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News:FILTER Gets a Twitter! (Filter Magazine)by Staff | 01.06.2009 Boys and girls, now you can keep up with FILTER happenings in REAL TIME on Twitter!  We’ll update you on the latest news, special FILTER events and party announcements (like SXSW and Coachella). If you’re already part of the 07 Jan 2009
Obama’s Twitter Account Hacked (DonklePhant)For those of you who use the microblogging service (I’m @jpgardner), you’ve probably heard about thousands of accounts being hacked. Now the President Elect has found himself in the middle of this mess and MSNBC has more… What’s funny is that Obama 07 Jan 2009
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Will Obama's Plan Create Jobs in the U.S. or Abroad? (PC World)I’ll bet you that President-elect Barack Obama's job math will be fuzzy when he details the part of the $800 billion or so stimulus going to improve health care IT. Many of the planned health care IT improvements, eliminating paper, creating portable 06 Jan 2009
The Twitter Hack: One Thing You Need To Do (Information Week)As many of you know, the week has been off to a bad start for the Twitter microblogging site. While there's no absolute way to protect yourself when a vendor's security system fails, there is one crucial step you can take to limit your exposure. In 06 Jan 2009
Avoiding Twitter hacks, Koobface, and other security holes (Christian Science Monitor)The messages are sent by friends, family, and trusted acquaintances. Some appear to be have embedded images or videos. Most arrive under innocuous subject lines: “You look just awesome in this new movie,” or “Funny moments.” But when users of popular 06 Jan 2009
Twitter celeb accounts hacked. Could yours be next? (Scientific American)Twitter has arrived. How do we know? It's been hacked like all the other hot social networks before it. (Read: Facebook and MySpace.) The cyber attacks say as much about the growing popularity of the "microblogging" site (messages can't be longer than 1 06 Jan 2009
Will the stimulus create jobs in the U.S. or India? (ComputerWorld)I’ll bet you that President-elect Barack Obama's job math will be fuzzy when he details the part of the $800 billion or so stimulus going to improve health care IT. Many of the planned health care IT improvements, eliminating paper, creating portable 06 Jan 2009
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All That Twitters (New York Observer)Early last month, John Hodgman, the bulbous-headed, bookish comedy writer who plays the PC in a popular series of Apple commercials, was at The Daily Show offices introducing the program’s producer, Miles Kahn, to Twitter: the “microblogging” platform 06 Jan 2009
15 Free Tools to Turn Your BlackBerry into a Communications Powerhouse (Mashable!)When people think of the BlackBerry, they tend to think of it only in terms of enterprise users. Over the past few years it has become much more than that; a device that is easily accessible to anyone for any number of uses. One of the biggest trends 06 Jan 2009
Trouble in Twitterland (American Public Media)Produced and hosted by Jon Gordon, Future Tense brings you the latest technology topics in daily five-minute capsules. From electronic privacy and digital democracy to spam and computer worms, Future Tense keeps you up to date on the rapidly changing 06 Jan 2009
‘Twishing’ Attacks Hijack 33 Celeb Twitter Account (Pro Blog News)Despite more than two dozen celebrity Twitter accounts being hijacked, the microblogging service says the takeovers were not connected to a rash of weekend phishing ploys. “These accounts were compromised by an individual who hacked into some of the 06 Jan 2009
Twitter hack targets Obama, Britney (ZDNet UK)High-profile users of microblogging site Twitter have had their accounts compromised by a hacker, who made fake posts to their accounts. Twitter on Monday said the hacker had broken into 33 accounts by gaining access to tools used by its support team. " 06 Jan 2009
Twitter Hacking Hits Numerous Celebrities (CBS2 Chicago)NEW YORK (CNET) ― CNN anchor Rick Sanchez wasn't really high on crack this morning, and the reason his Twitter feed said so wasn't the phishing scam that's been going around-it was a lone hacker, the microblogging service said later on Monday. " 06 Jan 2009
Even the student of the year cannot find a job (Thoughts of Nigel)A rather worrying story from Judith Townsend at Journalism.co.uk Azeem Ahmad, the winner of Birmingham University Student Journalist of the Year award sponsored by Trinity Mirror, cannot find a job, he told Journalism.co.uk. Ahmad, who specialised in 06 Jan 2009
Security Issues Plague Twitter (Bloggers' Blog - Journalism & Media)Twitter has been hit by a series of security issues lately. The latest was a hack of 33 Twitter accounts that saw fake message posted on the Twitter accounts of popular Twitter users including Barack Obama, Britney Spears, Rick Sanchez (pictured on 06 Jan 2009
