You can now buy stuff with tweetsBy Jenn WebbFebruary 14, 2013 American Express turns Twitter into an ecommerce platform American Express announced an enhancement this week to its Sync with Twitter feature — users can now buy things with a tweet. Tricia Duryee reports at All Things Digital that all users … Commerce Weekly: You can now buy stuff with tweetsBy Jenn WebbFebruary 14, 2013 American Express turns Twitter into an ecommerce platform American Express announced an enhancement this week to its Sync with Twitter feature — users can now buy things with a tweet. Tricia Duryee reports at All Things Digital that all users … Commerce Weekly: Google targets Amazon’s shopping platformBy Jenn WebbFebruary 7, 2013 Google acquires Channel Intelligence, pursues Amazon shoppers In a recent post at Wired, Marcus Wohlsen took a look at the success of Google’s switch last fall to all-paid product listings — such as the top result for a search for … Commerce Weekly: Google targets Amazon’s shopping platformBy Jenn WebbFebruary 7, 2013 Google acquires Channel Intelligence, pursues Amazon shoppers In a recent post at Wired, Marcus Wohlsen took a look at the success of Google’s switch last fall to all-paid product listings — such as the top result for a search for … The software-enabled cars of the near-future (industrial Internet links)By Jon BrunerJanuary 17, 2013 OpenXC (Ford Motor) — Ford has taken a significant step in turning its cars into platforms for innovative developers. OpenXC goes beyond the Ford Developer Program, which opens up audio and navigation features, and lets developers get their hands on … Four short links: 17 December 2012By Nat TorkingtonDecember 17, 2012 TraceKit (GitHub) — stack traces for Javascript exceptions, in all major browsers. SCADA Manufacturer Starts Own Anti-Malware Project — perimeter protection only, so it doesn’t sound to my inexpert ears like the whole solution to SCADA vulnerability, but it at … Publishing News: Hacking DRM is now illegal in CanadaBy Jenn WebbNovember 9, 2012 Here are a few stories from the publishing space that caught my attention this week. New Canadian copyright laws make breaking DRM illegal New copyright reform legislation, Bill C-11 (PDF), took effect in Canada this week. Michael Geist pulled together … You'll be live in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...By Mac SlocumMay 11, 2012 The introduction of Google+ Hangouts On Air marks the beginning of live video's disruption. Here's two reasons why this is a big deal. You'll be live in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... 
By Mac SlocumMay 11, 2012 The introduction of Google+ Hangouts On Air marks the beginning of live video's disruption. Here's two reasons why this is a big deal. The art of marrying content with mobile appsBy Joe WikertJanuary 16, 2012 In this TOC Podcast, KiwiTech founder and CTO Gurvinder Batra talks about how his company masters the challenges of developing apps for the publishing industry. He also says native apps are a better option than EPUB. The art of marrying content with mobile apps January 16, 2012 In this TOC Podcast, KiwiTech founder and CTO Gurvinder Batra talks about how his company masters the challenges of developing apps for the publishing industry. He also says native apps are a better option than EPUB. Open Question: Is it realistic for publishers to cut Amazon out of the equation?By Jenn WebbDecember 27, 2011 Author Charlie Stross argued recently that Amazon's growing position toward a monopoly can largely be attributed to publishers' use of DRM. A back-channel discussion brewed about whether cutting Amazon out of the picture entirely would be a viable solution. Open Question: Is it realistic for publishers to cut Amazon out of the equation? December 27, 2011 Author Charlie Stross argued recently that Amazon's growing position toward a monopoly can largely be attributed to publishers' use of DRM. A back-channel discussion brewed about whether cutting Amazon out of the picture entirely would be a viable solution. HTML5: The platform-agnostic key to the future of publishingBy Joe WikertDecember 22, 2011 In this TOC podcast, PinchZoom Press founder Brian Fling talks about why he chose HTML5 over EPUB3. He says HTML5 is more platform agnostic. Fling also says native apps are here to stay, so building for multiple platforms will continue to be necessary. Not a self-publisher, far from a traditional publisherBy Joe WikertNovember 14, 2011 In this podcast, Jesse Potash, founder of Pubslush Press, talks about how his company differs from self-publishing platforms — and from Kickstarter — and how he's using it to help eradicate global illiteracy. Not a self-publisher, far from a traditional publisherNovember 14, 2011 In this podcast, Jesse Potash, founder of Pubslush Press, talks about how his company differs from self-publishing platforms — and from Kickstarter — and how he's using it to help eradicate global illiteracy. We're in the midst of a restructuring of the publishing universe (don't panic)By Jenn WebbOctober 26, 2011 Hugh McGuire, co-author of "Book: A Futurist's Manifesto," explains why publishing's digital transformation goes way beyond format shifts. He also reveals nine ways the publishing industry will change over the next five years. We're in the midst of a restructuring of the publishing universe (don't panic) October 26, 2011 Hugh McGuire, co-author of "Book: A Futurist's Manifesto," explains why publishing's digital transformation goes way beyond format shifts. He also reveals nine ways the publishing industry will change over the next five years. Four short links: 12 October 2011
By Nat TorkingtonOctober 12, 2011 Steve Yegge's Google Platforms Rant -- epic. Read it. Guidelines for Securing Open Source Software (EFF) -- advice from the team that audited some commonly-used open source libraries. Avoid giving the user options that could compromise security, in the form of modes, dialogs, preferences, or tweaks of any sort. As security expert Ian Grigg puts it, there is "only... Amazon's "Prime" challenger to the iPad 
