DeVey's Media Snapshots 4.24.06
Everyone's an Editor as Wiki Fever Spreads to Shopping Sites
New York Times
Wiki’s are becoming more popular and visible by the day. ShopWiki is a site developed by two DoubleClick founders that will allow users to critique consumer products. (Sorry, I originally stated that ShopWiki was run by Amazon.)
One Day Soon, Straphangers May Turn Pages With a ButtonNew York Times
In the future, newspapers, in paper form, may not exist. De Tijd, a Belgian newspaper, began testing versions of electronic paper. They hope that it will become the iPod of the newspaper business.
San Jose Mercury News
Microsoft’s five building campus in Mountain View just built the largest solar panel system in the Bay Area. There are 31,000 square feet of panels that generate enough electricity to fuel 300 houses.
BusinessWeek
The long line of companies and corporations who are ganging up against Google is growing by the day. Read this article to find out what rival companies are doing to put a dent in Google’s market share.
Apple to ship new MacBook to stores next week
Reuters
Attention all Apple lovers! The new 17 inch MacBook will begin shipping to stores next week and sell for $2,799.
I think ShopWiki is its own company/site and Amazon's "new creation" is called ProductWikis.
Posted by: Carl | April 24, 2006 at 12:38 PM