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Twitter Accounts Hacked (WATBlog)According to Twitter, these accounts were hacked by an individual who hacked into tools  used by Twitter support to edit the email address associated with their Twitter account when they can’t remember or get stuck. Twitter has removed these tools 06 Jan 2009
Celebrity accounts fall prey to Twitter hack (VNUNet.com)A new series of attacks on microblogging site Twitter are leaving some celebrities red-faced. According to a company blog posting, the attacks occurred early on Monday morning and targeted 33 accounts, including several celebrity Twitter feeds. Among 06 Jan 2009
A Soldier's Perspective Now on Twitter (A Soldier's Perspective)I decided that is about time ASP launch itself beyond the boarders of the milblogosphere into the world of social networks. I've completed the first step and set up an account for the blog on the popular microblogging site Twitter. You can follows ASP 05 Jan 2009
Twitter-Savvy Hackers Tweak the Twitterati (The New York Times)Life’s not so tweet over at Twitter these days. The microblogging company, which allows users to broadcast short messages to groups of followers, recently found itself the target of a wave of hacking and phishing attacks. On Monday, fake updates were 05 Jan 2009
Toshiba muscles into solar energy business (CNET)Toshiba, a company best known for making laptops and consumer electronics, on Monday said that it will enter the solar photovoltaics business. But don't expect to see Toshiba-branded solar panels on a home rooftop any time soon. The company's 05 Jan 2009
Detest mowing grass? SmartMow wants to help (CNET)With yet another autonomous lawnmower rolling out this year, manual mowing looks to be going the way of the antique gershunters coupling hook and iron dibber (warning: photos of old farming tools contained in this link may give you nightmares). The 05 Jan 2009
Verizon to close Alltel deal Friday (CNET)In an FCC filing late last week, Verizon Wireless said it would close its acquisition of regional carrier Alltel by Friday, January 9. Verizon is paying $5.9 million for Alltel and its 14 million subscribers. After the merger, Verizon would surpass 05 Jan 2009
Twitter-Based Phishing Scam Raises Alarms (Security Pro News)[ insider_reports_insider ] Jason Lee Miller Staff Writer 2009-01-05 Insider Reports RSS Feed It was only a matter of time before hackers targeted the increasingly popular Twitter microblogging platform. Over the weekend, phishers sent out 05 Jan 2009
Oops! Twitter phishing scam snares CNN anchor (Dvorak Uncensored)This is amusing, but I can see how it can happen since the Twitter log-in is hinky anyway. CNN anchor Rick Sanchez is one of the most popular users on microblogging service Twitter, with nearly 40,000 followers and a Twitterholic rank in the top 20. 05 Jan 2009
Under Presser (Columbia Journalism Review)The Israel Defense Forces, recognizing that success in neutralizing the Hamas movement in Gaza is as much a public relations challenge as a military one, has enlisted an arsenal of Internet tools to take their message directly to a global audience. 05 Jan 2009
Garmin releases Nuvifone screenshots; won't run Android OS (CNET)We are starting to see more and more signs that the Garmin Nuvifone is real and not just a figment of our imagination. Announced almost a year ago, the first smartphone for the GPS manufacturer just recently received FCC approval and now Garmin has 05 Jan 2009
Quickoffice brings simple Excel editing to iPhone (CNET)...Netflix. The service, formerly known as Amazon Unbox, offers more than 40,000 movies and TV shows. Rick Sanchez is one of the microblogging service's most popular users, so a whole lot of people saw when his account displayed a message about being high on... 05 Jan 2009
Survey: 'Green' tag should be banished (CNET)Green fatigue is now pervasive. Numerous environment-theme blogs and news sites over the past week have pointed to a statement put out by Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., calling for the demise of all "green" labeling. Since 19 05 Jan 2009
Oops! Twitter phishing scam snares CNN anchor (Webware)CNN anchor Rick Sanchez is one of the most popular users on microblogging service Twitter, with nearly 40,000 followers and a Twitterholic rank in the top 20. Unfortunately for Sanchez, it looks like he fell victim to the phishing scam that has been 05 Jan 2009
Targeted: Twitter Hit with Phishing Attack (Data Storage Today)Twitter, the popular microblogging site, has become the latest target of phishers. The company is warning its members to be careful of messages that redirect them to spoofed Twitter sites in an attempt to steal their user names and passwords. "This 05 Jan 2009
Should celebs be using twitter? (Thoughts of Nigel)It has been another yet another day for the triumph of twitter. Over at what is fast beconming one of my favourite blogs,twitterati give five things that twitter should be doing in 2009 which includes perhaps the most important Launch a business model 05 Jan 2009
