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- Mumbai Terrorists use Blackberry to stay in touchYesterday
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Commandos were not only surprised to find the devices in the terrorists’ rucksacks, but that they used the internet to look beyond local Indian media for information, watching the global reaction in real-time as well.
It’s somewhat striking that the terrorists’ use of BlackBerrys “caught the anti-terrorist forces by surprise.” While perhaps another step forward in the sophistication of their organization, in that it it makes communication more instant than ever, it’s long been reported that terrorist networks use the internet and cellphones for communication. Why wouldn’t they use the same tools that millions around the world use? They don’t all live in caves, you know. (Gizmodo)
Of course the people who don’t use social media much or well are the security forces!!!!!!!
- Mumbai - Twitter and Citizen Journalism AdvanceNovember 28
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Twitter, Blogging and Wikpedia have offered the world the best - fastest updating, most human and most comprehensive account of how the Mumbai events unfolded.
If there was ever proof that this combination has taken its place in the forefront of breaking news - this is it.
Here is a link to JP’s excellent post on this topic - that shows you graphically what I mean.
Here is Dina’s summary of many of the online resources.
Now networks such as CNN go to people like Dina for insight
As Newspapers and the Networks slowly die, their replacement gets stronger.
Here is the Daily Telegraph’s acknowledgement of this.
Indeed, many mainstream media outlets, including CNN, used video footage and photos sent in from people on the ground in Mumbai to illustrate their reports, and many television stations, radio stations and newspapers were also keeping a close eye on Twitter and the blogosphere in the hope of finding out more information.
Despite the obvious value and immediacy of these eye
- Twitter Turns Down Half Billion Offer from FacebookNovember 24
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Kara Swisher reported today that Facebook offered to acquire Twitter for $500 million of its stock, in her post, When Twitter Met Facebook: The Acquisition Deal That Fail-Whaled. One of the reasons was the perceived over valuation of Facebook stock as the deal was not cash but Facebook’s perceived value of $500 million in their stock. However, Kara wrote that, “more important, it seems, was a feeling among Twitter investors and execs that the start-up should still take a shot at building its revenues–there are none right now–as well as it had done at building its growth.” There have been six million registrations, as reported in October, up 600 percent over the last year, for the San Francisco-based Twitter. However, so far the effort has focused on growth over revenue and there is actually no revenue at the moment.
Kara reported that “some sources at Facebook said Zuckerberg was becoming frustrated by the buzz Twitter was getting.” I guess he wanted to take over that buzz. At the same time, Zuckerberg called Twitter an “elegant model” and said that he was “really impressed by what they’ve done.” So he offered stock with no liquid value for a company with no revenue. Perhaps the government should do this for bailouts and save the taxpayers real money. On the other hand, it
- Enterprise 2.0 meets the ‘Average Joe’November 24
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Speaking as a certified member of the “Joe” population, I have to admit I’ve been basking in all the attention Joes have been getting lately.
This past US presidential election season, of course, we had “Joe the Plumber” as John McCain’s poster boy for overtaxation. (Even though it turned out Joe was only his middle name, but close enough…) And we had Sarah Palin, who kept insisting she was the candidate of “Joe Sixpack.” Of course, we also had a Joe on the winning ticket with Barack Obama, so we’ll soon have a Joe in Washington helping to look out for our interests.
That’s why I got a chuckle out of a mailer I just got for the upcoming User-Generated Content Conference (UGCX), sponsored by MediaBistro and scheduled for San Jose in February.
The promotional write-up states that “user-generated content is a rapidly developing revolution in the media. ‘Average Joe” users now wield power over online content, and businesses need to adapt to respond to this trend.”
Speaking for all the Joes in the world, it feels good to have power for a change. But we promise we won’t let it go to our heads.
UGCX is targeting the social media space, but there are plenty of implications for enterprises as well as they seek ways to better leverage all the data, knowledge, and resources within their domains. There’s no question that user-generated content is becoming a huge force on the bu
- Announcing Appopedia, a Directory of Enterprise 2.0 Application ReviewsNovember 20
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The AppGap bloggers are excited to announce the launch of a new section of reviews - The AppGap: Appopedia. The section brings together the growing number of enterprise 2.0 reviews (nearly 150 to date) that my AppGap colleagues and I have written. It has been fun interviewing vendor spokespeople, seeing demonstrations, and learning about all the innovation within the enterprise 2.0 space. Now you can better access the entire collection.
And while other directories of 2.0 apps exist, we believe Appopedia serves a particular purpose, focusing specifically on work-related tools that help you manage and grow your business rather than every Web 2.0 app in the market. Hylton Jolliffe and others at Corante have been developing the new section over the past month or two. We all hope you’ll check it out and provide input on what admittedly is a work in progress (there are already got a few tweaks on the way).
As you’ll see we’ve organized the reviews by various criteria, e.g., product category, we hope you’ll find useful. If you’ve used any of the tools please feel free to weigh in with any feedback in the comments of the respective reviews.
For vendors: if you’re a