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OpenCongress: Congress Tracking Made Easy and Fun

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / June 23, 2008 1:37 PM / 6 Comments

If you've been waiting to see all the standard Web 2.0 site features put to a socially significant use - wait no longer, check out OpenCongress.org. This beautifully designed site Continue reading »

Students: The New Hiring Frontier Online, for Good and Evil

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / June 23, 2008 10:23 AM / 1 Comments

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The British government is telling press that there is a growing trend in online organized crime rings hiring college students to do their dirty work and solve difficult technical problems Continue reading »

Our Kids Are Failing - And It's All Wikipedia's Fault!

Written by Sarah Perez / June 23, 2008 9:00 AM / 33 Comments

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Talk about a knee-jerk reaction. Yesterday, news broke out in Scotland about how the internet was to blame for Scotland's failing exam pass rates. According to the Scottish Parent Teacher Continue reading »

Setbacks for Google's Android

Written by Frederic Lardinois / June 23, 2008 8:53 AM / 5 Comments

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The first phones using Google's Android platform were meant to go to market by the second half of this year. According to the Wall Street Journal, however, Google is facing Continue reading »

Facebook Targets Chinese Market

Written by Frederic Lardinois / June 23, 2008 8:00 AM / 6 Comments

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Social networking site Facebook has launched a Chinese-language version of its web site. Users logging into the site from the Chinese mainland are now being redirected to zh-cn.facebook.com, where users Continue reading »

The Olympics Go Mobile

Written by Sarah Perez / June 23, 2008 6:04 AM / 17 Comments

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The Summer Olympics are nearly here. Beginning August 8th, the world will be watching as athletes compete for the gold in Beijing. Of course, many people will be watching the Continue reading »

Mainstream Web Watch: InfiniteHoops.com

Written by Richard MacManus / June 23, 2008 1:20 AM / 7 Comments

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Last week we started a new series called Mainstream Web Watch, in which we'll be exploring how the Social Web is infiltrating mainstream culture. We started out with NBA.com last Continue reading »

Twitter Has Culture

Written by Corvida / June 22, 2008 8:33 PM / 10 Comments

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Twitter is one of the most talked about services on the web these days. The service has taken off since its inception two years ago at SXSW. The service Continue reading »

Too Many Windows Live Services are Dead

Written by Corvida / June 22, 2008 5:53 PM / 3 Comments

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Microsoft has done a lot of revamping and renaming to their web services over the recent years. The strategy of renaming was an awful attempt at trying to break Continue reading »

Google Trends for Websites Sucks for Small Blogs

Written by Corvida / June 22, 2008 11:04 AM / 17 Comments

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Recently, Google Trends added an update to the service and extended its functionality to websites with Google Trends for Websites. Google Trends gives recommendations on popular trends occurring on Continue reading »

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