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Study: Influencers are Alive and Well on Social Media Sites
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 24, 2008 9:53 AM / 7 Comments
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The fact that 10% of users create 90% of user-generated content on any given social media site has become a standard trope in discussions around social media. Because of Continue reading »


Email Still Matters: WordPress.com Tests Reply Via Email
Written by Rick Turoczy / October 24, 2008 6:01 AM / 12 Comments
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Despite the competition and rumors of its demise, email remains a very prevalent part of our daily lives. (That's one reason why Google continues to pour effort into Gmail.) Yet Continue reading »


OpenSocial Foundation Announces Elections for Community Directors
Written by Rick Turoczy / October 23, 2008 10:40 PM / 2 Comments
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The OpenSocial Foundation has announced elections for its Board of Directors, the governing body that helps the non-profit organization "sustain the free and open development of OpenSocial specifications." Thirteen candidates Continue reading »


How Technology Can Improve The U.S. Health Care System
Written by Lidija Davis / October 23, 2008 9:40 PM / 2 Comments
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"The United States is far behind other countries when it comes to health care," Deb Levine (Founder, ISIS), told the audience this week at the Health 2.0 Conference in San Continue reading »


Gmail Gets Graphic: When ;) just won't cut it
Written by Rick Turoczy / October 23, 2008 8:33 PM / 14 Comments
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Remember the charge of Google co-founder Sergey Brin from a few years back, "Features not products"? Clearly, the Gmail team was listening. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Gmail_Gets_Graphic_When_just_won_t_cut_it';digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff';digg_skin = 'normal';Following closely Continue reading »


Speed Dating on the Oregon Trail: Facebook App Becomes a Dating Service
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 23, 2008 2:39 PM / 13 Comments
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Imagine that one day you are playing a game on a social networking site and the next day you discover that this game has been replaced by a video speed Continue reading »


What We Use: A Tour of RWW Desktops (Mac & PC)
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 23, 2008 1:30 PM / 15 Comments
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It's all about the web apps these days, right? Everything important's in the clouds? Not so fast! Spend some time separated from your physical computer and you'll likely be reminded Continue reading »


Yahoo's Inquisitor Makes Your Browser's Search Box Smarter
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 23, 2008 11:32 AM / 8 Comments
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While separate search boxes have long been a standard feature of every major browser (except for Chrome), their functionality and intelligence has not gone much beyond autocompleting searches. Yahoo is Continue reading »


Cruz: A Smart, Multi-Pane Browser
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 23, 2008 10:41 AM / 5 Comments
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Think you've found the best browser to surf the web with? You may be selling yourself short. Mac users with Leopard should check out the latest entrant into the browser Continue reading »


Amazon's EC2 Comes Out Of Beta - Now Supports Windows
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 23, 2008 9:09 AM / 2 Comments
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Just one day after Rackspace announced its challenger to Amazon's suite of cloud computing services, Amazon announced that it is taking its EC2 cloud computing service out of beta and Continue reading »


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