Submitted by Coloneltribune:
The pirate "mother ship" sunk last week by the Indian navy was actually a Thai fishing trawler seized hours earlier by pirates, a maritime agency said Wednesday. The Indian navy defended its actions, saying it fired in self-defense. (Read More)
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none (yet) -- click "share" to share with a network.
Submitted by Robdiana
from Google Reader:
The NY Times is often considered the US newspaper of record, and it lives up to its reputation with an excellent article in today’s Sunday NY Times Magazine about the ambient awareness enabled by Facebook status updates, Twitter and other microblogging tools. Even readers familiar with both popular microblogging tools and t (Read More)
Mashable!
Lots and lots of advertising companies are taking the opportunity given by the recent Google-Yahoo search advertising trial and the subsequent autumn revelation made by the Google CEO last month to let the U.S. Department of Justice know they’re not so comfortable with the recent dealings between the two largest search gian (Read More)
Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
Sarah Palin's style: the issue at handUntil time reveals more of the Alaska governor's substance, we can't help but study the Republican VP nominee's style.By Booth Moore, Times Fashion CriticSeptember 7, 2008WHAT TO do about the war, what to do about the economy, what to do about those rimless glasses and that saucy updo? (Read More)
: A well wrapped package can make a crappy gift great. A well garnished and laid out plate can be the difference between a meal and a dining experience.
I find this article just proves Political candidates are consumer commodities in our culture.
Darker Nemesis
Over time, the debate about promoting and submitting your own content has been tossed around the communities.For those of you who are unsure what self-submission or self-promoting is, its simply submitting your own blog or your own site to social media sites like Digg, Mixx, Reddit, etc. Some people feel that this is bad et (Read More)
Submitted by Sithiche:
"The face and body of a site like My Yahoo, Netvibes or PageFlakes, a social media heart like a Digg or Reddit and LinkedIn limbs so you can hold hands if you like. And inspired by Marvin Gaye because we are all sensitive people with so much to give." . (Read More)
Submitted by Vincent Wright:
"Traditional advertising networks just don’t cut it inside of social networks. Contextual advertising like Google Adsense pays attention to what people write, but ignores the more important social context within social networks. Banner advertisements are played out. (Read More)
: I'm sure you had every intention to do the right thing, Vincent. But let's imagine a world in which you didn't. Or, even worse, let's imagine a world in which you're just fine but a bunch of other people are cheap spammers. If that world sounds familiar, it's because that world is the real world.
The point here is simple. I can't see the any fundamental about socialmedian that will keep it from being a spam-haven as soon as the audience is big enough to make it worth spammers' time.
Again, we're assuming you're acting on the up and up, and that seems like a good assumption. But you were still able to PUSH content into my view MERELY by adding it to a news network I joined. That's an email-like recipe for horrible, horrible spam. The world's not coming to an end, but if socialmedian doesn't think ahead, God save it.
: Very good points, Jny2cornell. However, though I believe in proactive defense, I don't think that we're quite at the point which calls for proactive worry about SocialMedian's future. For me, what's more aggravating than spam is the throng of trolls who lurk through the halls of discussion groups and forums blurting out what appears to be helpful such as "Just an ad" when there's absolutely nothing in that type of post which is one iota superior to spam. Actually, to be candid, and I've never said anything like this in my web life before, I think I'd rather have spam than to have someone ostensibly acting as a guarding of the community blurt out such anemic fodder as "Just an ad".
Spam *IS* a drain on web community but there are other types of drivel we should protect our communities from if we want them to be truly healthy.
What would be superior to spam - and - helpful to the community is brainstorming ways to educate one another against spam as well, as against effete comments such as "Just an ad"...
By the way: Thanks for your good,clear input Jny2cornell. It's given me more food for thought...
Silicon Alley Insider
We've seen TV news networks make quite a few forays into social networking. Conspicuously left out have been CNBC and LinkedIn, but today they're announcing a partnership that actually makes some sense.LinkedIn is the social network for careerists; basically everyone's resume on the Web. Presumably a larger percentage of Li (Read More)
Submitted by Crenk
from blog:
Ladies and Gentleman, it’s hard to watch, I know. I warn you, it’s painful. If some of you come away with your mouth open and an empty look on your face after all is said and done, you’re not alone.In what was supposed to be the biggest coup in Microsoft news recently, their acquisition of [...]. (Read More)
: I'm not sure - not being one myself - but this might just be borderline offensive to people of mexican, spanish, hispanic or latino backgrounds. Either way, this is certainly nowhere near the genius of the Mini and Burger King advertising that CP+B is also responsible for.
chicagotribune.com - News
MillerCoors gets $20 million in aid to bring 300-400 HQ jobs to Chicago MillerCoors has announced it will move its headquarters to downtown Chicago next year. The company will bring 300 to 400 executive and management jobs to the city. (Read More)