Marsha Keeffer: August 2008 Archives
Here you’ll find a collection of blog entries published during the month of Marsha Keeffer: August 2008.
Harvard Business Publishing: Umair Haque - What Apple Knows That Facebook Doesn’t
By Marsha Keeffer on August 20, 2008
Too often, we don’t recognize the power of platforms - even in Silicon Valley. Nilofer Merchant, Rubicon’s CEO, writes frequently on the topic and ties it together with strategy. The piece below by Umair Haque, draws an interesting difference between…
Wall Street Journal: When Does Technology Cross Ethics?
By Marsha Keeffer on August 15, 2008
Can the use of new technology be unethical? Or does such use never cross the ‘bright line’ of ethics? A piece in the Wall Street Journal raises those questions: “Police in Washington D.C. arrested a man they believe is responsible…
Ars Technica: Pew Internet Report - Only half of US Netizens use search engine daily
By Marsha Keeffer on August 7, 2008
Ars Technica assistant editor Jacqui Cheng wakes us up to the fact that many Americans may be on the Internet, but they’re not surfing with the style we use in Silicon Valley. That smacking sound you just heard? It’s the…
CNET: Note to privacy advocates: good luck
By Marsha Keeffer on August 6, 2008
Google is back in the news as another privacy group gets hot and bothered about their eye in the sky. No one wants a satellite snooping, but the privacy group actually posted Street View directions to a Google exec’s home…
The Wall Street Journal: Web Piracy: The Enemy Within?
By Marsha Keeffer on August 4, 2008
While this Wall Street Journal story is about the entertainment industry, all of us involved in software would do well to take a look. Piracy of all kinds costs our industry billions every year, representing profits lost for shareholders. Some…