Posts Tagged with ‘blog’

The War on Terror has been unique in its coverage simply because of the presence of user-created content for the first time in a U.S. military conflict. In addition to the traditional media coverage of a military conflict, we've also been privy to first-person accounts, from the first accounts of the U.S. invasion of Iraq from bloggers like Salaam Pax's Where Is Raed? to current military personnel blogs like the Fresno Bee's Life in Iraq from Army counselor Capt. Jeffrey [...]

There was a time when politicians and blogs did not go together. The first didn’t want to stoop down to the level of the second, where nobodies (bloggers) could hit at somebodies (politicians) and where the rules were very simple: anything goes. Talking points were the way to go. Staged town hall-style meet-and-greets with audiences firmly vetted for unruly truth seekers. That’s where the candidates for public office felt they belonged.
Today, things are a bit different. Blogs are just as [...]

I know that I speak for everyone here at Profy when I say that our thoughts are with the family and friends of the victims of yesterday's events at Virginia Tech.
The horror of yesterday will live in the hearts and minds of the Virginia Tech community, the United States, and much of the world for some time to come, but what moved me the most was the way in which what would have been a local, and somewhat national, event [...]

Think you’ve developed your Web 2.0 startup into a company capable of handling corporate accounts? Corporations don’t think so.
Forrester Research, the group consulted by default for almost anything to do with tech and business, ventured into the offices of more than 100 CIOs (Chief Information Officers) employed by companies with 500 staff or more and asked if they’d consider looking to the little guy for their blogging/podcasting/etc. needs if in fact there were competing options marketed by big-name software manufacturers [...]

Echoes of Web 1.0 still haunt Web 2.0. Get rich quick with little or no effort by “Moguling”. 
Have you thought of being a Mogul yet? Robin Smith started a new blog about a month ago and it is already ranked high at Google. Smith used a new technique called “Moguling”, a trademarked term of DotVentures. The method revolves around using blogging as an Internet marketing tool.
The intent of Muguling is to spike the value of domain names for profit [...]

With the popularity of Web 2.0 comes an issue with multiple registrations for its adoptees; interactive sites require log-ins, and you'll soon find your list of log-ins requires a better memory than an elephant, as well as feel like you've given your email address to every person in the world. Stepping in to assist is the OpenID project, which allows you to create a single point of registry for any sites adopting its use, with the ability to create [...]

Rumors are floating around that Amazon may have invested approximately $1 million in Web 2.0 site Shelfari , scooping the site from other the noses of venture capital firms who were interested. If the rumors are true, this is Amazon 's first real dip of it's monstrous toes into the social shopping area.
The Seattle-based company is competing in an arena already populated by LibraryThing, and gives a nod to the competition by allowing you to input your book lists to [...]

Video and social networking company, Two2date Ltd. announced the official release of XONE8, a dating and social networking web site. XONE8 is a free, fun site where meeting others and expressing yourself has been simplified. This highly anticipated launch of the most advanced social networking and dating site will enable users to intuitively find, be found and connect with others. XONE8 makes it incredibly simple to access a web cam to upload and share personal video. The site also launched with [...]

Another interesting finding from Demo-07 is Blogwerx Sentinel - the solution for bloggers to track websites stealing their content.
The application has not got much media coverage yet but it was nice to see it on Scobleizer. I find this new application useful (until actually tested, at least) - but not absolutely necessary.
So how does it work? In 3 rather simple steps: it scans your content and the net to find duplicates; it informs you of content reproduction; it provides you [...]