Lifestream Blog
Over the last few months Twitter (or the technology of micro-blogging) has marched its way to penetrate the mainstream and just like any new web technology that does this, we see a much wider base of users and then come the spammers. Even prior to this phenomenon there was a race to gain followers. Many felt that having a (Read More)
: Great article telling a lot about creating lists of followers - title is slightly misleading ;) (shouldn't it be are you listen to them...?) - via Louis Gray.
Submitted by Louisgray
from Google Reader:
When we started fav.or.it (Company and Website) we had a range of ideas that we thought would improve the way consumers read the latest news. This focused initially on aggregation of blogs and the unique (at the time) feature of blog comment aggregation. The business behind this was to bring together filtered content (from (Read More)
: When we started fav.or.it (Company and Website) we had a range of ideas that we thought would improve the way consumers read the latest news. This focused initially on aggregation of blogs and the unique (at the time) feature of blog comment aggregation. The business behind this was to bring together filtered content (from blogs) and deliver an engaging platform to brands. But with some sadness I am announcing that we have taken down fav.or.it and it will not be returning, the site will hence forth be used as our company website.
Submitted by Michaelfidler:
Over the last few months there have been many stories in both mainstream and social media chronicling the decline of blogging. Fewer people are apparently starting blogs, many blogs are not being updated and less people are reading them.There is a fairly contentious debate as to why blogging has become less popular, but man (Read More)
Search Engine Land
One of the most interesting aspects of social media is the fact that there really aren’t any rules, anyone can use the platform however they want. When it comes to Twitter, a lot of organizations that aren’t associated with cutting edge marketing tactics are using some creative, outside of the box thinking. (Read More)
Top Headlines
Who benefits when the computer takes over the stock market?The question has been debated since at least the first "program trades" of the 1980s, which were blamed for contributing to the stock market crash of 1987, and it has never been fully resolved. Sketched most broadly, defenders claim that the increased liquidity resu (Read More)
Google Blog Search: recruiting web 2.0
Ok, so I know what you’re thinking… another buzzword. So, what in the world is Phonecasting?Phonecasting, also known as phlogging or phone-blogging, involves the ability to use your phone to broadcast directly to the internet, live. Phonecasting combines the popularity of podcasting with the ubiquity and ease of use of mob (Read More)
louisgray-com
When launching a new service, entrepreneurs have a myriad of things that make them nervous. Maybe the product won't be seen as having value. Maybe competitive offerings are good enough. Maybe there are bugs that nobody has discovered yet. And sometimes, the rush of new users who arrive to kick the tires is enough to break t (Read More)
Digital Photography School
Photo Manipulation is, in my opinion, among one of the most fascinating photography techniques out there. Photo Manipulation is the process of editing a photograph in such an extreme way that it takes on an entirely different look. Photo Manipulation goes beyond mere enhancements or corrections. Often using PhotoShop or oth (Read More)
All Things Digital
JP Morgan has good news for Microsoft: Its massive ad campaign for Bing is working just fine. The bad news for Microsoft: For most people, Google is already working just fine.Details from JP Morgan’s (JPM) Imran Khan, who commissioned a survey of search users a month after Bing’s launch: 59.1% of respondents have heard of M (Read More)
readwriteweb
Siri has been getting a lot of hype over the past year. It's an as yet unreleased product that aims to be a "Virtual Personal Assistant" (VPA). At the recent SemTech conference in San Jose, I sat down with two of the founders of Siri: Dag Kittlaus (CEO) and Tom Gruber (CTO). I was informed that the product will launch end o (Read More)
The FASTForward Blog
Originally published July 6, 2007 the messages continue to be relevant and need repeating. Indeed, the comparison of now being 2 years later adds an interesting contrast (or not — have we really progressed that much?).Author of the book Democratizing Innovation, Eric von Hippel made the following remarks in a Gartner interv (Read More)
Submitted by Michaelfidler
from Google Reader:
Two weeks ago I had the honor to be invited to participate at a small panel at Structure09 in San Francisco CA next to Matt Mullenberg founder of Wordpress, Robert Miggins VP of Business Development at Peer1 and Geir Magnusson Jr. consulting architect at the Gilt Groupe.The topic of the panel was about the effects of runnin (Read More)
readwriteweb
Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies will buy $100 million in Facebook stocks from the company's employees, Facebook announced today. Most casual Facebook users will probably look at that news and shrug. Why should we care?The news is interesting for two reasons. First, for pure sport. In the long term, thou (Read More)