shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 07 2007 | internet, education, technology, news
Despite the fact that Yahoo! Answers has been more successful than Google's similar venture, this article refers to it as "every middle-school teacher's worst nightmare about the Web." Apparently the factual errors are egregious...
Quoted: The blockbuster success of Yahoo! Answers is surprising once you spend a few days using the site. While Answers is a valuable window into how people look for information online, it looks like a complete disaster as a traditional reference tool.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 27 2008 | shopping, internet
Good to know!
Quoted: A few months ago, I visited the optometrist for an eye exam, and, as usual, the doctor found that I'd grown still-more nearsighted and needed a new pair of glasses. This time, I wasn't going to fall for it. I'd been reading about a surprising new online business—prescription eyeglass shops that claim to offer well-made glasses at extremely low prices.
ShareViewed: 9 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 21 2008 | internet, video, advertising, technology
This corporate-sponsored ad featuring cell phones supposedly popping popcorn with radiation is so deceitful. It presents this digitally altered video as "evidence" that scares people into buying headsets for their phones...
Quoted: Late in May, a public-relations company based in Paris created some user accounts on YouTube and posted four short videos. The clips had been produced by a professional advertising studio to look thoroughly homemade.
ShareViewed: 3 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - May 06 2008 | technology, internet, news
Might be bad for Yahoo, but I'm not sorry the deal fell through...
Quoted: It is axiomatic in the online world that no one knows what anything is truly worth. Yet for practically all of its corporate life, Yahoo has been comfortable with the answer: It's worth more.
ShareViewed: 1 Time - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 23 2008 | health, internet, news
Um, I can't believe these e-cards are for real. Still, all in all, not a bad idea...
Quoted: Got laid. Was happy. Got tested. Wasn't healthy. Better get your own Chlamydia checkup soon.
ShareViewed: 12 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 07 2008 | technology, internet, news
Fascinating stuff...
Quoted: The individual user has been king on the Internet, but the pendulum seems to be swinging back toward edited information vetted by professionals.
ShareViewed: 20 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 02 2008 | games, internet, news
Scrabulous is my life. Ha.
Quoted: The companies that own the rights to the Scrabble board game say Scrabulous, a popular online knockoff, is piracy.
ShareViewed: 12 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 25 2008 | technology, web, internet, news
Really fascinating article from Slate that questions the idea of Web democracy through user-generated content sites like Wikipedia and Digg. The author raises some great points. Tal, this reminds me of the book you edited!
Quoted: Social-media sites like Wikipedia and Digg are celebrated as shining examples of Web democracy, places built by millions of Web users who all act as writers, editors, and voters. In reality, a small number of people are running the show. According to researchers in Palo Alto, 1 percent of Wikipedia users are responsible for about half of the site's edits.
ShareViewed: 18 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 18 2007 | news, games, internet
I have a minor Scrabble obsession.
Quoted: Scrabulous, a Scrabble-like application that lets Facebook members play one another online, has been experiencing booming popularity.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 06 2007 | news, internet, technology
Yeah, this was a bad PR move. I mean, of course users were going to be annoyed when they figured it out...
Quoted: Saying it went too far in its pursuit of profit, the popular Internet hangout is allowing its users to permanently turn off its "Beacon" advertising program.
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