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New Consumer Dating Resouces at Squidoo

Judging by the number of emails I have been receiving lately at Online Dating Insider, a growing number of people have been asking about what makes a dating site right for them, the demographics of various dating sites and other pre-subscription questions. To address...

Skype Taking On iTunes

Techdirt sez that Skype has a deal with EMI to sell VOIP ringtones. Perhaps they’ll follow the iTunes model and use the tracks as a loss leader to try and attract people to Skype — but that would be even more questionable, since it doesn’t seem like...

Seeking Attention

MIT Technology Review has an article on Attention Economy. As our attention continues to disperse, its becoming clear that “eyeballs” and “stickiness” are being augmented with technologies that track what you are watching, reading and listening...

Publishing 2.0 and Web 2.0 Hype

I came across the Publishing 2.0 blog today. Great discussion about the seedy underbelly of Web 2.0, including how companies are using user-generated content to make money and not giving anything back to the users. I appreciate a healthy skepticism evident on the...

New Myspace Security Measures

The Onion has an amusing send-up of the new MySpace security measures. “Making users verify that they are over 14 by clicking two different buttons” “Looking into that weirdo “Tom” who keeps emailing everyone” “Sending all...