The latest Joy of Tech comic from Geek Culture hits many people in today’s economy close to home. It’s all fun and games until it happens to you and companies are going to extreme measures to make sure that the people they lay off don’t go and bad mouth them on social media. Opinions are often more powerful than facts and the power of social media allows people to spread their opinions in different ways today….
Ah, young love. It warms the heart to see young gaming characters finding each other after a long quest and heading into the world of everlasting relationships as it so often does in gaming lands. Unfortunately for Link, his humble abode may not be exactly what Zelda had in mind. (Via: GabeDraws)…
In Mark Zuckerberg’s response to the FTC, we learned that Facebook is being forced to be more transparent, more privacy-oriented, and to get permission across the board for any changes they make both by users, the FTC, and anyone else who cares. This is a real blow, not because it hampers their ability to make money with the site but because it will force them to make some adjustments to the phone they’re developing. The folks at Geek Culture “discovered” what the real plans were before. How they will change with the FTC agreement is anyone’s guess, but one thing is sure – they’ll need to make changes…
With Google+ ramping up (and in some cases recently, ramping down) in its battle against Facebook, many are looking at the revenue models to determine who will eventually be the winner. The goals for both are the same in essence but the way they make money is very different. Google’s goal is to create the central point through which business, particularly local products and trust-factor services, is done. They want individuals to reach businesses through their conglomeration of services and they want businesses to reach the people through the same. It’s a combination of connections and discovery…
In this cartoon by the geniuses at Joy of Tech, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg invokes the 1981 ad that Apple ran in the Wall Street Journal “welcoming” IBM to the world of personal computers. The ad, of course, didn’t work out very well at the time but has become an icon of bold messaging in competitive advertising. JoT shows Zuckerberg how to correct his stance in the battle his company is currently having with Google as they prepare to launch Google+ against Facebook. …
Every now and then, people nail it. This is one of those cases as Manu Cornet from Bonkersworld breaks down the organization charts of 6 major tech companies. In a classic example of “it’s funny because it’s true” Cornet shows how Amazon has a standard hierarchy, Google has a convoluted one, Facebook has very little central organization, Microsoft departments are at odds with each other, Apple centers around one big guy in the middle, and Oracle has a huge legal department without focusing much on actual engineering anymore. Sounds just about right. …
The parody amongst technology companies continues to make everyone look like everyone else. Brands persist, but services and products seem to blend into each other. Everyone is starting to offer what everyone else has. This comic from JoyofTech puts it all into perspective for us. Who is going to be in social? Who will be a player in search. This guy wants to be like that guy, but this other guy is already looking like something else. It’s a mess. As humorous as it all seems, it’s starting to become a reality. …
Mark Anderson from Andertoons was kind enough to send this into us. With WWDC coming up in a few days, he thought he’d pen a comic about Steve warming up his hyperbole. Thanks Mark!…
