Posts Tagged ‘Dejan Levi’
A couple of days ago the now slightly infamous Yahoo CEO, Jerry Yang, announced he would be stepping down from his position once a suitable replacement has been found. Yang has only been in the job for just over 18 months and undoubtedly his tenure of the post will be remembered for only one thing - his rejection of a takeover bid valued at around $44bn from Microsoft back in early 2008. The obvious question now is - will this change fuel renewed takeover speculation and offers?
Well the simple fact is that despite a recent bounce Yahoo shares currently sit at $11, well below the $31 that Microsoft was offering back in February. Many then accused Yang of acting contrary…
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Simon Garfield of the Guardian has this week interviewed Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg and the result is a very interesting and detailed article on Guardian online. One of the most curious things to emerge from it is Zuckerberg’s frequent emphasis on ’sharing’, which he sees as Facebook’s most primary function. But Garfield is astute to highlight the importance of asking ourselves; just what exactly are we sharing, why, and for whose benefit?
The issue is not a new one in relation to FB; we all remember the disasterous and intrusive compulsory Beacon app, which monitored user spending habits and harvested the info for corporate clients. Understandably the user backlash was so swift and severe that FB quickly pulled the app -…
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Last week saw the release of the latest World of Warcraft expansion pack - Wrath of the Lich King, and as with previous releases the hype and anticipation across the gaming community was huge. But in the news and press once again questions are being asked about computer game addiction and the negative consequences of virtual ‘living’ - with WOW unsurprisingly at the center of the debate.
Not for the first time I found myself wondering - how serious is gaming addiction, and also who or what (if anything) is to blame? It can’t be a simple case of pointing the finger at Blizzard and ignoring the wider contexts in play…
Firstly though one quick observation about the release evening. As thousands…
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Wired has this week published an excellent essay about the changes we have seen in the blogosphere in recent years, with the central premise being that the blog is now ‘dead’. That is to say that the time of true blogging, in the sense of a DIY non-commercial method of mass communication that offered the levelest playing field for all voices alike, has well and truly passed.
The Times online responded with the more moderate view that blogging has merely changed, though this view seems a little superficial when one considers the degree of fundamental difference between modern web 2.0 blogging - and the ‘old school’ approach of four or five years ago.
The Wired article is pretty straightforward in its assessment of…
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Web 2.0 take-up across the business sector has continued to rise this year with more and more companies integrating features such as blogs, RSS feeds, Wikis and podcasts into their operations. However the use of some services is actually falling - and overall there still remain many who are reluctant to adopt such tools, often to their detriment. Question is; Why does scepticism still prevail over Web 2.0 in a business context?
(N.B. All data referred to is from a recent survey by management consultants, Mckinsey, who asked nearly 2,000 executives a range of questions concerning web 2.0 attitudes and practice).
With only roughly one-third of participating companies using blogs, RSS and Wikis (the most increasingly popular tools) it seems there is…
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