Monthly Archives: November 2007

On the Road for 2 Weeks

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Jason Heller

I’ll be on the road for a couple of weeks on a photography expedition to Guatemala. You can keep up with our photo shoots at DivePhotoGuide.com. The Digital Blur will be back on track with updates on the world of … Continue reading →

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Beacons and Fans and Facebook, Oh My!

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Jason Heller

With a current valuation hovering north of $15 billion, Facebook’s positioning to back into that valuation will be an interesting unfolding of events, beginning with this week’s big announcement to agencies in New York. Facebook kicked off the beginning of … Continue reading →

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"Tune in" to MySpace: Quarterlife Premiers Sunday

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Jason Heller

The big budget, made-for-web series Quarterlife premiers this Sunday.  You have to “tune-in” to MySpace to watch it. Point your browsers to MySpace on Sunday night to see the first web series to potentially be picked up by a major … Continue reading →

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Open Handset Alliance (or: If Open Source Had A King…)

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Jason Heller

Something about the fact that Google’s movements continue to hit my radar screen both bothers me and enlightens me simultaneously. Merely one week after announcing OpenSocial, a Google driven collaboration to standardize a format for applications and widgets across major … Continue reading →

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Google Announces OpenSocial: Pulls "a Facebook" on Facebook

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Jason Heller

In a move that “Facebook’s” Facebook, and in the true spirit of an open source world, Google announced a collaboration with many of the leading social networks including LinkedIn, hi5, Friendster, Plaxo,Ning, and their own Okurt, to adopt the [Google driven] OpenSocial … Continue reading →

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