This week brought an interesting and unmarked anniversary. It’s been a
year since Metro newspapers dropped Associated Press content from their
publications, opting instead for the occasional Reuters item and
expanded local reports and commentary.

I don’t know anyone who’s noticed.

So when big media start threatening to pull their content away from
Google, or throw up a pay wall or require a subscription for their
content, remember the Metro. No one noticed.

Tags: anniversary, Google, metro newspapers, reuters

Only a colossal miscalculation could make Facebook look like it cared about privacy.

Google is certainly a colossus. The roll-out of Buzz was uncharacteristically miscalculated.

While Buzz itself is pretty cool, the first reaction to the launch was downright cold. Nothing to do with the service or its features — folks were seriously peeved when they logged into Gmail to discover that people they don’t know or like were suddenly “following” them.

Google seriously misread a chunk of its users — that’s not like them — and it’s important to understand what they got wrong and why they might not be able to correct it. Keep reading…

Tags: Buzz, Facebook, Google, Privacy