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Death of Newspapers?

Here is another post that highlights the newspaper industry's inability to face the facts and change the way they do business.  I have followed this for the past year posting many articles here on this blog. They continue to want to stick their head in the sand and build walls around their business and fight the way their customers want to view the news instead of facing the facts that the landscape has changed and that they need to adapt to this new world.  Everyone understands that web 2.0 is in full effect and that most businesses are trying to find a way to ride that wave.  In my next post I will highlight a number of businesses and leaders that understand this and are doing a great job using this mechanism to reach their customers.  Do you have any examples you would like to share?

That Whining Sound You Hear Is The Death Wheeze Of Newspapers

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Yahoo’s Fire Eagle Soars Onto Facebook, Firefox

This is an interesting new application that will track your location online so your friends and family can see where you are at all times.  I  might like this set up so I know where my kids are but I am not sure I would like to open this up to the entire public.  I think you have to be careful how you use this tool. This really is the next level of social networking.  It is no longer enough to know what your friends are doing each minute of the day, now we need to track them down to the second where they are at 24 hours a day.  I can't help but think this has some scary big brother implications for those who could abuse it.  At this stage I will opt out of this program but the technology is interesting none the less.  It will be fascinating to see if this catches on mainstream like Twitter has.  What do you think?  Will you use this?

Yahoo’s Fire Eagle Soars Onto Facebook, Firefox

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