links for 2007-09-19

“iPhone just might be the best thing that has ever happened to Google Maps -– it has made them popular like never before and has driven the usage substantially. This information comes courtesy of Marissa Mayer, Google’s vice president of …”

“Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says, he was the first to use three keystrokes “” a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis “” as a horizontal “smiley face” in a computer message.”

“Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor has slammed his record label and strongly encouraged fans to steal music.”

Includes an interview with the protest leader …

The walls come down and New York Times Select stops existing as a wall stopping full access to the New York Times archive and certain cool content. Why? They can make more money from online ads with all content accessible!

“Mozilla is launching a new effort to improve email and internet communications. We will increase our investment and focus on our current email client — Thunderbird — and on innovations in the email and communications areas.”

“:MySpace … says that after experimenting with technology over the last six months it can tailor ads to the personal information that its 110 million active users leave on their profile pages.”