Kakuteru: A Blogging and Lifestreaming Mashup (+Invites) (ReadWriteWeb)What do you get when you combine blogging and lifestreaming? You get Kakuteru, a semantic blogging mashup with funny name. The service imports your activity streams from FriendFeed and combines them with longer articles you write yourself. After you 05 Jan 2009
Israeli Government Explains Itself In Tweets (MocoNews.net)During the Mumbai attacks, we saw Twitter become a valuable source of information as first hand accounts of the unfolding events flooded onto the microblogging service. Last Tuesday, the Israeli government, noticing the active Twitter discussion of the 05 Jan 2009
Israel Defense Forces use Twitter tweets (p2pnet.net)p2pnet news view | P2P:- There’s a military channel on YouTube, “where you can watch suspected Hamas sites being obliterated by ordnance; blogs that spread the message of the [Israel ] foreign affairs ministry; and in the newest wrinkle, a news 05 Jan 2009
Israeli Gov't Holds First Twitter Press Conference (MarketingVOX - The Voice of Online Marketing)On Dec. 30, microblogging service Twitter hosted its first governmental press conference — on behalf of Israel's Defense Forces (whose microblogging tag was @IsraelConsulate). Questions and answers were limited to 140 characters, the standard length of 05 Jan 2009
Opinions for Sale: A Modest Blogging Proposal (Top Tech News)It all started with a simple question from Forrester Research analyst Jeremiah Owyang late in the afternoon on Friday, Dec. 12. A few days earlier, blogger Chris Brogan had written about his decision to accept $500 from Kmart to find out what's cool 05 Jan 2009
As Conflict Rages, Israel Seeks Supporters Online (PC World)Embroiled in a deepening military campaign in Gaza, Israel is using the Internet to relay its side of conflict. The Israel Defense Forces is posting daily videos from a spokesperson on Google's YouTube video-sharing service, as well as more clips of 05 Jan 2009
2009: Products I Can't Live Without (The Bloggers' Times)At the beginning of each year I traditionally publish a list of my favorite startups and products. This is the fourth year I’ve done this - previous lists: 2006, 2007, 2008. You guys get to pick the winners of the Crunchies - this list is all 05 Jan 2009
Link By Link: All a-Twitter About Stars Who Tweet (The New York Times)THE golfing star Natalie Gulbis recently joined the microblogging site Twitter, where she gives the public frequent updates of her life in short text messages, or tweets. First, though, there had to be a meeting between her media consultant, Kathleen 05 Jan 2009
Twitter Madness (TheCelebrityCafe.com)Home : Features : News 5-Jan-2009 Written by: Edgar Acero Celebrities and other popular figures are being picked on by anonymous hackers through the popular microblogging service Twitter. Through silly and controversial messages, these 05 Jan 2009
EdwardKhoo.com : Tech News - Website Review (Blueverse)The following is a ’sponsored’ review and is completely of my own opinion and is not influenced by being paid. If you’re interested in having me review your site, product or service, please view the details on the sponsored reviews page. Are you a tech- 04 Jan 2009
Vikings pre-game: Vikings Nation sounds off (Minneapolis Star Tribune)Michael Rand has plenty to say about the Vikings in the playoffs. And apparently so do you. For more RandBall, check out Michael's blog. Randball: 3.5 hours and counting. Waiting for the final playoff game of the weekend is torture. Posted: 12:01 PM 01/ 04 Jan 2009
Ars Technica's 2009 "Tech Resolutions" (Ars Technica)2009 is upon us with a vengeance, and that means one thing: it's time for the 2009 Ars Technica New Year's Resolutions. We've asked several senior staff members not currently sunning themselves in Florida (nope, we aren't bitter!) to share their 2009 04 Jan 2009
Help Me Explain Twitter to Eggheads (PressThink)Like PressThink? More from the same pen: “What it’s like, why you do it,” my editor, Karen Winkler, wrote in her instructions. “Don’t expect me to do this article without talking about it on Twitter,” I wrote back. She said: no problem. So I did some 04 Jan 2009
A Modest Blogging Proposal (E-Commerce Times)It all started with a simple question from Forrester Research analyst Jeremiah Owyang late in the afternoon on Friday, Dec. 12. A few days earlier, blogger Chris Brogan had written about his decision to accept US$500 from Kmart to find out what's cool 04 Jan 2009
Microblogging Appliances - Washing Machine Tweets When Cycle Completes (VIDEO) (Trend Hunter)This Twitter hack for your washing machine proves that it’s only a matter of time before everything that can send tweets will. As if microblogging fetuses, plants and terrorists weren’t enough, Ryan Rose’s washing machine sends a tweet whenever a wash 04 Jan 2009
