The perception in the tech community, at least up until recently, was that Google simply didn’t understand social the way Twitter and Facebook does. The figures support this view too,…
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David Klemke
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If there’s one thing that the search giant Google doesn’t seem to be able to get right it’s social networking. This isn’t for lack of trying however, in Google Latitude is…
David Klemke
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Betas are a tricky thing to get right. Realistically when you’re testing a beta product you’ve got a solid foundation of base functionality that you think is ready for prime…
David Klemke
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There’s no question now that the hot thing for any company to do is to make some kind of software that has a social component to it, and why wouldn’t…
David Klemke
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The old saying goes that when you have a hammer all your problems look like nails. I first heard this saying quite late in my life, during a university lecture…
David Klemke
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So I’ve got a thing for information that’s got some location meta data, that’s no secret. You’d then think that I’d be drooling over all these hot location based applications…
David Klemke
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If there’s one trendthat I’ve noticed about any of the successful Internet businesses of the past decade or so is that they tend to be platforms on which others can…
David Klemke
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Regular readers of this blog will know I’m no fan of our Senator Conroy and his proposed Internet filter, even though I have him to thank for the original creation…
David Klemke
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I’d like to think of myself as knowing a bit about the geo space and how it can be used as a basis for new applications or how it can…
David Klemke
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If there’s one defining feature about Web 2.0 is that the focus shifted from one way information delivery to user centered interactions. Primarily I’d attribute this to the resulting fallout…