The SXSW extravaganza in Austin has been an application king maker for the last two years at least; Google's Dodgeball blew up there in 2006 and Twitter went from elite-chic Continue reading »

There is a set of tools that we generally use to determine how popular something is on the web: Google Trends, Blogpulse Trend Search, Technorati, del.icio.us, various social networking sites, Continue reading »

If you have photos, videos, music, audio, and blogs scattered across the web, you may not know how many people are viewing and responding to them. Now, with a new Continue reading »

It's a pretty good bet that if you're not making a Twitter or Facebook application, you're probably making a lifestreaming application. Okay, so not everyone is into lifestreaming, but it Continue reading »

In an interview with Macworld, PayPal issues a dire warning to users of Apple's Safari browser: don't use it if you want to avoid online fraud. Apparently, Safari is not Continue reading »

YouTube co-founder Steve Chen has confirmed that the service will use Google's vast resources to launch live streaming functionality this year, according to a video interview on Sarah Meyer's new Continue reading »

Yahoo! owned MyBlogLog flipped the switch tonight on a major overhaul of user profile pages and now integrates activity data from other services around the web. Less than a week Continue reading »

In her post Google Sites the Next Sharepoint? Maybe Not...., Sarah Perez argues that Google's strategy with Google Apps is to "subvert the IT department altogether and appeal directly to Continue reading »

The social networking market and ecosystem are in major flux and the early trailblazer LiveJournal announced today the formation of an Advisory Board that puts to rest any suspicion that Continue reading »

The OpenID Foundation announced the launch of its first international chapter today to big accolades in Japan. The creation of the Japanese OpenID chapter was participated in by a host Continue reading »