WinBeta
Microsoft plans to spend $80 million to $100 million to tout its new search engine, an enormous marketing push that's about four times the amount that Google spent on advertising last year, according to Advertising Age. The campaign, created by JWT, will consist of online, TV, radio and print. And Ad Age reports that the ad (Read More)
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none (yet) -- click "share" to share with a network.
louisgray-com
Since Google's acquisition of FeedBurner in mid-2007, the complaints have come hard and fast, as FeedBurner's integration saw frequent disconnects between the acquiring company and its new prize, slowness in updating feeds, and a complete lack of innovation, all amidst silence from Mountain View that had many wondering if t (Read More)
: I have so many feeds and so little time. I'm not taking advantage of what services feedburner has - strike that - had to offer and now I'm just not going to worry about it.
I hope feedblitz has better tutorials!
I know that RSS is critical to marketing online. Good article!
Mozilla Labs
Always know where you are with GEODE.You’ve arrived in a new city, a new continent, a new coffee shop. You don’t really know where you are, and are looking for a good place to eat. You pull out your laptop, fire up Firefox, and go to your favorite review site. It automatically deduces your location, and serves up some delic (Read More)
You should follow me because you want to, not because you're reading this message and feeling a sudden feeling of guilt. Heck, if you don't follow me, I won't hate you or anything, but I mean, all you have to do is click a little follow button and you're done. It's not like you have to do a whole lot of work to follow me or anything. NO PRESSURE!! Seriously, just take your time, and do it only if you want to. ... ....... *cough*
Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
NEW YORK (CNN) -- In a column appearing in Newsweek, world affairs expert and author Fareed Zakaria said he thinks it would be best for Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, if Gov. Sarah Palin bowed out as his vice presidential running mate.Zakaria says McCain did not put the country first in making his V.P. choice, (Read More)
: @jasongoldberg @billspaced @1918 I concur with Jason on this one, it's refreshing to be in a space where true debate can occur without devolving into rhetoric (or name calling).
ReadWriteWeb
Here at ReadWriteWeb, we've talked about how the hot new trend of lifestreaming has been taking off lately. Now the social news service Socialmedian aims to capitalize on that trend by releasing an upgrade to their service that features something they're calling "news streaming." Like lifestreaming, news streaming lets user (Read More)
TechCrunch
Most of today’s virtual worlds are set in mythical places, with landmarks that no newcomer would be familiar with. While this may suit most people just fine, it can be unsettling for those who have never been exposed to a virtual world. Today sees the launch of Journeys, a mashup that hopes to appeal to these users (Read More)
Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
My favorite of the new socialmedian features launched today is Twitter to socialmedian. It enables me to effectively sms socialmedian by sending a text to twitter and including short code #sm to get that text automatically delivered to socialmedian and shared with my followers. (Read More)
: wow! this is pretty sweet! I can also bring in my Friendfeed account, Digg, Delicious, etc.! Wow! Socialmedian is a potential lifestreamer now, newsstreaming. Cool.
Submitted by Zhiq:
This can happen to you with your Twitter account if you have 160,905 Following. That is probably the highest number of Following I’ve seen on Twitter. (Read More)
: That is probably the new Twitter rules on accounts coming into play. If you get a high ratio of following to followers and being blocked, Twitter will suspend your account and start an investigation.
Submitted by Aplink:
…One thing that is very impressive (in Twinity) off the block is the scale of the world built, unlike Second Life, at scale and gives a real sense of distance in comparison with the real world (which Twinity is focusing on). (Read More)
Blogger Buzz
(Important Note: The Following feature will be rolled out to all over the next few weeks, so if you don’t see it right away, don’t worry. It’s coming soon.) Would you like to know who enjoys reading your blog? Or stay updated with your favorite blogs right from your Blogger dashboard? You can do those things and more with B (Read More)
Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
Are you an avid Google Reader user? We're looking for 20 people who meet that description to help us test a new feature on socialmedian as soon as Thursday August 28th. please identify yourself by adding a comment here. (Read More)
Submitted by Scbalazs:
Everyone knows about social media sites like Digg and Reddit, but the fact is, they are incredibly hard to penetrate, and the traffic they offer is often superficial. For many bloggers, niche sites are a refreshing alternative to these behemoths, offering more targeted links and a much smaller base of competition. Read on t (Read More)