Aug 18, 2008

Submitted by Infodiva: Boston Globe reporter Tania deLuzuriaga quotes a Portland, Maine, resident as asking, plaintively, “Can you even be a major city without a daily paper?” That’s a question hanging over every city, small or large, in the U.S. these days. The Portland Press Herald has been struggling; advertising revenues are down 19 percent (Read More)

Aug 03, 2008

Mashable! I lept right into social bookmarking early on. At first is was not only a place to store your bookmarks, but to tag them for easier searching. The old browser based bookmarks took time to organize and sort. Tagging was a natural progression to me. Assigning keywords to links I needed to save made perfect sense. The vis (Read More)

Aug 04, 2008

Submitted by Sarahcrisman: Web filtering software is moving to the cloud — that all-knowing, pervasive, sometimes unreliable cluster of computers in the digital ether — and it’s going to watch your every move online and tattle to your boss. (Read More)

Aug 01, 2008

Submitted by Onlinetreason: In this portion, we will answer the following questions: * What kind of pages do Stumblers like? * How do I get even more visitors from SU? * How can I convert a Stumbler into a regular visitor? * What are five big mistakes people make with StumbleUpon? * How does StumbleUpon make money? . (Read More)

Aug 04, 2008

Submitted by Onlinetreason: Here are "15 Blogs All Bloggers Should Read." A lot of of times bloggers, especially new ones, do not know where to look for help. Well, look no more. (Read More)

Aug 04, 2008

Mashable! Let’s face it: Social media has become one of the hot buzzwords in tech circles. It used to be Web 2.0 and social networking, but now we have moved on to a broader term that encompasses not only social networking, but blogs, podcasts, user-generated content, social bookmarking, microblogging, and lifestreams. The ri (Read More)

Jul 31, 2008

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)

Jul 31, 2008

Salon: Glenn Greenwald (updated below - Update II - Update III) Displaying the startling prescience and unconventional insights that have long been the hallmark of his magazine, The New Republic's Jonathan Chait wrote on June 30:The best aspect of a McCain presidency is that, while it would probably follow the policies of George W. Bush, it would (Read More)

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