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YouTube Now Offering Second-by-Second Analytics

Digg / Tech Industry News  Wed, 10/01/2008 - 12:30

YouTube announced today an interesting addition to its Insights analytics dashboard. Called "Hot Spots," the feature displays the "bounce rate" of viewers in any publisher's video on a second-by-second scale.

Wondering if that joke you told went over well or not? YouTube will now tell you if a substantial number of viewers clicked away from ...


 

The Mother Of All Urban Legend Chain Emails, A Little Something ...

Linux Today  Mon, 09/29/2008 - 03:02

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "The first joke is a fake chain letter which combines some of the finest elements of the Internet's most memorable legend and/or chain emails.

If it doesn't make you laugh, it will scare you to death."


 

When RFC's Attack - More Laughs From Cyberspace

Linux Today  Sun, 09/14/2008 - 15:02

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today, I found a little RFC for you that isn't just funny (and an "official" April Fool's Day joke), but is actually real and can be found on the official IETF RFC Page."


 

It's a Joke: In a Linux World Without Walls Who Needs Windows?

Linux Today  Sun, 08/31/2008 - 18:03

IT Wire: "Most of the details are still scarce at this stage but what has been confirmed is that Bill Gates will make an appearance as well as various others, with Jerry Seinfeld as the headline act."


 

Funny On Monday - MS Has Pushed It Too Far

Linux Today  Tue, 08/05/2008 - 17:00

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Hopefully you'll enjoy this long-long joke from long-long ago (and my tags for this post :)"


 

Delicious 2.0 Imminent Again

Digg / Tech Industry News  Sun, 07/27/2008 - 22:30

Yahoo’s inability to launch Delicious 2.0, which was feature complete and in private beta back in September 2007, has become a bit of a joke around Silicon Valley.

Last month we called on Yahoo to provide guidance on when we might see the new version of the service. In a blog post today, the Delicious team says to get ready for the new version...


 

Open Source 'Census' is a Joke. Isn't It?

Linux Today  Tue, 06/17/2008 - 19:30

Netstat -vat: "I see a lot of so called 'journalists' that write about Open Source with stories up today about The Open Source Census and Microsoft now becoming a sponsor.

No joke--but I laughed out loud reading most of them..."


 

Companies, Developers Contributing To The X Server

Linux Today  Thu, 06/12/2008 - 09:15

Phoronix: "Since our article yesterday entitled X Server 1.4.1 Is Released, No Joke where we shared that the X.Org server update--a critical part of the Linux desktop--was released albeit significantly late and the blocker bug list wasn't even cleared..."