Israel uses Twitter to explain conflict (International Herald Tribune)The Israel Defense Forces, recognizing that success in neutralizing the Hamas movement in Gaza is as much a public relations challenge as a military one, has enlisted an arsenal of Internet tools to take their message directly to a global audience. 04 Jan 2009
BUTTRY: Lots left to learn after a year of learning (Cedar Rapids Gazette)As a young adult, I had this misguided notion that someday I would move from learning to knowing. Haven't reached that day yet. As the calendar turns from one year to the next, many of us savor the year past and wonder what the year ahead might hold. 04 Jan 2009
John Naughton: Slimming down in 2009: laptops, software and upgrades (Guardian Unlimited)What does 2009 hold for the world of technology? First: the small print. If you want to know the future, buy a crystal ball. Besides, if columnists knew what was going to happen then they wouldn't be wasting valuable time writing columns, would 04 Jan 2009
How boring: Celebrities sign up to Twitter to reveal the most mundane aspect of their lives (Daily Mail - UK)Singer Britney Spears says on website Twitter: 'I love Japan! I think all the tiny cars are so cute!' Millionaire celebrities, you might imagine, lead riveting lives, full to the brim with excitement and derring-do. But the website Twitter – one of 03 Jan 2009
Israel brings Gaza airstrikes to the Web (CNET)The Israel Defense Forces this week extended its airstrikes on Gaza to the Web, posting video footage of its air assault against Hamas militants on YouTube and using Twitter to spread its message. According to various news reports, the Israel Defense 03 Jan 2009
Make way for “Mom 3.0″: Blogging, vlogging, twittering parents tune into tech (The Blog Herald)Two-thirds of moms use five or more forms of technology every day to stay in touch with their families, consume and compose content, and manage their lives. That’s according to recent research from BSM Media, published in “Mom 3.0: Marketing with Today’ 03 Jan 2009
Reinventing conservatism, one tweet at a time (Ars Technica)Since the humbling results of the November election came in, the conservative movement has been scrambling to assess what happened—and to figure out how to prevent it from happening again. Much of this effort, in light of the Obama campaign's much 02 Jan 2009
Journalism vs. blogging: the present and the future (ZDNet)With the rise of online media, from YouTube to Facebook, WordPress to the New York Times, journalism has expanded over the course of the last decade into a new era. “Journalism” may not be guaranteed work all of the time, but it is most certainly in my 02 Jan 2009
Israel brings Gaza airstrikes to the web (ZDNet UK)The Israel Defense Forces this week extended its airstrikes on Gaza to the web, posting video footage of its air assault against Hamas militants on YouTube and using Twitter to spread its message. According to various news reports, the Israel Defense 02 Jan 2009
net@night 81: The Real-Time Web (this WEEK in TECH)Robert Scoble and the value of blogs in a microblogging world. Don Tapscott, author of "Grown Up Digital" and other books on technology trends. Pulitzer Webs, sites that failed, Gmail gets tasked, Santa's email, and more. Technorati shrinks, Kevin Rose 02 Jan 2009
Gaza: "Though torn in two, we can be one" (ComputerWorld)The conflict raging in Gaza between Israel and Palestine has spilled over to the Internet. Since Saturday, thousands of Web pages have been defaced by hacking groups. ... The defacements have primarily affected small businesses and vanity Web 01 Jan 2009
Growth industries in 2009: gaming, e-commerce and government (China Media and Advertising: Danwei)Asia Business Leaders (东方企业家) is a monthly magazine started in 2006 by a group of people who defected from the popular news magazine Modern Weekly (周末画报) and other publications. Jean Chen (陈俊) is a senior editor at the magazine and writes a blog. A 01 Jan 2009
[TNTJ] TNTJ December: Brand yourself and join the conversation (Journalism.co.uk)How have I built my online brand? Like many who responded to this month’s topic, some of my online branding has been unintentional. But I’ll freely admit that there are several steps I’ve taken with my online brand in mind. What follows includes a mix 01 Jan 2009
09 Blogs To Watch In 09 (Twist Image: Six Pixels of Separation)Everyone knows the big, major a-list Bloggers who get all of the attention. Blogs are shifting away from being personal journals to being full-fledged media properties. It is increasingly difficult to stand out in the crowd. With hundreds of millions 01 Jan 2009
Shout’Em: Roll your Own Microblogging Community (Web Worker Daily)The company appears to be pursuing growth over immediate revenue streams, such as the lucrative delivery of SMS notifications and the ability to ‘white-label’ the service with a company, group or organization’s own branding and features. It’s into this 31 Dec 2008
