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Why Twitter Needs to Do More

Via Tech Crunch by Don Reisinger on September 26, 2008 In case you missed the news, Twitter announced a new election page that will help its users filter all the election tweets across its network so users can find what … Continue reading

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An Online Tool Meant to Simplify the Transit System

Via the New York Times By SEWELL CHAN Published: September 23, 2008 A number of public officials and the founders of Google assembled at Grand Central Terminal on Tuesday to announce the start of New York’s version of Google Transit, … Continue reading

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Yotify Launches Its “Google Alerts On Steroids”

Via Tech Crunch by Jason Kincaid on September 24, 2008 Today sees the launch of Yotify, an online alert system that aims to make the web “work for you”. At a high level, Yotify can best be described as a … Continue reading

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Reuters Leading the Semantic Web Charge

Via Mashable September 24, 2008 – 10:29 am PDT – by Rob Diana With all of the information coming from Reuters the past two days, it has become obvious that Reuters is leading the Semantic Web charge. Gasp! Reuters is … Continue reading

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Trendspotting at BlogWorldExpo: What’s Next in Blogging and Social Media?

Via Mashable September 24, 2008 – 1:00 pm PDT – by Adam Ostrow This past weekend, much of the Mashable team descended on Las Vegas for the second annual BlogWorldExpo. The conference, which brings together hundreds of bloggers and the … Continue reading

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Political Fact-Check Sites Proliferate, But Can They Break Through the Muck?

Via Media Shift by Mark Glaser, 1:52PM As the U.S. elections near the finish line, the presidential campaigns are throwing around enough verbal attacks and inflammatory advertising to make the average voter’s head spin. Fortunately, there are now three excellent … Continue reading

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Can Pulitzer Contest Boost Serious Journalism on YouTube?

Via Media Shift by Mike Rosen-Molina, 12:13PM Whenever news breaks, the first people on the ground, before reporters arrive, are ordinary folks with cameras. Citizen journalists have played an important role in getting us the first glimpses of developing news, … Continue reading

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The N Factor: Networking in Other Cultures (Authors @ Mashable)

Via Mashable September 25, 2008 – 8:12 am PDT – by Guest Writer 1 Comment This is a guest post written by Marion Freijsen and Adrie Reinders, authors of “The N Factor: How Efficient Networking Can Change the Dynamics of … Continue reading

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Use Google Moderator To Crowdsource Group Questions

Via Tech Crunch by Michael Arrington on September 25, 2008 Google Moderator launched this evening, a simple tool that helps groups determine which questions should be asked at all hands meetings, conferences, Q&A sessions, etc. The idea is that there … Continue reading

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YouTube Fights Global Poverty With “In My Name”

Via Tech Crunch by Don Reisinger on September 25, 2008 YouTube on Thursday announced that it’s going to do its part to fight global poverty by launching “In My Name,” a global effort to raise awareness around eight time-bound, measurable … Continue reading

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