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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Give One, Get One, Part Deux
The One Laptop Per Child promo has been extended to the end of the year. I received my “welcome to the community” email earlier today. They have good copywriters!
One of the most ingenious features of the XO laptop is its ability to create a “mesh” network. The little green antennae “ears” serve to automatically connect the XO with other XO laptops in the vicinity. What this means is that if your child has friends nearby that also have XO laptops, the children can chat, play and share information freely and safely, with or without an internet connection. If you would like to let other parents know about the XO laptop and Give One Get One, you can not only greatly increase your child’s enjoyment of the XO laptop, but also help us further our mission.
Now I need to figure out how to jumpstart the one-year complimentary T-Mobile HotSpot service.
Facebook + Overstock: Transparency Is Not Us
Ethan Zucerkman (Berkman Center) explores the relationship between Facebook and Overstock:
If you’ve got a Facebook account, try this experiment: Go to overstock.com and buy something… As you complete the purchase, a window appears in the bottom right of your browser window, announcing “Overstock.com is sending this to your Facebook profile”…Now log into Facebook. You’ve got a new item in your mini-feed, the message “Overstock.com is sending a story to your profile.”
Whoa, Nellie!
I remember when people gnashed their teeth and wrung their hands over the possibility that DoubleClick could track them from site to site (no transparency but no shouting their findings to the rooftops, either). I’m vey surprised that this disquieting practice — a jarring opt-out that runs counter to net culture — is being met with relative silence by the Facebook community. Privacy advocates have protested, but FBers, not so much.
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Web 2.0: Connecting People
Funky two minute video from Nokia focuses on how Web 2.0 technologies — and your Nokia smart phone — are simple. They’re all about people. (tip)
U2 Provides Preview To Facebook Community
On the eve of a major re-release of the Joshua Tree, U2 has posted a preview to the Facebook community. The clip includes an interview with Bono where he sings and talks “over” a previously unreleased track. Kudos to <a href=”cNet for reporting: “Bono’s choice of using iLike over other platforms for giving the exclusive could have been motivated by his business contacts. Marc Bodnick sits on the board of both iLike and a venture capital firm, Elevation — the same VC firm that Bono is involved in.”
From the developer: “iLike lets you add music to your profile and find your favorite concerts (not to mention see who else is going!). Bonus: Use it to get free mp3’s that match your tastes and try to beat your friends at the Music Challenge.” (Facebook application key.)
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