Exploring Social Media: Live Citizens Press Conference on Twitter (The Bloggers' Times)Yesterday, Twitter was used as a real-time news conference podium by the Consulate General of Israel in New York and featured on their Israel news and commentary blog, Israel Politik. In this ongoing series on Exploring Social Media and Social Media 31 Dec 2008
Why you should use Twitter... (cubicgarden.com...)I'm not doing a good enough job on my friends on why they should dump Facebook and use Twitter instead, so I thought I'd post up this excellent guide to Twitter from weaverluke, found via [The Obvious] What shocked me when flicking through 31 Dec 2008
Facebook Status Updates Feed Connection Addiction (NPR)Share this page using one of the following services: Audio for this story will be available at approx. 3:00 p.m. ET Day to Day, December 31, 2008 · The holidays are usually a time when all but my nearest and dearest fall off my radar screen, as they 31 Dec 2008
The Year Online (Usability in the News)January 3, 2009 What is this field of Human-Computer Interaction? People are quite different from computers. This is hardly a novel observation, but whenever people use computers, there is necessarily a zone of mutual accommodation and this defines 31 Dec 2008
NEWS: 2008: A year in review, December (Pocket-lint.co.uk)Nokia relieved its fans by showing us that the 5800 XpressMusic was not the only touchscreen phone it had up its sleeve with the launch of the high-end N97, the company's new flagship device with specs to rival - and even beat - other company's 31 Dec 2008
Idea #8: Twitter the News (The Tyee)New ideas for the new year. [Editor's note: Back by popular demand, The Tyee again is offering its readers a series of New Ideas for the New Year. We're publishing a new one every weekday from Dec. 22 through Jan. 2. They're intended to get everyone's 31 Dec 2008
Gwibber the dashboard for streams and flow? (cubicgarden.com...)So most of the Microblogging services including the recently defunked Pownce and open source La.conica. RSS including automatic discovery for Digg and Flickr. Then some of the interesting ones, Facebook with the ability to also send messages 31 Dec 2008
Blogcasting The Future: Which iPhone (Blogging) Apps Will Dominate In 2009? (The Bloggers' Times)With 2008 almost over and everyone celebrating (or dreading) the upcoming new year, it seems that many people have an opinion about what 2009 will bring to our over communicated globe (note: thanks Twitter). While no one can forecast what the future 31 Dec 2008
The Governator Takes to Twitter and Widgets to Pass California Budget (The Bloggers' Times)California is yet to pass Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget, intended to help correct the huge deficit the state is expected to face over the next year and a half. The Governator has apparently had enough, and is turning to social media to urge 30 Dec 2008
Israeli Consulate to tweet about Gaza war (Ars Technica)Ubiquitous microblogging service Twitter is once again making political news today with the announcement that the Consulate General of Israel in New York will hold a "Citizen's Press Conference" today. David Saranga, Consul of Media and Public Affairs, 30 Dec 2008
Follow PetLvr (aka HART) on Twitter! (PetLvr.com: Blog)Are you on twitter yet? You might have noticed that I have added a link to my personal Twitter profile at the top of these pages … twitter.com/PetLvr .. All posts from this PetLvr Blog and from around my HART-Empire Network are automagically pinged out 30 Dec 2008
Microblogging and blogg quake new words in 2008 (Media Culpa)Sprĺkrĺdet is the official body that oversees the Swedish language and minority languages in Sweden. Every year the institute presents new words that have been introduced in the language and obviously the web has had some influence over the years. 30 Dec 2008
Twittering Christmas (Shiny Shiny)As if I wasn't in love with Twitter already, Christmas confirmed my heart's devotion to this microblogging platform. Whilst previous Christmases have meant a day off the internet, without the telly and separated from the outside world, this Christmas I 30 Dec 2008
A Modest Blogging Proposal (Business Week)It all started with a simple question from Forrester Research (FORR) analyst Jeremiah Owyang late in the afternoon on Friday, Dec. 12. A few days earlier, blogger Chris Brogan had written about his decision to accept $500 from Kmart to find out what's 30 Dec 2008
INDY MEDIA IN THE POLICE STATE (Portland Indymedia)The role of independent media in the continuing police state An interesting thing happened at the Republican National Convention this past September. As police donned riot gear and readied their rubber bullet rifles and tear gas canisters to combat 30 Dec 2008
Love in The Time of Web 2.0 (BlogHer)"Can you hear us?" I ask my friend Sugar who's on the other end of the line, as I place the phone--on speaker--between myself and our friend Parker. "Loud and clear," she responds. We hear some splashing as she shifts in the tub. I imagine her reaching 30 Dec 2008
