Twitter founders plan to charge users
May 27, 2009 by NetCrunch
Filed under Top Stories
Twitter Inc.’s co-founders say the rapidly growing online communications company will eventually charge fees for its services, but it’s unclear which ones and what will drive revenue.
“There will be a moment when you can fill out a form or something and give us money,” said Evan Williams, co-founder and chief executive officer.
“We’re working on it right now,” Williams said at The Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things Digital conference.
Williams and Twitter co-founder Biz Stone mentioned possible revenue-generators, including a service that would authenticate the source of information. For example, Dunkin’ Donuts could pay to make sure that impostors don’t send messages under its name.
Apple’s new product for the Netbook Market
April 29, 2009 by NetCrunch
Filed under Top Stories, Wireless
Apple is coming up with a new kind of touch-screen device that is bigger than its iPhone but smaller than a laptop.
The device, according to published reports, will be a kind of miniature tablet computer. Like the iPhone, it would be able to access the Internet over cell phone data networks, allowing users to surf the Web just about anywhere. And analysts expect that, like the iconic smart-phone, the retail price would be subsidized by wireless carriers.
Hong Kong woman’s airport hysterics an online hit
A Chinese woman who freaked out at Hong Kong’s international airport after missing her flight has hit the big time on YouTube after her hysterics were filmed and uploaded to the video sharing website.
The middle-aged woman was seen charging at a security guard at the departure gate, before screaming “aieyyahhhhh,” at the top of her lungs in a rant that lasts about three minutes.
The woman, sprawled on the ground, was seen wailing. An elderly man traveling with her tried to pull her to her feet but she shouted in Cantonese: “I want to go, I want to go.”
