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Jason Calacanis has left the building

by Mathew on November 16, 2006 · View Comments

Yes, ladies and gentlemen — the Jason Calacanis era at AOL appears to be over. Although the only response from the great man himself has been a terse “no comment,” the writing is on the wall. The rumours first started to fly after the news that AOL exec Jon Miller, whom Calacanis has described as [...]

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Yes, blogging can be a business

by Mathew on October 29, 2006 · View Comments

I’d love to know which journalist Jason Calacanis of Netscape was emailing with recently when he decided to post a big chunk of the interview and his responses on his blog (something Megaphone Mark Cuban has been known to do from time to time). Was he frustrated by the dumb questions about whether blogging can [...]

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Iotum hooks up with AIM Phoneline

by Mathew on September 7, 2006 · View Comments

Ottawa-based Iotum, whose software allows phone networks to offer “presence”-based services, announced a partnership this morning with AOL’s voice-over-Internet service AIM Phoneline — details are here. Iotum CEO Alec Saunders, who blogs at saunderslog.com, says that being part of AIM Phoneline will give Iotum access to the more than 43 million U.S. AIM users through [...]

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Is AOL to blame, or is privacy dead?

by Mathew on August 9, 2006 · View Comments

What started as an update to my recent post on the AOL search data debacle has taken on a life of its own, so I’ve turned it into a new post. I wrote a similar post for my “official” blog at globeandmail.com/blogs/geekwatch — in which I wondered why everyone was getting so upset about the [...]

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Why the big fuss over some AOL data?

by Mathew on August 7, 2006 · View Comments

I know I’m late to the party on this one, but I have to say I’m kind of confused about the huge outcry over AOL releasing a pile of supposedly “secret” personal data as part of what seems to be a misguided research effort, something for which it has now apologized. Obviously it’s a bit [...]

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