Top 10 Reputation Tracking Tools Worth Paying For (Yahoo! Buzztracker)Reputation management is essential to both individuals and companies. The more popular your brand is, the more critical it will be to keep tabs on it and the more time it will consume out of your day. If you work at a startup and no one has heard of 30 Dec 2008
Micro-emailing: The 2009 email brevity challenge (ZDNet)I’ve had several discussions with my Twitter pals over the last year about how being forced to fit our thoughts into 140 characters or less has made us slightly more succinct elsewhere. For me, quite frankly, that is a miracle. I’m someone who may be 29 Dec 2008
Why Twitter Will Go Mainstream In 2009 (TwiTip: Twitter Tips Blog)2008 showed an unbelievable growth for Twitter as THE place for microblogging. With competitors like Pownce closing their doors, it seems that Twitter has the stronger cards to become the sole survivor in this field. The Twitter ecosystem is expanding 29 Dec 2008
Using Twitter to Track User Satisfaction (TV Week)When a Hulu user posted a message on Twitter earlier this month about “terrible performance problems” on the Fox-NBC online video site, a Hulu executive replied with an e-mail address and an offer to fix the problem. That’s because Hulu’s employees 29 Dec 2008
Bangladesh: Microblogging an election (Global Voices Online)In a few hours time 81 million Bangladeshi voters (51% women) will go to vote for the ninth parliamentary election. The election is crucial for the nation as it will bring the country back into the track of democracy after two years of emergency rule 29 Dec 2008
Blue Hampshire Meta: Your Feedback is Requested (Blue Hampshire)Whether it is at work or at home the end of year is a natural time for reflection and planning. As Blue Hampshire finishes up its' second year of operation we thought it would be important to do some of that reflection and planning here as well. In the 28 Dec 2008
DilKholKeBol.com: Another Misleading startup claiming to be First Microblogging site in India (Avashya)I have been over helmed by the press release submitted to IndianWeb2.com where a responsible company like Compare Infobase Ltd., a Delhi based web development and marketing company claimed to be realeasing first Microblogging site in India i.e. 28 Dec 2008
DilKholKeBol.com: Another Misleading startup claiming to be First Microblogging site in India (IndianWeb2.com)I have been over helmed by the press release submitted to IndianWeb2.com where a responsible company like Compare Infobase Ltd., a Delhi based web development and marketing company claimed to be realeasing first Microblogging site in India i.e. 28 Dec 2008
Social Media Search Engine: Social Mention (ResourceShelf)Social Mention is a social media search engine that searches user-generated content such as blogs, comments, bookmarks, events, news, videos, and microblogging services… Search results are aggregated from numerous popular social media sources, 28 Dec 2008
Are you keeping tabs on brand experience? (The Bloggers' Times)There was a time when companies (or non-profits, universities, etc.) controlled their brand. Today companies control their brand logo, brand colors, and message but what they no longer control is the brand experience or "emotional aftertaste" 28 Dec 2008
Los blogs no se mueren: autocrítica del bolígrafo inteligente (Yahoo! Buzztracker)No me gusta nada escribir este tipo de post. Hay demasiado gurú ahí fuera en la red (o aquí dentro, según cómo lo mire) como para dar la paliza con temas tan manidos como la muerte de los blogs. Sin embargo y para variar, me gustaría dar mi opinión, 27 Dec 2008
Scobleizer: Mike and Loic are wrong about Twitter search (BlogNetNews - Newsinnovation)About Friendfeed, I think they really either need to build up their search feature, or give a 3rd party an easy way to do it. I completely agree. I made the same point over on Techcrunch following your comment there, Robert. I think that this is 27 Dec 2008
Blogo 1.2 Adds New Options (Web Worker Daily)A while back we looked at Blogo, a unified blogging and microblogging client. Now they’ve put out version 1.2, which extends Blogo to support new targets and adds some useful options as well. If you’re an OS X user who posts online frequently, it’s 26 Dec 2008
30+ Great Adobe AIR Apps for Designers and Developers (Mashable!)Many people think of Twitter apps when they think of Adobe AIR, but there is a whole other world of useful applications out there beyond microblogging. Designers and developers in particular get a lot of love from the AIR community with tools to help 26 Dec 2008
Predictions '09:  Game Makers Will Lead Tech Sector (CNBC)After such a difficult year for technology stocks, it would seem that 2009 can’t arrive quickly enough. Well, maybe not. For several components of the tech sector, Wall Street analysts believe 2009 will be a year of transition. The first half will be 26 Dec 2008
