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Technology Populism: Risks & Rewards
Written by Sarah Perez / February 27, 2008 4:53 PM / 10 Comments
Thanks to a more technology-savvy workforce, ubiquitous broadband, online collaboration, and social networking tools, it is individual workers, and not IT organizations, that are creating a new trend in business, Continue reading »


Facebook Opens News Feed, But Not Enough
Written by Sean Ammirati / February 27, 2008 2:28 PM / 7 Comments
This week Facebook opened up its News Feed to third party services, allowing users to add content from outside sites to their Facebook feed. Third parties could already allow their Continue reading »


Why Yahoo! Buzz is a Brilliant Idea
Written by Muhammad Saleem / February 27, 2008 1:00 PM / 9 Comments
As soon as the online press got hold of a sliver of information about Yahoo! Buzz, the predictable cries of "Digg clone!" were loud enough to drown out anyone who Continue reading »


Tim Berners-Lee Says the Time for the Semantic Web is Now
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 27, 2008 10:50 AM / 17 Comments
In an hour long interview posted today about the Semantic Web, W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee says all the pieces are in place to move full steam ahead and realize the Continue reading »


Yahoo! Loses Mobile Giant Opera to Google; Did Google Just Buy a Mobile Browser?
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 27, 2008 8:44 AM / 23 Comments
Starting on the first of next month, the widely popular mobile browser Opera will switch from offering Yahoo! to using Google as its default search engine. While Yahoo! has its Continue reading »


Zoho Writer Adds New Features
Written by Sarah Perez / February 27, 2008 8:05 AM
Zoho Writer, part of the online Zoho office suite, was updated this morning to include some new features that users have been asking for. These new additions, which include support Continue reading »


Distributed Mass Customization: Is Etsy the Next eBay?
Written by Bernard Lunn / February 27, 2008 1:42 AM / 23 Comments
A lot of people scratched their heads when Etsy raised $27 million. What on earth? Handmade goods, that's about as low tech as you can get! Then Umair Haque, a Continue reading »


Comment of the Day: Bee-ware of Freeconomics
Written by Richard MacManus / February 27, 2008 12:18 AM / 3 Comments
In our post Beware of Freeconomics, Alex Iskold explained why the 'free' economy proposed by Wired's Chris Anderson may not be a bed of roses. Commenter SJones had an interesting Continue reading »


Ultimatums: Using Facebook to Organize Social Action
Written by Josh Catone / February 26, 2008 11:15 PM
Just yesterday we wrote about how people are beginning to use social networks to organize protests, boycotts, and other consumer and social actions. Specifically, we noted how MySpace and YouTube Continue reading »


Will Facebook Profile Tabs Lead to Better Apps?
Written by Josh Catone / February 26, 2008 8:12 PM / 5 Comments
One of the big social news stories this evening was Facebook's announcement that it is actively working on a redesign to user profiles that would break the profile page down Continue reading »


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