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Since its inception in October 2007, Internet Evolution has received a slew (as opposed to a "slaw") of coverage in both industry and mainstream organs – including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Folio Magazine, and BtoB Magazine. Click (click!) below to read the most glowing and empathetic articles. Alternatively, to read the negative reviews, just Google "Internet Evolution" and "what do those clowns think they're doing?"

The New York Times
"When Everyone Wants to Be Your Friend"
June 7, 2008
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/when-everyone-wants-to-be-your-friend/

Folio
"Internet Evolution"
January 3, 2008
http://www.foliomag.com/2008/internet-evolution

The Wall Street Journal
"This Just In... From Your Pocket"
December 21, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB119819848445443073-lMyQjAxMDE3OTI4MDEyOTA4Wj.html

radioAe6rt
"Internet Evolution gets it"
December 18, 2007
http://www.petrovic.org/blog/2007/12/18/internet-evolution-gets-it2007/12/18/internet-evolution-gets-it

901am
"Internet Evolution unveils 'Wisdom of the Clouds' interface"
November 30, 2007
http://www.901am.com/?s=internet+evolution

CenterNetworks
"The First Web 3.0 Interface Launches! Anyone Have a LOLCAT?"
November 29, 2007
http://www.centernetworks.com/first-ever-web-3-0-interface-launches

Web2.0 Journal
"CMP Launches 'The Wisdom of Clouds' Web 3.0 Interface"
November 29, 2007
http://www.web2journal.com/read/468125.htm

BtoB Media Business
"Content drives CMP’s new Internet Evolution site"
November 8, 2007
http://www.btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071108/MEDIABUSINESS/71031022/1125/FREE

Media Daily News
"Business Media's Digital Agenda: Quick Change"
November 5, 2007
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=70381

Folio
"Social Media Reality Check"
November 1, 2007
http://www.foliomag.com/2007/social-media-reality-check

Folio
"It's Starting to Sound Like 1999 Again..."
October 11, 2007
http://www.foliomag.com/its-starting-sound-1999-again

BtoB
"New CMP site focuses on future of the Internet"
October 8, 2007
http://www.btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071008/FREE/71008033/1109/ISSUEMB

Folio
"CMP Web Site 'Investigating the Future of the Internet' "
October 2, 2007
http://www.foliomag.com/2007/cmp-web-site-investigating-future-internet
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Tom Nolle
Tom Nolle   2/9/2010   Post a comment
If you’re a slightly gray, mid-level manager who travels a lot, you may be on the way up and worthy of professional respect, but one thing you most definitely are not is “cool.” Still, while today’s youth may think you just crawled out of a paleolithic cave, there may be hope. The iPad from Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) (supreme arbiter of coolness) just might make you older guys (or actually old guys like me) cool.
Rob Leathern
Rob Leathern   2/9/2010   3 comments
As we well know, the online echo chamber and its increasingly viral and social components can magnify the propagation speed and distribution of stories and rumors, whether true or false.
Rob Salkowitz
Rob Salkowitz   2/9/2010   4 comments
A remarkable event in world affairs is taking place this week in London, as the first One Young World conference is set to convene.
Ira Winkler
Ira Winkler   2/8/2010   14 comments
In his recent Congressional testimony, Dennis Blair, the U.S. director of national intelligence, stated that the U.S. is "severely threatened" by cyber attacks and that the recent Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) attacks should serve as a wake-up call.
Jart Armin
Jart Armin   2/8/2010   14 comments
Fatal System Error, the book just released by West-coast-based journalist Joseph Menn, is really a public policy statement written as a thriller for a wider reading public. UPDATED 2:45 PM
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Why iPad Isn't an Enterprise Winner
Tom Nolle
If you’re a slightly gray, mid-level manager who travels a lot, you may be on the way up and worthy of professional respect, but one thing you most definitely are not is “cool.” Still, while today’s youth may think you just crawled out of a paleolithic cave, there may be hope. The iPad from Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) (supreme arbiter of coolness) just might make you older guys (or actually old guys like me) cool.
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Congress Hits the Snooze Button With China
Ira Winkler
In his recent Congressional testimony, Dennis Blair, the U.S. director of national intelligence, stated that the U.S. is "severely threatened" by cyber attacks and that the recent Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) attacks should serve as a wake-up call.
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How to Assess Enterprise Feedback
Seth Grimes
I am a feedback junkie. Are you? If not, perhaps you should be. Others' views of our work matter, especially when those views are out there, positive or not, visible to anyone via social networks.
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Suing Over Social Net Complaints Can Be Brand Suicide
Pam Baker
Social media is all the rage in customer relationship management (CRM) these days. It even has its own tag: SCRM. Still, it remains a double-edged sword for the business world. Despite its newfound popularity, the flourishing of an army of “experts,” and the plethora of how-to information on the Web, some companies still don’t get that social media is a tool best used gingerly to attract and retain customers -- and not as a hammer to pound home a company message.
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Lee H. Berke
The Decline & Fall of Broadcast Television
2|9|10   |   1:00   |   No comments

Want to know the future of broadcast television? Take a look at broadcast radio’s past.
Tom Nolle
Everything New Is Old Again
2|9|10   |   2:13   |   6 comments

Research shows that the youth of today like Facebook – but not blogging or Twitter. Does that mean Facebook has won, or just that it's not yet out of favor? Will all the services we see today fade into Ovaltine-or-Wheaties status in just a few years?
what.the.ferraro
Email Marketing Gets Desperate
2|8|10   |   2:31   |   4 comments

Promotional emails will use just about anything timely to get people to buy things. Seriously, anything.
Steve Saunders' Outernet
America, Truck Yeah!
2|8|10   |   1:42   |   5 comments

Steve likes his new Dodge Ram 1500, but hates Chrysler's Web non-sales strategy. Rant on, li'l buddy.
what.the.ferraro
Twits Go Wild for Resignation Tweet
2|5|10   |   1:48   |   4 comments

Jonathan Schwartz is the first Fortune 200 CEO to resign via Tweet. Can he walk on water, too?
Full Nelson
Go With the FLO, Part 2
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2|5|10   |   2:17   |   3 comments

Fritz and his sweater continue their review of Qualcomm's FLO TV.
Singer at C-Level
Goldilocks & the Data Center
2|4|10   |   3:39   |   2 comments

What kinds of companies are doing the most innovation in the data center? Turns out it's midtier enterprises that are taking the "Just Right" approach.
Full Nelson
Go With the FLO, Part 1
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2|4|10   |   2:39   |   1 comment

Qualcomm's FLO TV gizmo streams live TV shows. Tragically, they include the O'Reilly Factor
Eurotrash
High & Dry in Barcelona
2|3|10   |   1:08   |   No comments

Ray’s heading to Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress, and he’s not happy about it, the miserable git.
Sweeney Blog
No Sex, Please... It's the Super Bowl
2|3|10   |   2:24   |   2 comments

The Super Bowl ads that CBS rejected are turning up online, generating lots of attention but zero revenue for the broadcaster.