Posts Tagged with ‘blogs’

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 [...]

According to Wikipedia, 'Web 2.0' is a phrase coined by O'Reilly Media in 2003 and popularized by the first Web 2.0 conference in 2004.
Until November of 2006, I had never heard of Web 2.0 and to be blunt I was not even remotely interested in writing a, "GASP", blog.  In the spring of 2007 that changed as I created, my first blog/RSS feed titled, "The Colour Blind Photographer". I would have done so sooner but personally, up to that particular [...]

If you like to blog, visit your social network, or send personal emails at work, you may want to re-evaluate what you are doing. A new report now claims that almost 19% of companies have disciplined an employee for violating corporate policies that involve blogging and online forums. What's even worse is that 10% of companies have fired employees. These statistics have come from a recent survey by Forrester Consulting for Proofpoint, a messaging security company.
The report goes on further [...]

Warner Bros. has announced that it will now be offering its entire music and video catalog for free streaming on the social music site imeem.This is very interesting news considering the fact that, just two short months ago, Warner had announced that it was suing imeem, a site that allows its users to share music playlists and video clips.
In the suit, Warner accused imeem of building a user base by capitalizing on the “illegal use of free music,” when actually, [...]