"10 ways bloggers have revolutionized online news media
Web start-up unveils semantic Wikipedia search tool
Powerset on Sunday unveiled tools for searching Wikipedia that use conversational phrasing instead of keywords, marking the first step of its challenge to established Web search services such as10 ways bloggers have revolutionized online news media
In the past, there has been much debate as to whether bloggers could be considered journalists and what the distinction meant. Regardless of the possible answers, in today's context, blog editorial practices have influenced those of traditional news media online - whether it's writing styles, tones or formats.Microblogging Mania::Twitter Helps with Reporting, Filtering the News
Last May on MediaShift, we wrote a series of articles about a new microblogging tool called Twitter, which was just beginning to gain visibility among the digerati. At that time, many bloggers were still on the fence as to how useful the service really was. Many thought it was a waste of time. Others just didn’t understand if it really had any practical uses in daily life.
Resource: Digital Activism for the Environment
Title: Green Global Voices: Web 2.0 Environmental Activism
Author: Juliana Rotich, editor of Green Global Voices
Published by: Reuters Blog (2008)
Microsoft Trying to Acquire Facebook?
If you can’t buy them, beat ‘em? That appears to be the new strategy of Microsoft who according to Kara Swisher is trying to go organic like Granola and acquire as many Web 2.0 properties as possible. This strategy will supposedly differentiate them from Google. One of those companies that they are looking to potentially acquire is Facebook. Will they be willing to give Facebook half the value of Yahoo? Not sure but apparently they are interested in making an acquisition.
Gmail Versus Windows Live Hotmail. Which Will Win?
One of Google’s most recent moves that kept it as one of the top search engine based companies out there was Gmail. In recent years the top online email website was Hotmail. You know, Hotmail; you almost never saw anyone without one (unless they hosted their email on their own website). Hotmail had all the features and they were convenient too.
Blog Therapy
From CNN: "Roughly 12 million Americans have blogs, according to polls by the Pew Internet and American Life Project in 2006, and many seem to use them as a form of group therapy. A 2005 survey by Digital Marketing Services for AOL.com a found nearly half of the 600 people polled derived therapeutic benefits from personal blogging. 'Instant support system.'...Tactic: Facebook and blogs highlight Cyclone Relief
Description: International aid is beginning to arrive in Burma, following last week’s devastating Cyclone Nargis, which is believed to have killed at least 22,000 people. Another 41, 000 people are currently unaccounted for. Internet activists go online to blame Burma’s military regime for the slow response and use social media to get aid to victims.
Tools Used:Facebook, blogs
Facebook Agrees to Strict Privacy Standards
Earlier today Facebook, the Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett along with attorneys general from 48 other states and the District of Columbia today announced that Facebook has agreed to significant steps to better protect children on the social networking site. This agreement appears to be something similar to the one that Myspace had agreed to back in January. The purpose of this new agreement is to better protect children on social networks.
Twitter, I gave up
Some people are crazy about Twitter. I don’t. I joined Twitter when it first came out. After few weeks, my enthusiasm for micro-blogging has gone to nil.
Recently I saw Twitter discussions in few different blog posts. I wonder if I should start using Twitter again? After some thinking, my conclusion that is that it’s better for me to stay away from Twitter.
Why I gave up on Twitter:
The Definitive LinkedIn Guide
A good friend of mine asked me for some tips on how to use LinkedIn. I sent him a long email and figure that I should share my thoughts on this with all of you. I'm not an investor in LinkedIn, but think it's a great service. Here's the scoop.
Facebook's safety oxymoron: Facebook Connect
By Ewan McIntosh11.5 Billion: Number of Online Videos Watched by U.S. Internet Users In March
comScore is out with their latest online video report for March 2008 covering U.S. Internet users. YouTube continues to lead the pack and represents 98% of all videos in the Google Sites category. Tell me again why they keep Google Video around? It's seems Google abandoned it when they acquired YouTube.
