Sep 28, 2009

ReadWriteWeb The creator of the very popular Twitter app Tweetie announced today that he hopes to submit the final version of Tweetie 2.0 to Apple this week. Loren Brichter detailed on his blog a mind boggling list of impressive new features have been built into the app. Tweetie 2.0 sounds like a heavy-duty tool for serious communicat (Read More)

Aug 23, 2009

Submitted by Jgmize from Google Reader: This blog is not only my personal soapbox, it's my public face. Folks who read what I post here may or may not thereafter buy my books. Consequently, these days I try to avoid writing about stuff that is likely to be controversial. Call it the chilling effect of capitalism; I can say what I want if and only if I'm willing t (Read More)

Aug 17, 2009

NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias At Tuesday's healthcare town hall meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, President Obama disgustingly said the following (video embedded right):[L]et's take the example of something like diabetes, one of --- a disease that's skyrocketing, partly because of obesity, partly because it's not treated as effectively as it could b (Read More)

Aug 11, 2009

TechCrunch Again, this is nothing but a very vague rumor for the time being, but it’s also very interesting. Following up on its iTunes 9 rumors, Boy Genius Report claims to have new details from the same trusted source about what iTunes 9, and specifically the social aspects of it, will entail.As expected, the tipster says you’ll be (Read More)

Aug 10, 2009

ReadWriteWeb It's going to be a little like the Brady Bunch, this union between Facebook and the just-acquired social networking service FriendFeed. Both families will influence each other a lot, though Facebook is far, far bigger. (The youngest one's in curls!)FriendFeed was co-founded by Paul Buchheit, the man who invested GMail, an (Read More)

Jul 31, 2009

MakeUseOf.com Hmm…The Case of the Missing RSS Feed. My RSS feed reader is primed up and ready to go but there’s no feed button on the site.  Just when I thought that this lovely website was going to solve my information lust.Well, we will try to solve the problem of the missing RSS link but like all good case histories here’s a brief ske (Read More)

Jul 28, 2009

The Guardian Tom Watson says providing the public with access to specialist information via Twitter should be encouragedTom Watson, the former Labour minister and prolific Twitterer today defended government attempts to boost departmental use of the microblogging tool, insisting it was a good way of getting a message across.The West Bro (Read More)

Jul 28, 2009

TechRadar: All News Feeds The UK Government has published a 20-page guide to Twitter on the Cabinet Office website, urging MPs and civil servants to embrace the micro-blogging service.The Government's Twitter guide calls on MPs to tweet on "issues of relevance or upcoming events".Neil Williams, of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills ( (Read More)

Jul 25, 2009

mashable With more than 2.5 million followers between @BarackObama and @WhiteHouse, Twitter is a big part of the Obama administration’s social media presence. So, it would be rather ironic if the microblogging service was blocked from White House computers. But, that’s exactly what Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in an interview (Read More)

Jul 22, 2009

ReadWriteWeb On the internet, data lives forever. Once you post something to the web, you see, you simply can't take it back. Many people have had to learn this lesson the hard way, unfortunately, after discovering that the "delete" button doesn't really work to delete something from the internet as a whole. The embarrassing missive liv (Read More)

Jul 17, 2009

Submitted by Stewbagz from blog: Apple Tanks In The Pc Market . (Read More)

Jul 13, 2009

Apple iPhone News Report - iFones.NET Random Ideas, LLC today announced Edibles 2.4, its popular food journaling application Edibles for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. Edibles allows you to track either calories, carbs, or virtually any single user-configurable item. It comes with everything you need to achieve a healthy lifestyle. Version 2.4 features exerci (Read More)

Jul 11, 2009

Official Google Blog Like lots of you, we've been drawn into Twitter this year. After all, we're all about frequent updates ourselves, and there's lots happening around here that we want to share with you. Of course, we enjoy watching, and contributing to, the tweetstream (we hope you find our tweets useful, too). Because there are many program (Read More)

Jun 27, 2009

Micro Persuasion Here's how I've set up my lifestreaming flow...Capture:: This is where I collect my inspiration for content and create it. I am increasingly using Friendfeed as a front-end filter for all my social network content. I read feeds in Google Reader. I build mindmaps using Mindmeister and Mindnode. Finally, I create media on my (Read More)

Jun 26, 2009

Mashable! Earlier today we mentioned the role of social media in distributing news of tragic deaths, including those of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett today. The LA Times, we noted, is frequently being cited as a source of the Jackson news, and yet the blog TMZ.com appears to have confirmed the story much earlier. Meanwhile, op (Read More)

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