ReadWriteWeb:
In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup - our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week - we analyze a new breed of content site that is rapidly gaining momentum, look into recent statistics showing that Gen Y is using Twitter more, compare five recommendation services for iPhone apps, review the new-look MSN, and mor (Read More)
: He asks if massive content sites gaining momentum is "cause for concern about the future of the Web?" - my thinking on this is it's cause for rejoicing. Regardless if you're building your site(s) for fun or profit, the point is constant and quality content creation should ultimately be rewarded.
O'Reilly Radar:
The myth of personal empowerment takes root amidst a massive loss of personal control.Social technologies are cloaked in a rhetoric of liberation (customers are in control, the internet fosters democracy, social technologies propagate truth etc.) that tend to obscure the fact that never before have we handed so much person (Read More)
Engadget:
Who says Microsoft ain't lookin' out for those who selected its Zune HD over something Designed In Cupertino? Just days after countless owners went berserk over a playcount syncing issue, Microsoft has released a new firmware update that not only solves that very quandary but also adds a gaggle of fantastic new and / or imp (Read More)
Mashable!:
From disliking on Facebook, to the launch of the Motorola Droid, to the debut of Twitter Lists, it’s been an exciting week in the social media and tech space.Here’s our pick of the top 10 stories this week, from the serious to the bizarre.1. HOW TO: Use Twitter Lists – Twitter has launched Lists, a new way to organize peopl (Read More)
Mashable!:
Last week we reported on Google’s new music discovery features. The Google music search endeavor is partnership between Google, MySpace, Lala, and several others to make music search and discovery a primary feature of the Google experience.In fact, Google music search does more than just return a few track listings; it offe (Read More)
Mashable!:
The Open Web Awards: Social Media Edition, our annual contest highlighting the very best the web has to offer, is gaining momentum. We’ve had 300,000+ nominations made for 60,000+ individuals, companies, websites and applications. If you haven’t nominated yet – and you can nominate once per category per day – now’s the ti (Read More)
Engadget:
We're proud to congratulate Ross Rubin (@rossrubin) on five years of Switched On, a column about consumer technology. Check out the first-ever Switched On right here -- we're looking forward to five more years!Good morning, students. My name is Dr. John Fleming and I welcome you all to MKTG 503: Fictional Technology Product (Read More)
TechCrunch:
As we prepare for our next RealTime CrunchUp on November 20th in San Francisco, we're seeing if anything an acceleration of the phenomenon known as RealTime. Startups, cloud platform vendors, the open standards community, and virtually every software and hardware category are being refreshed and reinvented in the new model. (Read More)
The Guardian:
Guardian writer Hadley Freeman is at the end of her tether with Fry's wittering twittersNew year resolutions can start very early this old year by popular acclaim, or revulsion. Three weeks ago, the Guardian's Hadley Freeman nailed her pet hatred: "If I read one more so-called news story featuring the words 'Stephen Fry' an (Read More)
The Guardian:
Government plan to stop sex offenders using social networking sites would breach human rights lawGovernment plans to block paedophiles from using social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace have been shelved because of fears that such a move would breach human rights laws.The Home Office announced in April that it (Read More)
The Guardian:
CRY UMM! for England, David and St George. For when the cranky conservative president in Prague put his signature to the Lisbon treaty last week, Britain's Eurosceptic press didn't know what to do. The Express had a ritual rant, of course, but it doesn't count. The real question was what the Sun, Telegraph and Mail would sa (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Zune HD users should be able to download the latest firmware update now, and it's substantial enough to warrant grabbing ASAP. There's a speedier browser, predictive text entry (a la iPhone), and that's just the beginning. Updated: Update: The firmware upgrade went through just fine on my 32GB Zune HD, and I'm definitely se (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Objectified, Gary Hustwit's look at the world of industrial design, featured a lengthy section on Apple Chief Designer Jon Ive—and now that clip is online for impatient Apple fans to see. [Brainstorm Tech] The clip is pretty interesting, even if you're not normally enamored with Apple. Ive is the most prominent tech desi (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
We are being encouraged to think Twitter is more important than it really is – stand by for Lineker, Hansen and Shearer competing through Tweets next summerThe fact that last week's edition of The Moral Maze was dedicated to Twitter suggests either that the reduced social networking tool is more important than you might thi (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Al Gore was born to be the most powerful man on Earth, but fell just short of his political destiny. Can the former law-maker now win his place in history as the man who helped save the planet?Perhaps the best way to understand the extraordinary transformation of Al Gore is to study the changing rhetoric of his enemies. A m (Read More)