Is London the capital city of Twitter? (Tech.co.uk)London is the capital of the Twittersphere according to a report on the state of the microblogging world. London comes top of a list of the top Twitter 'cities' assembled on Hubspot's inaugural State of the Twittersphere report, although the manner in 26 Dec 2008
MyTweetSpace: Free Twitter Background Generator (Mashable!)Looking to spruce up your Twitter profile for the New Year? MyTweetSpace, which launched on Christmas Eve, is one of the slickest ways to create a custom Twitter background: choose a theme, enter as much or as little information as you like, and 26 Dec 2008
John Borthwick and Kenneth Lerer: Micro-Giving: A New Era in Fundraising (Huffington Post)p $2 @wellwishes just to practice my hand at using micropayments on @tipjoy I want something TOTALLY insane for Christmas: 12,500 people each to donate $2 for clean water @wellwishes. Thirty years ago, a young economics professor named Muhammad 24 Dec 2008
Blogger Of The Year (A Blog Around the Clock)Eleven years ago, two or three guys with awesome programming skilllz sat down and almost simultaneously, and not knowing of each other at the time, wrote the first blogging software. Dave Winer was one of those guys and, like the rest of them, strongly 24 Dec 2008
Top 10 Free Tools for Monitoring Your Brand’s Reputation (Mashable!)Brand monitoring has become an essential task for any individual or corporation. Years ago, when people talked about our brands, it was behind our backs and we almost never found out about it. Today, most of these dialogues are right in front of our 24 Dec 2008
Natalie Gulbis is On Twitter. Quick! Follow Her! (Waggle Room)Have you ever heard of Twitter?  I hope you have and that you're following Waggle Room on the service.  What is it?  Well, it's a concept called microblogging.  You get 140 characters to say whatever you want in a message.  I use it to post feeds of 24 Dec 2008
Hi-tech helps track Santa Claus (BBC News)Page last updated at 11:50 GMT, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 Brian McClendon, engineering director for Google Earth and Google Maps, on tracking Santa. Video courtesy of Google and Norad. Children wanting to track Santa Claus's global journey on 24 Dec 2008
Happy Holidays: Looking Back at the Blog Herald in 2008 (The Bloggers' Times)It’s been a busy year for the Blog Herald. I took over as the new editor, and relaunched the site with a new design in August. I have focused on getting into a rhythm myself, and there has been some shifting in the staff. All natural stuff. I’m happy 24 Dec 2008


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My application video for the WA Inauguration Trip. It highlights how advances in technology and growth in social media are allowing more and more people to witness presidential inaugurations and the historical significance surrounding them. With Iphones, Blackberries, Laptops, facebook, blogging, microblogging and international television coverage, how many will have the opportunity to witness the inauguration of America's first black president? Author: nolds5 Keywords: "Barack Obama" "2008 Election" "George W. Bush" "John F. Kennedy" "Franklin D. Roosevelt" "Abraham Lincoln" "George Washington" Added: January 5, 2009 . My application video for the WA Inauguration Trip. It highlights how advances in technology and growth in social media are allowing more and more people to witness presidential inaugurations and the historical significance surrounding them. With Iphones, Blackberries, Laptops, facebook, blogging, microblogging and international television coverage, how many will have the opportunity to witness the inauguration of America's first black president? Author: nolds5 Keywords: "Barack Obama" "2008 Election" "George W. Bush" "John F. Kennedy" "Franklin D. Roosevelt" "Abraham Lincoln" "George Washington" Added: January 5, 2009 06 Jan 2009
http://www.flopidle.com - Quick Tips Videos - Twitter Tools, twitter is huge!, and their are so many great tools around to use with it, so ive found a few of the best and decided to do a howto on each of the best ones. Tweetgrid.com is a keywords tracking site that allows you to enter a keyword, then pulls up a gird off all the tweets taking place using that keyword!, very powerful for internet marketers!!. Twitterholic.com is a fun stats site that crawls the twitter database for info on every user, then displays this info based on rank, it also shows you your own stats even to go as far as listing where you are ranked based on your location!. great stuff!. Author: edawg13 Keywords: twitter "twitter tools" blogs howto tutorial technology screencasts socialmedia microblogging "blogging tips" Added: January 5, 2009 . http://www.flopidle.com - Quick Tips Videos - Twitter Tools, twitter is huge!, and their are so many great tools around to use with it, so ive found a few of the best and decided to do a howto on each of the best ones. Tweetgrid.com is a keywords tracking site that allows you to enter a keyword, then pulls up a gird off all the tweets taking place using that keyword!, very powerful for internet marketers!!. Twitterholic.com is a fun stats site that crawls the twitter database for info on every user, then displays this info based on rank, it also shows you your own stats even to go as far as listing where you are ranked based on your location!. great stuff!. Author: edawg13 Keywords: twitter "twitter tools" blogs howto tutorial technology screencasts socialmedia microblogging "blogging tips" Added: January 5, 2009 06 Jan 2009
