Matt Hartley

While this article from the NY Times is clearly an opinion piece, it speaks with authority against Bing as if they are somehow doing “worse” that what Google and Yahoo have done in China.
The short of it is that (without a source, I might add) Bing is allegedly working with Chinese authorities to skew search [...]

Despite the onslaught of competition from IE8, Google Chrome and Opera, Mozilla is still doing very nicely with their revenue which in large part comes from AdSense revenue.
This is not to say that all of Mozilla’s revenue is all coming from Google, but it does appear that most of it certainly is. Other sources appear [...]

Despite me ripping on Yahoo as of late, I am among the first to admit that Yahoo does news vastly better than Google and Bing. They just do, no contest. I just prefer the way it is presented much better than with the other guys.
Where things get sticky however is the “news” of the news [...]

There is tremendous speculation that the ad space in the mobile market is where things are at. And be that as it may, most people seem to have a vastly different attitude about advertising on their mobile devices than with their desktop computers.
Basically if the ads are contained within the applications themselves, no one really [...]

Would you use Bing in exchange for some free Wi-Fi? Honestly, depending on where I was financially, I might. Then again, I suspect some folks will find a way to simply game the system so they can still use Google, but enjoy that free Wi-Fi that Bing is to be offering at select locations.
I will [...]

So what is with the cooperation between Twitter and LinkedIn. At its core, it does make sense. After all, both are used for networking and can be used effectively by professionals across the globe. What remains unclear, is just how effective this marriage of the two services can actually be?
Then there is the matter of [...]

Nobody likes Facebook scams. Not one bit. But as you can clearly see from this article, Facebook may not be doing quite enough to help curb the problem. Some might even argue, that Facebook allegedly encourages the behavior of promoting these crazy things!
Then the above linked article makes a fantastic point - Facebook users are [...]

Based on what I am reading, this could very well be a good thing for the affected Chinese looking to use the Baidu search engine to illegally download music tracks.
The deal being struck with Qtrax looks pretty promising for curbing rampant music piracy. This is not to say that it is going to solve everyone’s [...]

Generally I am not someone to get too excited about the idea of yet another Web 2.0 company piggybacking on Twitter’s success. But I am feeling like there may be cause for Topsy to get a pass on this.
For me personally, I find that Topsy provides an interesting way to track the success of individual [...]

Bing users will be happy to hear that Microsoft has released Bing Mobile for those looking to Bing while on the go. And from the looks of things, it appears that Bing Mobile provides the full functionality of the Bing search engine.
Where Bing really steps it up, is for touch devices. Likely being aimed at [...]

Apparently, even filling out paperwork is something that takes months for Yahoo! to complete. While this article is speculating that it is merely ironing out some details, it is insane to believe that it takes this long!
Further reading shows that apparently, the deal is not likely to be closed before 2010. Seriously, I am sure [...]

In today’s media, two terms that nearly everyone under the age of 35 knows is “Google it” and “There’s an app for that”. Apple, being the inventor of the latter saying, has seen amazing success with their iPhone app store. So much in fact, that some are stating that Apple is no longer a computer [...]

Are quality search results just too much to ask for? According to this article, one might easily come to this conclusion sooner rather than later. The problem is despite advancements given, some search engines remains better than others depending on the query.
Even then, those other search engines that provides results from everywhere are not really [...]

Yes, because clearly the solution to my search queries are going to come from the mindless updates from Facebook. Really? Is this a worthy addition to Bing’s otherwise usable search functionality.
I would point out that the same thing applies to Twitter as well. A great way to communicate, but there is no way that I [...]

Is Google losing its simplicity? Sometimes I feel like it might be. After looking into this article about how Google is beginning to feel more like a searchable Wiki rather than a search engine, I cannot help but wonder if they are putting emphasis on stuff that is actually not all that important.
Look, Google offering [...]

I think that by now, we are fully aware that even protected Tweets, are not all that protected. And as this article demonstrates, it sure seems like anything we Tweet these days takes only a small amount of time to become public record.
If anything, the above article should prove to be a reminder that even [...]

With newspapers continuing to swirl around the proverbial toilet financially, making sure that they are able to compete in the online space is no longer a nice idea - it’s critical.
As news came down the line of TownNews adopting the hnews format, I suddenly found myself wondering why this matters to the reader? Looking into [...]

Clearly it’s a good time to be a Web 2.0 CEO. While countless others deal with not being able to make money due to hurdles with the economy, others such as Twitter’s CEO seems completely disinterested with the idea of making up a sustainable fund to keep their company in the black.
Clearly living on kool-aid [...]

Hate it or love it, Google Wave is here to stay. And as I read in this piece from TechCrunch, it appears that we are looking at Google Wave working pretty well with the iPhone.
What is interesting about this is that there is a warning that appears when trying to use Google Wave on the [...]

In many ways, I see Moto going with Android as the only way they are going to remain within the market with the wars raging on with other smart phones. With the combined action of the iPhone, Palm Pre and Android on other handsets, Moto clearly is choosing the mobile platform that is open enough [...]