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links for 2009-11-19

"One of the conclusions that Altman draws is that scientists conducting risk analyses need to think about the context/starting assumptions that people have regarding scientific exposure data. Specifically, it’s not enough for scientists to think about ...

From AMY GAHRAN, Contentious,  19 Nov 2009

How Facebook Apps Can Compromise Your Privacy, & How to Fix (Maybe)

I never liked Facebook, and I still don’t, which is why I don’t use it much. My main gripe has always been its badly designed interface which always leaves me confused about where to look and what to do. But now I have an even bigger gripe about ...

From AMY GAHRAN, Contentious,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  George Kelly

links for 2009-11-17

Demand Media is a database of human needs, and if you haven’t stumbled on a Demand video or article yet, you soon will. By next summer, according to founder and CEO Richard Rosenblatt, Demand will be publishing 1 million items a month, the equivalent ...

From AMY GAHRAN, Contentious,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Universal Music Group,  Soulja Boy,  ESPN,  Time Warner Inc.,  America Online

links for 2009-11-13

"We've received lots of feedback from Wavers that the public waves they read were clogging up their inboxes. Today, we've introduced a new concept to Google Wave–"following" waves. Now, clicking on a public wave no longer causes it to appear (and stay) ...

From AMY GAHRAN, Contentious,  13 Nov 2009

links for 2009-11-12

Because some people have more than one phone line, they end up being double-counted. This results in overstated audience figures and penetration rates that approach and eventually exceed 100% of the population. For marketers, the number of mobile users ...

From AMY GAHRAN, Contentious,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Census Bureau

links for 2009-11-10

Gmaps blog: "Our mobile users also got special treatment. With the launch of Google Maps for Mobile 3.2, the transit layer is available on Symbian S60, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, and the new Motorola DROID, and transit directions were added to the ...

From AMY GAHRAN, Contentious,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Motorola, Inc.,  White House,  Senate Judiciary Committee,  TechCrunch

links for 2009-11-08

December 7-8, 2007—This weekend, 30 open government advocates gathered to develop a set of principles of open government data. The meeting, held in Sebastopol, California, was designed to develop a more robust understanding of why open government data ...

From AMY GAHRAN, Contentious,  8 Nov 2009

links for 2009-11-06

"Mr. O’Rourke’s production style is precise and dry; he creates a sound picture in which tiny sonic details matter. But where his Drag City records are concerned, everything matters: the pacing, the length, the sound, the cover images. For this reason ...

From AMY GAHRAN, Contentious,  7 Nov 2009

Twitter @ replies & how I’m changing my live event coverage

If you weren’t already following author Scott Rosenberg on Twitter, as well as me, you would have missed my coverage of his talk last night. Sorry, that won’t happen again. (Image via Wikipedia) Just yesterday I learned that on Twitter (a social media ...

From AMY GAHRAN, Contentious,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Scott Rosenberg,  Wikipedia

links for 2009-11-05

"The Nook's killer feature is its ability to share books among friends — a feature the Kindle lacks. Barnes & Noble says users can lend their books to a friend's Nook, cellphone, or computer for up to 14 days at a time, but not all e-books will be ...

From AMY GAHRAN, Contentious,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sony,  Barnes & Noble, Inc.,  AT&T Inc.

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