Nicholas Carlson

You already know that YouTube is huge. But did you know it’s so big, that, according to comScore, if YouTube were an independent search engine, it would rank third behind only Google and Yahoo? YouTube isn’t independent, of course. Its Google’s $1.65 billion prized acquisition. And, over the summer, Google finally began to work toward […]

In my vision, Rupert Murdoch ambles to the front of a stage. He’s wearing biblical robes. In each hand, he holds a stone tablet. Scratch that. He holds iPhones. And Apple’s Safari browser isn’t loaded with NYTimes.com like in the commercial. Instead, it’s WSJ.com. As the stage lights turn Murdoch’s face to wrinkle and shadow, […]

NEW YORK — IBM took over the American Natural History Museum’s Hayden Planetarium for a day to push not only its portfolio of collaboration software for the enterprise but also Microsoft. IBM Lotus Symphony is free suite of applications that includes Louts Symphony Documents, Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets and Lotus Symphony Presentations. IBM also created a […]

Fourteen months after re-launching Netscape as a Digg-like social news site, AOL announced on Sept. 6 that it would turn the site back into a “more traditional news experience.” But don’t stop the clocks or cut the telephone just yet. AOL’s Digg clone isn’t dead. It’s just getting a new brand. The latest is that […]

Google takes a lot of heat from the European Union over its privacy standards. Now the company is taking its turn to speechify. This morning, Google’s Global Privacy Counsel Peter Fleischer took the stage at a European regional meeting on the “ethical dimensions of the information society,” organized by the French Commission of the UNESCO, […]

Reporter’s Notebook: First, the good news. eMarketer reports that for the first time, online advertising will surpass radio advertising spending in the U.S. Of course, that’s only good news if you’re not in the radio business. But who’s dumb enough to get into the radio business these days? One more Facebook founder? Add another alleged […]

Analysis: You better figure out what the Semantic Web is and soon, because its concepts have graduated from academia and are starting to contribute to your competitor’s bottom line. But don’t worry; you’re covered. If anyone is capable of explaining how the Semantic Web is going to work it’s Eric Miller. Not long ago, Miller […]

In May, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the Facebook Platform, which allows third-party developers to build applications for the social utility’s users. The parade hasn’t stopped since. Whether it happens on the Today Show or tech gossip blog Valleywag, coverage for Facebook since the platform launch has been nothing short of iPhone-esque in some circles. But […]

Google Earth is changing as fast as the world it virtually replicates. Now, Google wants to increase the pace. It wants Google Earth to organize all the world’s geo-spatial information through user-annotation. That’s why earlier this summer, Google Earth and Google Maps general manager John Hanke announced that Google would open the new version of […]

As the technology press breathlessly anticipates the rise of the iPhone this Friday at an Apple (Quote) store near you, potential customers remain wary of the product’s $500 to $600 cost. But according to at least one analyst closely watching the situation, the pricing plans AT&T (Quote) and Apple announced today should ease some of those concerns. […]