Daily Archives: October 16, 2008

Delicious, Upcoming Founders To Show You Political Bias Of News Sites

Via Tech Crunch by Michael Arrington on October 10, 2008 What has ex-Yahooer and Delicious founderJoshua Schachter been working on sinceleaving Yahoo last June? At least one project is a GreaseMonkey script that shows readers the political leanings of blogs and news sites on Memeorandum, … Continue reading

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Word of Mouth is the Key to Success With Referral Key (Video)

Via Mashable October 12, 2008 – 4:22 pm PDT – by Doriano “Paisano” Carta4 Comments Referral Key has been described as LinkedIn mixed with AngiesList. That’s not a bad way to put it. Referral Key allows you to build a network of professional contacts as … Continue reading

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Mainstream News Outlets Start Linking to Other Sites

Via the New York Times By BRIAN STELTER Published: October 12, 2008 “Thou shalt not link to outside sites” — a long-held commandment of many newsrooms — is eroding. Embracing the hyperlink ethos of the Web to a degree not seen … Continue reading

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Tipd Offers Crowdsourced Financial Advice

Via Mashable October 14, 2008 – 5:00 am PDT – by Stan Schroeder9 Comments Since the beginning of Digg’s immense popularity, both as a fun site that brings you fresh crowdsourced news and as a source of traffic for news sites, … Continue reading

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Report: enterprise to embrace web 2.0 as prices drop

Via ARS Technica By David Chartier | Published: October 14, 2008 – 09:17AM CT Social media tools designed for the enterprise are getting all grown up, and a new report from Forrester Research says its time for a market readjustment. Forrester analysts … Continue reading

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Government 2.0: Crowdsourced Beltway Pandits

Via Mashable October 14, 2008 – 10:37 am PDT – by Mark Drapeau This is part of an ongoing series about government 2.0 written by Dr. Mark Drapeau. To view previous posts in the series click here. In his Gettysburg Address, President … Continue reading

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YouTube and PBS Let You ‘Video Your Vote’

Via Mashable October 14, 2008 – 12:12 pm PDT – by Paul Glazowski6 Comments Want to tell millions of people which lever you intend to pull on November 4th during the U.S. presidential election? YouTube has launched a channel calledVideo Your … Continue reading

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Trendrr Makes Graphs That Move With Time | The Startup Review

Via Mashable October 14, 2008 – 12:37 pm PDT – by Paul Glazowski1 Comment Company Name Trendrr 20-Word Description Trendrr tracks consumption trends across leading social media and e-commerce sites. Users can track, compare and share graphs easily for free. CEO’s … Continue reading

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RealityV: Revolutionary Virtual Reality Training Originally Designed For The Army

Via Tech Crunch When most people think of computer games, they think of escapist titles like World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, or Super Mario. Even most games that label themselves as simulations, like the ever-popular Madden football series, are … Continue reading

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More is More: Flock 2.0

Via Mashable October 15, 2008 – 12:37 am PDT – by Stan Schroeder11 Comments How exactly did this happen? For so long, Internet Explorer was the dominant browser, and Firefox was the up and coming alternative; the Web browser space seemed … Continue reading

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