Daily Archives: Sunday, October 7, 2007

The long tail of research reports — or how to save $150

Posted on Sunday, October 7, 2007 by Rex Hammock

In a blog post promoting a new $150 O’Reilly Radar Report on the Facebook Application Market, Tim O’Reilly made the mistake of cloaking the promo in the language of “long tail” economics. Unfortunately, O’Reilly seems to have mis-applied the currently … Continue reading →

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MSNBC.com acquires Newsvine

Posted on Sunday, October 7, 2007 by Rex Hammock

MSNBC.com has just announced the acquisition of news-conversation platform Newsvine, MSNBC.com’s first acquisition in its 11 year history. MSNBC.com is owned jointly by Microsoft and NBC Universal, which each own 50% of the online property. (While similarly named, the cable … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-10-07

Posted on Sunday, October 7, 2007 by Rex Hammock

Google Book Search Improved(?) | Search Engine Land Quote – (Google Book Search) is an example of Google taking a great idea and working on it half heartedly and trying to make developments without solving the basic problems. (tags: search … Continue reading →

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