One to Many

may be rock bands do it on myspace.com, by spotting this blog by aamir khan (one of the finest film actor/directors in india) shows a perfect example of a film personality effectively harnessing the concept of ‘connectors’ explained in the book tipping point.

the blog is quite rudimentary, but he writes his own posts, responds [...]

Indian Newspapers a Year Behind?

in an article named “Winning Online” — A Manifesto on Editor & Publisher website, tom mohr pleaded the newspaper industry in the united states to wake up. this was in the wake of one of the top newspaper companies being sold in pieces, print ad-revenues on a precipitous decline and online ads not catching up. [...]

Why OpenID Matters

after the initial pioneers, the big boys are flocking to OpenID initiative. yahoo!, google and others are jumping in head-first into this initiative that seemed to have AOL, SixApart, Verisign and co as the initial backers.

not since mybloglog have i seen a more promising and portable social web technology that frankly took me by [...]

Tragic, Inevitable March of Yahoo! Down to the Hull

many financial institutions (JP Morgan, RBC Capital Markets, Banc of America) are predicting that the deal as it structured now is extremely likely to go through, pending only some customary haggling over the valuation. there seem to be no likely scenarios reported for either (a) other bidders (b) other better strategic alternatives, nor did anyone [...]

Let the Yahoo! Feeding Frenzy Begin

background: earlier today, microsoft made an unsolicited offer to acquire yahoo. this comes after yahoo stock has been battered by transitional turmoil, economy and competitive stress. this reminds me of the imagery from the movie “the hills have eyes“. when you are in a funk, everyone wants in at you.

kevin kelleher at gigaom has [...]