Submitted by wiselywoven
from YouTube:
Buy Nothing Day is an informal day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists. Typically celebrated the Friday after Thanksgiving in North America and the next day internationally, in 2008 the dates will be N (Read More)
Submitted by logicalextremes
from Google Reader:
When, in late September, rumors surfaced that Comcast was trying to buy NBC Universal from General Electric, Wall Street reacted with dismay. Grandiose attempts to combine media production and distribution — programming and p (Read More)
Submitted by as1776
from Google Reader:
While my trip to Australia this last week and a half was primarily pleasure with my family, I did get a few days to work with teachers in Brisbane and throughout Victoria (a la our PLP cohort there), and I had some great conv (Read More)
Yahoo! User Interface Blog:
The @YUILibrary account on Twitter is a good information source for those of us who follow the project. Many of the individual developers who write YUI code every day are now on the service as well, and I wanted to gather all (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Brizzly, the web-based social media manager that ranked as one of our readers' favorite Twitter clients, has dropped the invite code requirement and is available for anyone to log into. It's still technically in "beta," but m (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Qwisk, which is launching today at the Real-Time CrunchUp, is an innovative new way to add a social twist to your browser. The site, which is a product of Y Combinator-funded company. (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Qwisk, which is launching today at the Real-Time CrunchUp, is an innovative new way to add a social twist to your browser. The site, which is a product of Y Combinator-funded company Socialbrowse, connects with you with your (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Angstro, a 2008 TechCrunch50 startup, launched with a product that socialized the content on the web by tapping into your social graph. At the Real-Time CrunchUp today the startup is launching Knx.to, a real-time search engin (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Yesterday, Twitter changed its organizing question from “What Are You Doing?” to “What’s Happening?” But if you want to know what’s really happening now, check out Hot Potato, a startup launching right now at our Realtime Cr (Read More)
Submitted by wiselywoven
from YouTube:
http://timesofearth.com/Worldnews/?NT=0&nid=13802 BRUSSELS - Herman Van Rompuy, Belgium's prime minister, has become the first president of the European Council.Van Rompuy, largely unknown outside his native Belgium, wa (Read More)
Submitted by Motown_Terri
from blog:
Author : Adriana NotonThere is more to establishing an online business directory than just improving your search engine rankings When implemented properly, you can actually generate a substantial income There are a number o (Read More)
Submitted by zhiq
from blog:
Using Twitter List, Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, or P1, created ‘a complete list of everyone on P1 and GP‘ who are using Twitter. This is one of the interesting uses of List by a Malaysian company. For P1, it is pr (Read More)
Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's government appears increasingly to be piercing U.S. government and defense industry computer networks to gather useful data for its military, a congressional advisory panel said on Thursday.
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Submitted by louisgray
from Google Reader:
It’s here and full of goodies:1. Facebook Connect (access and share content from your Facebook stream)2. Social Network streams more secure and dependable3. Social enhancements: Users’ avatars are shown in Facebook and Twitte (Read More)
Slashdot:
An anonymous reader writes "Gamers are used to confronting invading terrorists, nuclear attacks, and natural calamities—in virtual form. But those living in New York State could soon receive warnings about real emergencies th (Read More)
The Daily Swarm - Headlines:
Wall Street Journal:Congress on Tuesday introduced the Secure Federal File Sharing Act, which would restrict the use of peer-to-peer file sharing software like Limewire among federal employees.The new legislation follo (Read More)
Submitted by robdiana
from Google Reader:
Following up on the recent email interview I did with Nick Bradbury this is the first of what I hope I will be an on-going series of email interviews with people in social media space that I find interesting. Hopefully I will (Read More)
Submitted by jgmize
from Google Reader:
I’ve had a read of ‘Robust vote sampling in a P2P media distribution system‘. It is a very interesting research paper. The idea that grabs me most is the one about using gossip-based network systems to decentralise metadata (Read More)
MakeUseOf.com:
Last week I was finally able to buy something I have always wanted – a Google Android mobile phone. For ages, it was either an Android or an iPhone and the Droid won when it came to price and flexibility (and me being a Goog (Read More)
Submitted by jgmize
from Google Reader:
As promised, here is the draft paper of my research on a new random graph model entitled, “Structurally Induced Random Graph Model of Social Networks” As always, I welcome your questions, comments and critiques.The research (Read More)