Daily Archives: December 8, 2008

Facebook Connect vs Google Friend Connect: Fight!

Via Mashable December 5, 2008 – 8:42 am PDT – by Stan Schroeder 22 Comments Amidst all the talk about data portability and net identity, all that end users want to know is: how can I use this, and is … Continue reading

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Court rejects appeal over student-teacher drunk MySpace pics

Via Ars Technica By Julian Sanchez | Published: December 05, 2008 – 10:01AM CT Stacy Snyder, a federal court has ruled, won’t be teaching kids the three Arrrrs any time soon: They’ve rejected Snyder’s claim that her First Amendment rights … Continue reading

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2008 on the Web: The 20 Key Events

Via Mashable December 6, 2008 – 11:16 pm PDT – by Sean P. Aune While 2008 has turned out to be quite an eventful year in tech, there were 20 key events that stood out and got people talking for … Continue reading

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How Web is different from print

Via Gerry McGovern Of all the things that make the Web different from print, linking is the most important. Are we tool-making animals or are we animals made by tools? It’s an old question. How much did the quill shape … Continue reading

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Online journalists now jailed more often than other media

Via ARS Technica By Nate Anderson | Published: December 07, 2008 – 03:10PM CT If you think it’s tough to be a blogger because your Google AdWords revenue has been in the toilet lately, the Committee to Protect Journalists wants … Continue reading

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Journalists Are a Chatty Bunch, as CNN Finds Out on Twitter

Via the New York Times By BRIAN STELTER Published: December 7, 2008 CNN says it wants newspaper feedback as it creates a news wire service to compete with The Associated Press and other services. At a meeting last week, one … Continue reading

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Storefronts in Virtual Worlds Bringing in Real Money

Via The New York Times In a down economy, that might be an affordable luxury to a teenager or twentysomething hanging out in a virtual world like Gaia Online, which this week will start selling a range of digital accessories … Continue reading

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