Posts Tagged with ‘blogs’

Recently, many, many Buddhist monks began protesting day after day the actions and rule of the military junta currently installed as the de facto government of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, a nation located in Southeast Asia. The country’s main force of power, has so far decided to let those walking the streets to continue walking the streets unimpeded, fearing national and international condemnation if it were to take action against the clear message of resistance.
And interestingly enough, more and [...]

The Federal Election Commission, or FEC, of the United States, in decisions concerning campaign finance laws and whether to classify blogs that charge for politically-relative advertisements whilst claiming allegiance to particular candidates for elected office, yesterday found the blogs are in fact publications with media credentials, and as such may exercise rights available within the bounds of US Electoral Law.
While these decisions, in their respective contexts, don’t appear very profound, they undoubtedly couple as a major boon to blogs, particularly [...]

Blogger, Google's free blogging service, underwent some updates this week, the first of which involved a technical problem with the blog publishing and hosting service and introduced a new feature that gives publishers the ability to upload videos to their sites.
Publishers who use Blogger had been experiencing trouble performing various editing and posting operations last Monday and Tuesday. Google was quick to notice and repair this issue, as it was no longer a concern by Wednesday.
Wednesday, however, was the [...]

Sure, you have heard of spam, but have you heard of bacn? Not what you eat for breakfast, but what you find in your email inbox that is a legitimate email, but not really worth viewing.
When you get those messages from communities you have joined that simply notify you of updates or a new friend, that is bacn.
MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and many other web 2.0 services have contributed to this growing issue. But, if it is not really spam, and [...]

As I am sure you already know, viral video is all the rage on the internet. It is all about sharing and embedding your favorite video content into other sources such as your social network profile or a blog. Now, bloggers have an all new place to catch the latest videos… but this time, they are not comedic or user-generated. They are news and current event videos.
Today, the NewsMarket, launched VideoCafé, a new service that will give bloggers the ability [...]

Recently, there has been a lot of talk about the possibility of a labor union for bloggers. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal found that there is a "coalition of left-wing bloggers" trying to form a labor union with hopes that such a group will aid them in the process of receiving health benefits and conducting collective bargaining.
The biggest concern and cause for the "union talk" is probably best described by David Krug who writes that "one [...]

Today Me.dium is announcing full compatibility with IE-7. Me.dium has been available for Firefox and Flock since February and the Explorer version has been much anticipated. In addition, the developers have created a widget that applies Me.dium's “real time” window to blogs and other pages.
The new widget may well steal the news, as this tool extends Me.dium's “Web discovery” aspect to other sites. Bloggers and site owners can now observe traffic patterns, visitors and friends in and around their pages. Non-Medium [...]

Ever wanted to get a kind of ballpark figure of what the top blogs on the Net take in, financially speaking? We all know they’re popular as heck, and that the more eyes visiting their pages generally means more revenue. But just how much are we talking about?
An estimate gathered for a study using resources of both the University of Texas and the relatively well-known blog ad network Chitika, pegs the number at $500 million total revenue for the top [...]

Everyone's been abuzz about Dave Winer and his take on Google and Feedburner. According to Winer, this may CRIPPLE blogging, people! Google may tie Feedburner to Google Reader and if you don't use Feedburner, your blog may end up NOT WORKING in Google Reader.
There are days I wish I had the power Dave Winer does when it comes to reaction to something I write. Of course, I'd use my powers for good, not evil. In his "update" on the brouhaha [...]