By Mark SigalSeptember 26, 2011 While conventional wisdom says that to compete with the iPad you must emulate Apple's best practices, Mark Sigal argues that Amazon can do just fine by blazing its own trail. Papercut has designs on a new storytelling genreBy Jenn WebbSeptember 21, 2011 In this TOC podcast, ustwo head of publishing Jonas Lennermo says his company's new iPad product, Papercut, is a publishing platform, a storefront, and a storytelling experiment. Ruminations on the legacy of Steve Jobs
By Mark SigalAugust 25, 2011 Apple, under Steve Jobs, has always had an unrelenting zeal to bring the consumer — and humanity — back to the center of the ring. Here, Mark Sigal argues that it's this pursuit of humanity that may actually be Jobs' greatest innovation. A story takes shape amidst tweets and pausesBy Peter MeyersJuly 29, 2011 The novelist Reif Larsen did something on Twitter recently that showed how sometimes the best stories are those that arrive in small morsels, spaced generously. A story takes shape amidst tweets and pausesBy Peter MeyersJuly 29, 2011 The novelist Reif Larsen did something on Twitter recently that showed how sometimes the best stories are those that arrive in small morsels, spaced generously. Smartphones and spheres of influence July 20, 2011 As a part of an ongoing series looking at mobile disruption, Tyler Bell offers his take on how smartphones can be harnessed individually and collectively. Is the enterprise dead as a tablet strategy?
By Mark SigalJuly 12, 2011 A confluence of factors, most notably the crash of the dotcom bubble and the rise of Apple, led to the consumerization of IT. But Mark Sigal says tablet makers are missing a golden opportunity by ignoring the enterprise. Feeding the community fuels advances at Red Hat and JBoss
By Andy OramMay 8, 2011 Red Hat's usual modus operandi is the precise inverse of most companies based on open source. This drives what I heard at Red Hat Summit and JBoss World, solid progress along the lines laid out by Red Hat and JBoss in previous years. Search Notes: Google targets "content farms" March 3, 2011 There was one big story in search last week: Google's move to purge low-quality "content farm" material from its search results. Here's a look at the impact, the response, and what site owners should address. HTML5 Recipes: New Input Types
By Romin IraniJanuary 11, 2011 We saw in an earlier recipe, additional attributes introduced in HTML5 forms like autofocus, placeholder and required, that enhance form usability without the developer resorting to custom code. In this recipe, we shall take a look at new form input... HTML5 Recipes: Forms Enhancements
By Romin IraniJanuary 4, 2011 One of the key features of any web application is the ability to gather input data from the user. HTML Forms have been the way to do that and over the years, developers have innovated to bring a better experience... Which Social Gaming companies are Hiring
By Ben LoricaJuly 29, 2010 Disney's announced purchase of Mountain View gaming startup Playdom, follows on the heels of EA's purchase of London-based Playfish last November. Based on active users Zynga remains by far the biggest online social gaming company, but what other independent companies are growing? To see which companies are expanding, I used our data warehouse of online job postings1 to detect recent... Where Facebook's half a billion users reside
By Ben LoricaJuly 21, 2010 Facebook announced that they now reach 500 million active users (just five and half years after launching). But where do these half a billion users reside? Refreshing my post from February, the share of users from Asia continues to rise and now stands at 17% of all Facebook users. Over the past 12 weeks, Facebook added over a million active users in fourteen countries, including 5 in Asia and all three members of NAFTA. Four Thoughts on the WHAT, WHY and SO WHAT of Google App Inventor for Android
By Mark SigalJuly 12, 2010 There is something enticing about a software toolkit for non-developers; the concept that if you can articulate a workflow or algorithmic outcome, you can "meta-program" it without writing a line of code. That's why I think that there is some warranted excitement around Google's App Inventor for Android. It represents a holy grail and a myth at the same time. Read more... Google's New Marketplace Has over a Thousand Apps
By Ben LoricaMarch 17, 2010 One week† into its public launch, the Google Apps Marketplace has just under 1,500 (enterprise) apps. Combined with Salesfore.com's app exchange (also with over a thousand apps), enterprises interested in moving to cloud apps have an increasing number of software tools to choose from. Popular apps (measured in terms of # of installs) includes graphic design and office integration apps... 1 in 4 Facebook Users Come From Asia or the Middle East
By Ben LoricaMarch 3, 2010 Asia's share of the more than 400 million active Facebook users recently surged past 15%: With a market penetration of 1.7% in Asia and Africa, the company has barely scratched the surface in both regions. While the company continued to add users in Southeast Asia, there were an additional 2.3 million users from South Asia over the past 12 weeks.... Apps for Army Launches - The Hybrid Enterprise?By Jim StogdillMarch 3, 2010 The Army launches Apps for Army. Contest or harbinger of the hybrid enterprise that combines planning and emergence under one roof? Architectural Patterns
By Rick JelliffeFebruary 15, 2010 Uwe Zdun and Paris Avgeriou's paper "Architectural Patterns Revisited - A Pattern Language" Check Mate: Apple's iPad and Google's Next Move
By Mark SigalJanuary 28, 2010 There is an axiom that the biggest game-changers often result from ideas that, at first blush, seem easy to dismiss. So it goes with yesterday's launch of the iPad, Apple's entry into what they call the 'third category' of device -- the middle ground that exists between smartphone and laptop. Why is the iPad (seemingly) so easy to dismiss? Well, for one, it is an evolutionary device when conventional wisdom suggests that it needs to be a revolutionary device to find a wedge into a new market. In this instance, conventional wisdom is just plain off base. The Google Android Rollout: Windows or Waterloo?
