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No More Rainbows: Radiohead Won?t Repeat Online Stunt
2008-04-30 22:04:00 So much for riding at the vanguard of a new wave of music distribution, as Radiohead declares its In Rainbows online experiment a one-time deal. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Online , Stunt
British Blogger Fined For Threatening Post
2008-04-30 10:04:00 Stupidity and anger are never a good combination. A British blogger has been fined for posting an offensive and menacing message about a police officer on his blog. Gavin Brent, 24, from Holywell, Flintshire, was fined $296 and $718 in costs. He said his post was not meant to be offensive and he used the blog ... More About: News , Blogger , Post
Study Finds Social Media Is Hugely Popular
2008-04-30 00:04:00 Universal McCann’s Wave study tracks social media use, and the latest one (Wave 3) gathered information from 17,000 Internet users. They indicated that some startling growth has taken place. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Social , Media , Study , Popular
Project Playlist Sued By Nine Labels
2008-04-30 00:04:00 Online music provider Project Playlist is being sued by nine major labels for "massive infringement" of their copyrights. The web site allows users to play and share music with others for free. The site has a large index of songs users can search for recordings by their favorite artists. "At the click of a mouse," the ... More About: News , Labels , Sued
The Fake You Could Motivate The Real You
2008-04-30 00:04:00 Some interesting studies at Stanford are exploring how virtual avatars impact human behavior. If that sounds too academic, let me put it this way: how the digital version of you inspires or alters the perception of the real version of you. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Fake , Real , Motivate
Warner Bros Takes TV To Web
2008-04-29 23:04:00 A new initiative from Warner Bros . Television seeks an audience, and advertising revenue, from online broadcasts. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Warner Bros
MySpace To Make HyperTargeting Participation Optional
2008-04-29 23:04:00 In just about every MySpace profile, there’s all sorts of information that advertisers would love to see. Users don’t list their likes and dislikes with marketers in mind, however, and a MySpace exec has said that participation in the upcoming HyperTargeting program will be optional. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Myspace , Participation , Make
Uloop Pulls A Trump Move
2008-04-29 23:04:00 The last time we heard any buzz about unions for online workers, it involved the ill-fated bloggers union. This time, it might not be so unfathomable since it could be a legitimate gripe. A pair of social networking employees allege they were fired for just mentioning the word "union." read more More: continued here ... More About: News , Move , Trump
Yahoo Dials In Jajah For Voice
2008-04-29 22:04:00 VoIP service Jajah benefited from Yahoo ’s strategic shift as the recipient of the outsourcing of Phone In and Phone Out premium voice services for Yahoo Messenger. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Voice , Yahoo!
Hitwise Stats Paint Twitter As Tiny But Strong
2008-04-29 22:04:00 Anecdotal evidence and personal experience are all well and good, especially where popularity contests are concerned. Hard data works, too, though, and Hitwise ’s Heather Hopkins has weighed in with stats on how Twitter is doing. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Tiny , Stats
Not All Traffic Is Created Equal
2008-04-25 00:04:00 For a long time there’s been a certain amount of obsession among webmasters about building traffic—any traffic—for websites. But really, especially if you’re location-based, the focus should be on building the right traffic. Of course, search takes center stage in that struggle, but more recently social media sites like Digg.com and BoingBoing have captured the imaginations of traffic-obsessed marketers. Here’s what many of them discover, though: traffic bursts from those sites do little for sales. read more More: continued here Share This More About: Traffic , Equal
Texting (Probably) Won’t Make Your Kid Dumb
2008-04-25 00:04:00 Nothing makes parents and educators more concerned about the youth than the youth’s embracing attitude of new technology; when I was a kid video games that were rotting our minds, and these days it’s, well, everything. A new survey from Pew Internet says, as usual, grownups may be overreacting. read more More: continued here Share This More About: Dumb , Make
Social Networking Lands Israeli Soldier In Jail
2008-04-24 22:04:00 An Israeli soldier will be spending 19 days in jail for uploading a photograph taken on his military base to Facebook. The Israeli military will not comment on the content of the image but said the soldier was serving in an elite intelligence unit. The Israeli press is reporting that it is the first case where a soldier has been reprimanded for using a social networking site. read more More: continued here Share This More About: Social , Social Networking , Networking , Soldier , Jail
Facebook Chat?s Launch Finished
2008-04-23 12:04:00 Earlier this month, Facebook started rolling out a chat feature, and as of now, the thing seems to be fully open. All of the social network’s users can either talk to or ignore their friends at will. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Chat , Launch
Fix Your Lousy Company Blog
2008-04-23 10:04:00 Businesspeople possess a unique opportunity to be more than just a cash funnel to their customers. A few steps to improve the company blog can work wonders for customer relations. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Company , Blog
