The number of users. "There are 110 eyeballs" means there are 110 users currently online. See eyeball hang time.
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- Dark Internet Fundamentals
- We all think we know the internet - the service that has magically transmitted these words from my keyboard to your eyeballs - but how much do you know of the fundamentals? As I wrote about last year, the plumbing of the internet...
- Blog posts 2009-11-29
- Is Google the Center of the Universe?
- It's not even a year since the triumphalism of Jeff Jarvis's Google 'reverse engineering' book 'What Would Google Do?' hit the book shelves, but it seems an age ago now. Jarvis's publisher Harper Collins claims this book is 'all about you' in their promo blurb - how you...
- Blog posts 2009-11-24
- Chrome OS will rise or fall on the safety dance
- Scare tactics against Chrome OSI can see Microsoft really did the 'safety dance' with Windows it has been so successful...Chrome_OS is an entirely different modular approach plus they are using Open_Source with NO limitation of how high they can reach. I find it amazing anyone with a straight face say...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Sergey Brin: Google Android, Chrome OS likely to converge
- The concept makes a lot of senseIf you want access to your data everywhere and on every device, having a single platform may be the only way to go. Seamless ubiquity is the dream I guess, if you, the user, does not lose control. How they will be able to...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Google makes Chrome OS open source today
- I like itThe ChromeOS demo looked pretty cool!I'm almost 100% webapp-based already, so I could see myself using a simple, fast & no maintenance OS like that the majority of the time.I like it too, but, for me, I need to compile and run programs locally. I would imagine that...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Scammers trick users to ship stolen goods
- A society of victims...If people stopped being a victim by wanting someoneto do everything for them.Use commonsense, if it is too good to be true thenit is.The entire public Internet is a sewer of sortsfull of spammers, criminals, and imposters.Only fools act naive in using insecure passwords,and posting private data...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Rupert Murdoch and the dirty little secret about Google traffic...
- Dangerous generalisationsNEWCASTLE UK - While I might agree with your argument in the special case of WSJ your logic breaks down for newspapers in general. The WSJ is a broadsheet for a very small sector,the Financial World, as opposed to The Times or The SUN where the aim is the...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Crush It for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)
- With Crush It for iPhone through integrated video and text Gary Vaynerchuk shares with business owners how they can boost sales using the internet. He shows audiences how to find their passion and turn it into a flourishing, monetized business. Crush It for iPhone dynamic personality comes powerfully to life...
- Software downloads 2009-11-04
- Enterprise IT's trust level of Google will increase
- That pie will increasingly favor Google. Though Google DOES need to support something more like what Amazon does, so you can just rent a Linux box in the cloud that grows and shrinks.Great potential here for Google; p.s. - dont make Yahoo's mistakesThere is great potential for Google from...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Zombie Pizza for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)
- Zombie Pizza for iPhone is a fast-paced, light-hearted horror puzzle game where lighting-quick reactions are that entire stand between you and a grisly fate at the hands of the ravenous undead. Play it safe and just try to survive your night shift, or whip up high value recipes to rack...
- Software downloads 2009-10-15
- Apple acquires map purveyor Placebase
- Of course they're on the outsSee: ANDROID - nuff saidRE: Apple acquires map purveyor PlacebaseAt first blush, I don't see the point in going after Google Maps. Developing apis and providing a mapping service backend to developers, that makes sense. I would expect that, just as iPhoto demonstrates CoreImage, CoreData,...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- When it comes to security, who do you trust more - Microsoft or Google?
- Given their experience it has to be Microsoft.{NT}RE: When it comes to security, who do you trust more - Microsoft or Google?IMHO, Open Source applications are inherently more secure, with far more people pouring over the code.Closed source simply has the undiscovered flaws.Given that they design and make the OS...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-25
- Republicans rail against FCC's new net rules
- How They RollThis is just how the GOP rolls. When Bill Clinton left office we were number one or two in broadband. Now we're down around 17 behind some Eastern European countries. The GOP keeps saying they're about competition, but they keep passing bills to stifle real competition. Sort of...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Kayne West Influences Enterprise Social Business Strategy
- Business ToolsI recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.Patriciahttp://dataentryjob-s.comdude, you can't even spell his name rightits KANYE...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- 3D Matrix Code Screen Saver 1.1.1 (Mac)
- Attempt to keep your eyeballs in their sockets as you watch this Mac OS X screen saver display the Matrix code swirl on your desktop in mind bending real-time 3D! It can also be set to display the traditional 2D code, display your own pictures in the code, a clock,...
- Software downloads 2009-09-03
- Is the Apple rumor mill getting out of control?
- How to stop the rumors1) Have the MS posters stick to what they know rather than invent Apple stories. Have the Apple posters stick to their product rather than invent MS stories ok have not noticed much of the latter2) Stop the idiot bloggers who post a diatribe for or...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-28
- News to know: Apple; Salesforce.com; CRM; Microsoft; PayPal
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Apple's future TV: Can Web-based apps replace "channels," kill cable? DOJ gives blessing to Oracle-Sun, awaiting EC...
- Blog posts 2009-08-21
- IE/EU bickering continues ... Mozilla joins in land grab for eyeballs
- By showing a readiness to bend over backwards to please the European Commission on the matter of IE in Windows 7, Microsoft showed a weakness, and Mozilla now takes the opportunity to pounce. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- TIBCO and SAP: place your bets
- Yesterday, Larry Dignan asked my opinion of persistent rumors that SAP is in the middle of taking a tilt at acquiring TIBCO. I rolled my digital eyeballs. How many times has this one gone around the block? As Brian Sommer yelled: ONCE A POTENTIAL ACQUISITION IS PASSED ON, IT...
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Measuring the ROI of PR
- The public relations community is going through some changes and many of those changes are similar to those that traditional media has gone through: adjusting to new business models. The move to online publishing has not worked well for traditional media because advertising cannot be sold for...
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
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