Found on meettheboss.com, a decent infographic of the acquisitions that Amazon.com has made over the years. Drawn like an org chart, I like that each branch represents another year, so it becomes a timeline. (via Cool Infographics: Amazon Acquisitions infographic)
July 28, 2009, 10:43am
Twitter, Twitter, Twitter. Seems every where you turn these days that little blue bird is staring you right in the face. But how did it all start? Where is it all going? Who’s to say really, except you I suppose, in 140 character bursts. In the meantime let’s take a look back on some milestones of microblogging. (via The Story (so far) of Twitter | Manolith)
June 24, 2009, 11:23am
In this article, we are going to take a little tour through the history of information, or more specifically, where to focus your efforts if you want get in touch with other people. It is a really exciting time, because we are currently in the middle of the most drastic change since the invention of the newspaper. (via Where is Everyone? - Articles - Baekdal.com)
June 23, 2009, 12:44am
The data below is the world’s biggest banks, ranked by The Banker based on their assets — plus their latest stock market value from Thomson Reuters. It shows which of the world’s banks are sitting on the biggest loans books - and which are most exposed. Compare the amounts outstanding to the market value and you get some idea of why the banks are so worried. You can also see from this which ones don’t exist anymore (via The world’s 50 biggest banks - ranked by assets and market value | News | guardian.co.uk)
June 22, 2009, 3:17pm
Twitter connects people through a rich and active exchange of ideas, thoughts, observations, and interests in one, highly collaborative and promising ecosystem. The Twitterverse advances micro interaction and connections through an expanding network of applications, engendering the potential for macro reach and resonance online and IRL (in real life). (via Gazing into the Twitterverse | PR2.0)
June 22, 2009, 2:45am
マップはスタート地点の中央から、「Twitterとエコシステム」と「OSとしてのTwitter」という2方向に分かれる。前者は、競合の熾烈化や買収/被買収劇など、将来の難題でTwitterがどうなるかを示す。後者は、ソーシャルOSとしてのTwitterとマーケティングOSとしてのTwitterの対立を描く。それは結局、プラットホームとしてのTwitterに行き着き、その上で多様なアプリケーションが栄える。 (via Twitterの未来をマインドマップで視覚化)
June 22, 2009, 2:34am