Developers Asked To Play In iGoogle Sandbox
2008-04-23 00:04:00 In a recent post that was about 125 words long, a Googler included the term "social" four times. Keep Facebook, MySpace, and whatever else you like in mind, then, while learning about a new developer sandbox for iGoogle. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Play , Developers , Sandbox
MySpace Names New Pres. Of Sales And Marketing
2008-04-22 23:04:00 A lot of job titles sound completely made-up and superfluous; "President of Sales and Marketing " does not. Still, the title is at least new at MySpace, and Jeff Berman is the man whose business cards will carry it. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Myspace , Names
MySpace Launches ?Decision ?08? With NBC News
2008-04-22 13:04:00 MySpace has formed a partnership with NBC News and msnbc.com to launch Decision ‘08 which will be focused on election coverage and will be part of MySpace’s Impact channel. read more More: continued here Share This More About: Myspace
Web 2.0 Spending Set To Take Off
2008-04-22 12:04:00 Enterprise spending on Web 2.0 technologies such as social networks, blogs, wikis, widgets and mashups will increase over the next five years, growing 43 percent each year to $4.6 billion worldwide by 2013, according to a new report by Forrester Research. Forrester says that Web 2.0 technologies represent a new way to connect with customers and ... More About: News , Spending
StumbleUpon, Flock Celebrate Earth Day
2008-04-22 12:04:00 Popular content discovery network StumbleUpon and social web browser maker Flock promoted an ecologically aware message with their activities on Earth Day. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Earth Day , Celebrate
Jonesin? For Twitter
2008-04-22 12:04:00 Something remarkable happened the last time the power went out. My family and I grabbed a seat on the porch and we actually talked to each other. It was scary at first. No blue glow on our faces, nothing provided via electronic transmission for us to comment on. Of course, all that retro-interaction ceased abruptly ... More About: News , Twitter
Dilbert Receives A Mashup Makeover
2008-04-22 11:04:00 Lots of fun with Dilbert and Web 2.0 thanks to a site update gives visitors the ability to rearrange and rewrite the foibles of everyone’s favorite cubicle dweller. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Makeover , Mashup
Britannica Webshare: Encyclopaedia Britannica?s New Social Program
2008-04-21 23:04:00 Like most bloggers I know, I tend to link to information resources online when I’m writing about a particular topic. One reason is simply that linking to an explanation of something provides a reader of your content with an opportunity to find out more, or see something in more depth, without you the blogger having to ... More About: News , Social , Program
Blockbuster Sued For Sharing Rental Information
2008-04-19 01:04:00 A Texas Facebook member is suing Blockbuster Inc. for releasing her movie rental information to Facebook friends via Facebook’s Beacon program. Filed in federal court with class action status, the suit claims Blockbuster violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Information , Rental , Sharing
New Site For AOL & Job Listings On TechMeme?
2008-04-18 23:04:00 This afternoon it was a little surreal to see a job posting appear among the headlines at TechMeme. Just last week, BusinessWire seemed pretty jazzed about getting press releases to show up there. But really? A job posting? read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Listings , Site , New Site
Baron Pulls Twitter Auction
2008-04-18 13:04:00 Knowing the value of a web-celeb’s Twitter account will have to be on hold. Andrew Baron , founder of the well-known video podcast Rocketboom, placed his name-brand account up for sale on eBay last week, but has since deleted the auction listing. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Auction
YouTube Rolls Out New Policy Changes
2008-04-18 12:04:00 YouTube says it is changing the way it deals with users who violate its community guidelines. The video sharing site says it will no longer treat users "who uploads three videos that violate the Community Guidelines over the span of a year the same as someone who uploads those same videos over the course of a ... More About: News , Youtube , Policy
Botched Debate Draws Complaints By Thousands
2008-04-18 01:04:00 In case you thought you were alone, you’re not the only one miffed* at ABC’s Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos after last night’s "debate." Over 16,000 people have commented so far at ABCNews .com’s debate page—and most of it’s not good. read more More: continued here Share This More About: Debate
Lonelygirl15 Creators Grab $5 Million
2008-04-17 22:04:00 The minds behind the smash made-for-the-Web series lonelygirl15 and, more recently, KateModern, have formed EQAL (a la "equal"), a web video content production company with Series A backing of $5 million. Spark Capital, which includes names like Conrad Riggs, Ron Conway, Marc Andreesen and George Harik, leads the way in funding. read more More: continued here Share ... More About: News , Million , Grab
Digg Loses Its Techie Luster
More articles from this author:2008-04-17 13:04:00 The social media site boomed to popularity with its early focus on technology, an area that has become less important to Digg ’s masters as they seek a broader audience. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Techie 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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