By Mark SigalJanuary 5, 2010 Watching Google's rollout of Android to date, including this week's announcements around the Google-branded, HTC built, Nexus One phone, I am left with two conflicting thoughts. Is it the beginning of their assent into Windows-like dominance or the fortnight of their 'Waterloo' moment? Read more. Asia Continues to be Facebook's Strongest Growth Region
By Ben LoricaNovember 20, 2009 With Facebook topping 330 million active users over the past week, the company's strongest growth region continues to be Asia. Over the last 12 weeks, Facebook added close to 17M active users in Asia alone. Since my previous post, the share of active users from Asia grew by 2% (to 13.5% of all users), and roughly 1 in 7 users... There are Over a Million People Actively Using Facebook Right Now
By Ben LoricaSeptember 24, 2009 A little over a week ago Facebook reached a major milestone: 300 million active users. The fastest-growth region continues to be Asia, but growth in other overseas regions such as the Americas and Africa have also been strong. Currently reaching only 1% of potential users in Asia and Africa, Facebook has barely scratched the surface in both regions: Growth in... Four short links: 30 July 2009
By Nat TorkingtonJuly 30, 2009 iPhone App v1.3 Released -- revealing glimpse into how third-party apps (such as this iPhone app, built on the Brooklyn Museum's API) reflect on the institution providing the API. Brooklyn Museum has dealt with this sensitively and intelligently, a model to all. As always, I want to marry the Brooklyn Museum and raise a posse of online apps. Embrace... Facebook Adds Million of Users in Asia
By Ben LoricaJune 19, 2009 Since my previous post on Facebook users by country, the company has grown rapidly in Asia. Over the last 12 weeks, Facebook grew 90% in Asia going from 11.4 to 21.7 million active users. With a Market Penetration of only 0.6% in Asia, Facebook has barely scratched the surface in the region. The company also gained 11.3M users in Europe... 2 Years Later, the Facebook App Platform is Still Thriving
By Ben LoricaMay 13, 2009 In a few weeks, the Facebook application platform will mark its second anniversary. While it garnered lots of press coverage in the months after it launched, the arrival of the iTunes app store shifted attention away from Facebook's vibrant ecosystem. The media glow is understandable: among other things, the younger iTunes platform is adding apps at a much faster rate... Importance of Innovation in Finance & BarCampBank 
By Jesse RobbinsApril 20, 2009 “Progress is not the mere correction of evils. Progress is the constant replacing of the best there is with something still better.” -Edward Filene Two years ago, when we were organizing the first BarCampBank in the US, many people found it hard to believe that banks & credit unions could a place for meaningful grassroots innovation. Even crazier was... Active Facebook Users By Country
By Ben LoricaApril 19, 2009 Since I last posted numbers on Facebook's user base six week ago, the company has added close to 20 million active users. I've had a few requests for detailed numbers by country so I quickly assembled an update for each of the regions shown above.... Stallman discusses Free Software and GPLv3By Federico BiancuzziApril 13, 2009 On June 29, 2007 the Free Software Foundation released the GNU General Public License, version 3. What happened since then? I had the opportunity to discuss many subjects with FSF's founder and president Richard Stallman. First of all, could... Facebook is Growing Fast in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East
By Ben LoricaMarch 5, 2009 With Facebook recently passing 175 million users, I decided to update my analysis of its user base. The weekly growth in number of users has remained steady, with the last 5 weeks being exceptionally strong: Facebook added over 25 million users since early February. The share of U.S. users inched up slightly from 30% to 31%. The company added users... Facebook in 2010: no longer a walled garden
By David RecordonMarch 4, 2009 A lot of what I've been working on the past two years has been built on the assumption that the model that social networks use today will fundamentally change. Social networks have largely been built on the premise of being walled gardens in such a way that users can't communicate or share content or friends across networks; put simply this is what keeps a Facebook user from being able to send a message to a MySpace user. This is the same model that destroyed AOL, CompuServe and Prodigy's ISP businesses when normal people chose the Internet itself versus their thoughtfully curated walled gardens. 1 to 50 of 62 Next Stay Connected
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