Why Does Gupta Need A Loan When He Should Be Swimming In Cash?
Sanjeev Gupta has put in that request for a government loan that we all knew was going to be coming. On the basis that...
That Ozzie Attack On Google And Facebook Advertising Revenues
Australia is trying something that has been tried twice already - fiddling with the law so that he newspapers get more of the online...
Lekoil’s Fake Sheikh Scam – All It Needed Was A Phone Call
It always is amazing when people fall for a scam. Because - in hindsight of course - there's always a marker to the scam....
These People Are Mad – Google And The Australian Newspapers
Over in Oz they're having one of those deeply stupid arguments. How much should Google pay the newspapers for including the newspaper in the...
Dear Marc, It’s Not Building Stuff, It’s The System That Allows Us To Do...
Marc Andreessen tells us that we have a problem. Which, clearly, we do, in fact we've more than one. The thought that the best...
Is There Actually Such A Thing As German Pop Music?
Clearly, there must be, as there claim to be practitioners of it.
The German comedian Jan Böhmermann once lampooned his country’s pop music scene by...
China’s The Most Free Market Economy On The Planet At Present Says Tesla
A fairly bold claim and of course not one that Tesla itself is actually making. But one that can be divined from Tesla's activities....
Woke and Broke Google
From our Swindon correspondent:
Milton Friedman might have had something to say about this
We set out to better understand the effect filtered selfies might have on...
Facebook And Tumbling Advertising Rates
Two little bits about Facebook. Firstly, advertising rates are tumbling as those who wish to sell things realise that not all that many people...
Solving Jersey’s Feral Chicken Problem – Import Foodies
I can't help but think that Jersey is missing a trick here. All that's necessary is to import a few foodies to the island...