Unless you are new to the internet – or are a novice to its mysteries, you are no doubt familiar with social networks. For the uninitiated, social networks are online communities where people meet and exchange business information with one another. In the most perfect of scenarios, someone you meet in a social network will connect you to one of [...]

If you have recruited technical talent for more than 5 minutes, chances are that you have encountered names that have proved challenging to announce. (Oh, you Americans!) When contacting a potential hire, impression is everything, so why hurt your chances of a good impression by butchering their name? Well never fear, help is here… I came across a most excellent [...]

I was flipping through the latest issue of Business 2.0 (my favorite zine) and read an article on Joshua Schachter, creator of Del.icio.us, a social bookmarking startup. The article describes the rise in popularity of Schachter’s company and how it was eventually acquired by Yahoo after he considered offers from Microsoft and Google. What I thought was most interesting in [...]

The following is a statement from Chris Seline, Founder and CEO of Dumbfind: “Google adopted the corporate motto ‘don’t be evil’ to gain the public’s trust. By cooperating with censorship, Google has violated that trust. The decision to censor search results also sends an inconsistent message to users, especially when citing ‘usability’ issues as an excuse. “We are in the [...]

Effectively immediately, “The Digability Blog” will be discontinued and after this week, no new content will be posted there. In its place is “Jim Stroud 2.0,” a new blog that will continue its focus on innovative sourcing strategies. It will also broaden its scope to include Jim Stroud’s rants on the recruiting industry and business development tips for Search Firms. [...]

BULLISH on India, the world’s largest PC maker Dell on Monday announced it would add 5,000 employees to its Indian operations, taking the workforce to 15,000 over the next two years. Dell is also looking at establishing a manufacturing facility in the country to boost its existing four per cent market share. READ: Dell to add 5,000 more employees in [...]

I am not a big fan of the hold button. But hey, who is? When calling a business, any business for that matter, I want instant gratificiation. Is that always possible? Of course not! But – that doesn’t stop me from wanting it any less, especially when the wait time is longer than 10 minutes. I know I am not [...]

Check out this article from Silicon Beat… If there’s anyone itching to take on Google, it is the two Indian guys who went to Stanford with Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Meet Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan, two of the co-founders at Junglee, and who twice seriously considered acquiring Google in its early days, but decided their friend [...]

The internet is not american, but I tend to think of it that way. I suppose that is because when I am online I converse with americans, seek out americans and read about americans. This is not good. There is too much opportunity to expand my worldview and what better way to do that, than by using the internet. I [...]

Microsoft Corp. says it is creating more than 130 new positions to start a research unit focused on Internet technologies — trying to speed up its product release cycles as it takes on Google and other rivals in the increasingly competitive online world. The unit, Microsoft Live Labs, will work on prototypes and other online projects that the company expects [...]

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I did a round of searchengine taste tests earlier on and gave Dumbfind an “Honorable Mention.” Well, since then they have been banging away like Keebler Elves in a cookie factory and are back with a new look and few new tricks up their sleeves. I spoke to Chris Seline, CEO and Dumbfounder of Dumbfind, Inc. to get the 411. [...]

  When I stumbled across this article I thought, “Whoa! This guy drinks too much coffee.” but as I delved into the crux of the matter, what a cool idea. Tom Owad wrote an article on how a programer (and you would have to be a programmer to do all he is suggesting), could track potential terrorists/subversives (whatever) by monitoring [...]

“Web 2.0″ sure is a hot term these days. I was reading about the new crop of net companies and discovered 43 Things. From their website… Write down your goals People have known for years that making a list of goals is the best way to achieve them. Why is that? First, getting your goals in writing can help you [...]

Hmmm… This article reminds me a lot of my review of Riya. I wonder if the UK knows about them? —snip, snip— The U.K.’s police force is investigating how to incorporate facial-recognition software into a new national mugshot database so it can track down criminals faster. The Police Information Technology Organization is already working on a Facial Images National Database [...]