http://www.Alfred.TV READ ME FIRST: I will be doing a live webcast on uStream Sunday night, January 4, 2009 at 8 PM eastern (US - Miami, FL). Topics will include tech and a positive outlook for 2009. You can tune in here: http://www.uStream.tv/adiblasi See you tonight! Warm regards, Alfred http://www.Alfred.TV Author: adiblasi Keywords: Alfred Live UStream.tv Alfred.tv Metadestroyer WebCast Apple Mac Macintosh Lisa Added: January 4, 2009 . http://www.Alfred.TV READ ME FIRST: I will be doing a live webcast on uStream Sunday night, January 4, 2009 at 8 PM eastern (US - Miami, FL). Topics will include tech and a positive outlook for 2009. You can tune in here: http://www.uStream.tv/adiblasi See you tonight! Warm regards, Alfred http://www.Alfred.TV Author: adiblasi Keywords: Alfred Live UStream.tv Alfred.tv Metadestroyer WebCast Apple Mac Macintosh Lisa Added: January 4, 2009 05 Jan 2009
http://www.Alfred.TV READ ME FIRST: Join me as I show you green, eco-friendly gift wrapping techniques that are innovative, thoughtful, and personal while looking like crap. If you'd like to receive alerts to interesting articles as well as updates on my latest videos and live webcasts, then please subscribe to my microblog on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/adiblasi Bookmark my uStream page for future live webcasts http://www.uStream.tv/adiblasi If you'd like to Email me, use the link below http://www.alfred.tv/#-58 Please visit my sponsors: http://www.SolidNutrition.com http://www.InvestorInbox.com Enjoy the video! Warm regards, Alfred http://www.Alfred.TV Author: adiblasi Keywords: Christmas Gift Wrap Wrapping Green Eco iMac Xbox Macintosh Nintendo Wii Weetabix Alfred Alfred.TV MetaDestroyer Added: January 3, 2009 . http://www.Alfred.TV READ ME FIRST: Join me as I show you green, eco-friendly gift wrapping techniques that are innovative, thoughtful, and personal while looking like crap. If you'd like to receive alerts to interesting articles as well as updates on my latest videos and live webcasts, then please subscribe to my microblog on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/adiblasi Bookmark my uStream page for future live webcasts http://www.uStream.tv/adiblasi If you'd like to Email me, use the link below http://www.alfred.tv/#-58 Please visit my sponsors: http://www.SolidNutrition.com http://www.InvestorInbox.com Enjoy the video! Warm regards, Alfred http://www.Alfred.TV Author: adiblasi Keywords: Christmas Gift Wrap Wrapping Green Eco iMac Xbox Macintosh Nintendo Wii Weetabix Alfred Alfred.TV MetaDestroyer Added: January 3, 2009 04 Jan 2009
Jonathan Cottrell and Chris Heald, CEO and CTO of Blippr - From 'What are you doing now' to 'Hey, let's do a biz dev deal' Read more at:http://www.vator.tv/news/show/2009-09-09-company-review-twitters-expanding-utility Author: vatortv Keywords: microblogging Added: January 2, 2009 . Jonathan Cottrell and Chris Heald, CEO and CTO of Blippr - From 'What are you doing now' to 'Hey, let's do a biz dev deal' Read more at:http://www.vator.tv/news/show/2009-09-09-company-review-twitters-expanding-utility Author: vatortv Keywords: microblogging Added: January 2, 2009 02 Jan 2009
Cliente de desktop para Twitter para quem precisa tirar o máximo do microblogging. Ideal para profissionais de mídia. Author: eduardofernandex Keywords: twitter microblogging tweetdeck eduf "eduardo fernandes" magaiver "guy kawasaky" Added: December 29, 2008 . Cliente de desktop para Twitter para quem precisa tirar o máximo do microblogging. Ideal para profissionais de mídia. Author: eduardofernandex Keywords: twitter microblogging tweetdeck eduf "eduardo fernandes" magaiver "guy kawasaky" Added: December 29, 2008 30 Dec 2008
This is a podcast interview between Leah Culver, Co-Founder of Pownce and Lon Safko coauthor of The Social Media Bible talking about social media, social networks, microblogging, and Pownce. Author: lonsafko Keywords: "Lon Safko" "The Social Media Bible" "social media" "social networking" learn "Leah Culver" "social networks" microblogging Pownce Added: December 29, 2008 . This is a podcast interview between Leah Culver, Co-Founder of Pownce and Lon Safko coauthor of The Social Media Bible talking about social media, social networks, microblogging, and Pownce. Author: lonsafko Keywords: "Lon Safko" "The Social Media Bible" "social media" "social networking" learn "Le