What is wrong with this picture? % dig myspace.com … ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;myspace.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: myspace.com. 85833 IN A 216.178.32.50 myspace.com. 85833 IN A 216.178.32.51 myspace.com. 85833 IN A 127.0.0.1 myspace.com. 85833 IN A 216.178.32.48 myspace.com. 85833 IN A 216.178.32.49 I tried from a couple of points on the internet, and [...]
If you and I met for the first time yesterday, we spent some time to learn about each other, and you see me crossing the street today, you will recognize me. Recognizing others is a fundamental human ability, and crucial for society to function. (Imagine if we didn’t.) It used to be that way at [...]
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In this article, Internet News’ Clint Boulton quotes Peter Sondergaard, Gartner‘s head of global research, as having said during the Gartner Symposium ITxpro 2006′s keynote: Changes in consumer behavior and preferences will trigger a power reversal in business models… Consumer-to-business will replace the predominant business-to-consumer model. If I recall correctly, it was Drummond Reed who [...]
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I just found out that the term "Social Commerce" was coined by Mary Ruddy in a conversation with Paul Trevithick. Mary first used the term publicly in a podcast from IIW 2005. Since, Yahoo picked up the term, assorted startups use it and many people blog about it all the time as it seems. Score [...]
Eric Norlin: "internet identity is now called URL-based identity"
I hope you meant that, Eric, because I’m about to quote you! In a ZDnet post titled "A tipping point?" he comments on Technorati’s adoption of OpenID, and almost casually, he says: Note: "internet identity" is now called "URL-based identity," or even more broadly and less accurately "user-centric identity". This is quite remarkable. As far [...]
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