Tag archive: Craig Newmark

Craig Newmark might be best known as the founder of the online classifieds service Craigslist, but now he has decided to put his notoriety and connections to a different use with the launch of craigconnects, a new site where non-profits, socially-responsible, and sustainability-oriented organizations can meet up, make connections, and work together on community-building and social progress causes. “I guess I got myself a 'bully… Read More

Turns out that suit eBay filed against Craiglist last week really is about the online classified ad market. After filing the suit under seal in a Delaware court last week and saying only that Craiglist had taken unilateral actions to dilute eBay's 28.4 percent stake in Craigslist, eBay has now published the text of its complaint (PDF), minus some redactions the company claims were requested by Craigslist. The complaint reveals that… Read More

The interesting thing about the IDF (Intel’s Developer Forum) is that it exists 2 years in the future.  The reason for this is that it is focused on software and hardware developers who need long lead times to create new hardware and get them to market on top of the new technology that Intel is developing.   Virtually all of Intel’s partners are here… but finding the Apple guys is a challenge, because of how secretive they are with regard to… Read More

Liberal political action group MoveOn.org is organizing a petition drive against America Online's certified email service, whereby advertisers could pay a per-message fee to guarantee their messages will bypass AOL's spam filtering technologies and be delivered directly to AOL users. Claiming the service amounts to an “email tax” by granting large email senders preferential access to AOL users mailboxes, while leaving… Read More