Friday Signal: Is Apple Evil? Is the Web Over? Is Privacy Dead? Is This Thing On?!

Friday is a day to reflect on the week that was. Or the five years that have been, in Zuckerberg’s case. Lots of Deep Questions in today’s roundup… To the links:

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Talks to Diane Sawyer as Website Gets 500-Millionth Member (ABC) Despite the TV lights, Zuck stays cool. I was asked to comment on this for the set up piece, but I’ve found network news to be, well time consuming and rarely worth the time.

Less Than 1 Year Until The Internet Runs Out of Addresses (RWW) Good Lord, we’ll have to make up some new numbers, quick.

It’s Time For Web Publishers To Start Thinking About Bing SEO (Business Insider) Indeed it is.

Microsoft Reports Record Fourth-Quarter Results (MSFT) Office and Windows kills it. Those are legacy businesses but the make a lot of money. So does Xbox. But online? Still losing hundreds of millions.

Fred Wilson: Apple Is ‘Evil,’ Facebook Is Just A ‘Photo-Sharing Site’ (HuffPo) I love interviewing Fred on stage.

38 states press Google on personal data (CNN) This one isn’t going away, though I doubt in the end much will come of it other than some clarity.

IAB Tells Congress Privacy Bills May Harm Business and Consumers (IAB) I am on the Board of the IAB. That does not mean it always speaks for me.  I have not read the text of these bills. I should.

Yes, In-Text Ads Can Work (MediaPost) Apparently they can. I’m still not a fan but as I’ve written in the past, we can and should learn from what works.

Today’s FM’s campaign of the day is the HP Input Output interview with founder of 37 Signals Jason Fried, which aired yesterday live. I did this earlier this year and it was a lot of fun.

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