Submitted by Scbalazs :
Twitter largely reminds me of when people started to register their own names for domains, turning the Internet into a giant customized license plate. It's somewhere between self-expression and mental onanism.I use it to track several news sites but following other "people" often makes me feel weird. Most of the content see (Read More)
Google Operating System :
TechCrunch reiterates the rumor that Google is about to acquire Digg. "The two companies have reportedly signed a letter of intent and are close to a deal that will bring Digg under the Google News property. The acquisition price is in the $200 million range, says one source." While I don't find too many reasons why Google (Read More)
3 Comments . Last comment by Thomaspower: Yes I am, far better. Notice Digg have launching events http://digg.co (Read More)
Submitted by Ophelia :
Twitter takes out the spammers, and twitter people go nuts over loss of "followers". It's only a number to some, but to others its speaks volumes about their standing. (Read More)
Submitted by Infodiva :
Congrats to Twitter for having a brand spanking new app to add to its brood. This latest Twitter creation is called TwitterBash and like its fellow Twitter brethren, it aims to make Twitter as good as it can be. How exactly? TwitterBash takes the Digg phenomena and makes it its own. The concept is simple. People are more ap (Read More)
Submitted by Infodiva :
On his Blogger.com profile page, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams describes himself as "a farm boy from Nebraska, who's been very lucky in business and life". That luck seemed to be running out in recent months, when Twitter - the microblogging and messaging service created by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Williams himself - s (Read More)
Mashable! :
Google has just launched Knol to the public, dubbed by many as the search giant’s Wikipedia killer. My first reaction: not so fast. While Knol offers a way for anyone to create content about any subject, there are a few big differences.First and foremost, each “Knol” is created by a single author, who can then choose to e (Read More)
2 Comments . Last comment by Thomaspower: Interesting to see how this gets on against Wikipedia Google continues (Read More)
paidContent.org :
Meetup, one of the original social network/event organizing sites, has received new funding from Union Square Ventures. No other details were released, but USV's Fred Wilson write about it on his blog: "Meetup is a perfect investment for our firm because it's a company we know well and a service we use all the time. We have (Read More)
Mashable! :
Facebook made several important announcements to kickoff its F8 developer conference this afternoon: the launch of Facebook Connect, the Great Apps program for preferred applications, and the ability for developers to translate their applications into different languages. However, a few things that developers and onlookers (Read More)
Mashable! :
My prediction: nothing. Not a damn thing. If Google acquires Digg, which many sites are reporting as a done deal, it’ll be a little something I call a vanity buy. Which would mean that Google doesn’t really need Digg; it wants it. And if Google is smart, it’ll just leave Digg as it is. The thing is, Digg a (Read More)
ProgrammableWeb :
The fledgling location-based social networking service Brightkite, itself in limited beta, have announced the first release of its beta API (our API profile). The service which lets you use mobile and web interfaces to specify your location to connect with friends is described by CNET’s Caroline McCarthy like “a (Read More)
TechCrunch :
The TechCrunch team is on site at the Facebook Developer conference, and we’ll be live blogging the news. Mark Zuckerberg’s Keynote starts at 1:30 pm PST.Live Coverage1:59 PM: He says the apps that leverage the news feed the best will be the ones that succeed.1:58 PM: “The most important part of the profil (Read More)
1 Comment . Last comment by Epilkington: Great Apps can integrate with users just like native Facebook apps, an (Read More)
Submitted by Infodiva :
Twitter apps are cropping up everywhere and they seem to cater to your every Twitter related need, even if you weren’t even aware of it. Twiffid, a newcomer to the bunch based out of the Netherlands, detects your Twitter friends’ feeds which they have listed in their profiles. These feeds are then delivered to you in a Twit (Read More)
paidContent.org :
In conjunction with our EconCeleb conference later today, we present the Econoclast10, a top 10 list of the most influential and innovative online celebrities. Whether they're blogging, investing, entertaining or, well, updating their MySpace profiles, these celebs are finding new ways to reach and interact with their fans. (Read More)