Monthly Archives: December 2008

BackType Launches Google Alerts For Blog Comments

Via Tech Crunch by Michael Arrington on December 18, 2008 BackType, a Y Combinator startup that launched in August, is a sort of “Twitter for comments” that aggregates comments from millions of blogs into a single, searchable, parsable stream. Today … Continue reading

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Is RSS adoption peaking?

Via Bogging Me Blogging You By Ed Lee On Monday, technology analyst house Forrester released a report that demonstrated consumer adoption of RSS had reached 11 per cent (versus almost 50 per cent of interactive marketers) and wonders: “What’s holding … Continue reading

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Flash moves forward with bumps in capacity and lifespan

Via ARS Technica By Jon Stokes | Published: December 18, 2008 – 09:35PM CT Two of the biggest knocks against the use of SSDs in the enterprise have been size and lifespan, but both of those arguments have taken a … Continue reading

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ComScore: YouTube Now 25 Percent Of All Google Searches

Via Tech Crunch by Erick Schonfeld on December 18, 2008 Video search on YouTube accounts for a quarter of all Google search queries in the U.S., according to the latest search engine numbers from comScore. Its monthly qSearch report, which … Continue reading

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Bush Shoe-Dodging Video Already Watched More Than 5 Million Times On YouTube.

Via Tech Crunch by Erick Schonfeld on December 15, 2008 The video above of a man throwing his shoes at President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad on Saturday is sure to live on in infamy for … Continue reading

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ESPN Strives to Eject Clutter From Its Site

Via the New York Times By BROOKS BARNES Published: December 15, 2008 ESPN.COM is counting on less clutter and more advertising options to bolster revenue at a time when its sister cable channels are battling rare weakness. Skip to next … Continue reading

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How to manage an intranet

Via Gerry McGovern Traditional managers often lack the skills required to understand if an intranet is successful or not. I was once talking to a manager about how the intranet could save staff time and make things easier, when he … Continue reading

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Why Brands ABSOLUTELY DO Belong on Twitter

Via Mashable December 14, 2008 – 6:54 pm PDT – by Lon S. Cohen 29 Comments Lon S. Cohen is a writer and social media strategist. He is @obilon on Twitter. A Mashable article by Dr. Mark Drapeau was passed … Continue reading

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News About News, in 140 Characters

Via the New York Times By JENNA WORTHAM Published: December 14, 2008 With staff changes and reductions across the media industry, even a blog post can be too time-consuming a way to announce who is in and out of a … Continue reading

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Change.gov Takes Questions

Via the New York Times By Michael Falcone You’ve got questions? The Obama transition team might have an answer. A new feature on President-elect Barack Obama’s transition Web site, Change.gov, which allows users to submit questions and then vote on … Continue reading

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