media | Kris Smith has read these articles about "media" | www.croncast.comThis is the keyword feed for "media" from my read items in Google Reader. If you would like to search or subscribe to category/keyword rss feeds for items that I have shared with Google Reader visit http://www.croncast.com/c4_reading.phpPwnageTool and QuickPwn for 2.1 iPhone's released- September 13, 2008 Filed under: iPhone, App StoreFor iPhone owners who want the benefit of the 2.1 firmware, but also want to run their jail-broken applications, the iPhone Dev Team has just released PwnageTool and QuickPwn for 2.1 devices. Please note: this does NOT work with the new iPod Touch 2g and is for iPhones or first generation Touch devices only. The Dev Team managed to work around iTunes 8 without having to patch the program, so pwners can try the new tool without worrying about altering a core OS X...http://feeds.tuaw.com/~r/weblogsinc/tuaw/~3/391617783/ Does Web 2.0 Really Exist- September 13, 2008 Add to iTunes Add to YouTube Add to Google RSS Feed You might remember awhile ago, I took a telemarketing call from a company that claimed to provide Web 2.0 services. I strung them along, just to mess with them. On Sept 10th, I did a remote panel session from my home. The panel discussed Web 2.0 technology and its interplay with the government. Ahead of time, the facilitator sent me a list of questions to consider, which I thought would make a good video. Do you consider yourself an...http://chris.pirillo.com/2008/09/13/does-web-20-really-exist/ Microsoft Gurus are not Apple Geniuses- September 9, 2008 Filed under: Analysis Opinion, AppleAccording to a Friday article on Yahoo! Finance, Microsoft is introducing "Microsoft Gurus" at Best Buy and Circuit City stores nationwide. They plan on having 155 Gurus deployed by year-end, and will expand the program based on its success.While it may seem like this is copying Apple's Genius program, it's not. The Geniuses hang out at the Genius Bar in the local Apple Store, helping new Mac owners migrate data or resolve problems, fixing iPod and iPhone...http://feeds.tuaw.com/~r/weblogsinc/tuaw/~3/386934617/ ROCKS SUCKS: The New Mashable- September 9, 2008 If you think the new Mashable site rocks, vote ROCKS below or Twitter mashable design rocks If you think the new Mashable site sucks, vote SUCKS below or Twitter mashable design sucks So apparently I've been dragged, kicking and screaming, back into the editorial department of this humble blog. First assignment: review the freshly redesigned Mashable.com from an objective perspective, in less than 400 words Rocks: Out With the Old It's better than the old one. Mashable's layout was, up...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mashable/~3/ngAX-neN7lE/ Was The Mad Men Twitter Takedown Part Of An Advertising Strategy- September 3, 2008 We've talked about the concept of a reverse Streisand Effect, where a company purposely pretends to be outraged and demands to take something down in order to generate more attention for it, and now there's some evidence suggesting that last week's DMCA takedown notices for the "fake" Mad Men Twitter accounts may have been part of AMC's own marketing strategy. Buried at the bottom of a NY Times article about what happened, there's a hint that the whole thing was planned out, as following a...http://techdirt.com/articles/20080902/0155102146.shtml |