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  1. Video: Texas Tribune's Evan Smith: 'I Was A Hater, Then I Became A Zealot'

    Paid Content Yahoo &bull 1 Hour Ago

    One of the side benefits of coming to Austin for South By Southwest Interactive: spending some time at the Texas Tribune, the non-profit news site launched last November to cover statewide politics, public policy and government. The enterprise started with… Full Story »

  2. Enemies of the Internet: KSA, Egypt, Iran, Syria

    The Next Web 2008 &bull 2 Hours Ago

    In Syria, over 16.5% of the population uses the Internet. Although conditions for access have been facilitated, the content that's actually accessible is a joke. Censorship is particularly targeting social networks and blog platforms in an effort to prevent dissidents… Full Story »

  3. Deltina Hay - A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization: Strategies, Tactics, and Tools for Succeeding in the Social Web

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  4. Decision engine Hunch raises $10M (report)

    Venture Beat &bull Today

    Hunch.com, the startup co-founded by Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake, has raised $10 million in a second round of funding, according to AllThingsDigital. Citing unidentified sources, the report says the funding was led by Khosla Ventures, with Khosla's Gideon Yu (who… Full Story »


  5. VoxOx now translates as you type

    Cnet News &bull Today

    Since it was introduced in late 2008, VoxOx has tried to cut a name for itself in the competitive multi-protocol chat client market by providing users with an aggressive feature set. These include VoIP, a "personal assistant" for managing incoming… Full Story »

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  6. Man fined for insulting ex-girlfriend on Facebook

    Cnet News &bull Yesterday

    Still, with fewer people seeming to care about privacy anymore, the untoward consequences of our free expressions can be costly. It seems, for example, that saying something nasty to your ex-girlfriend on Facebook might cost you 165 British pounds (around… Full Story »

  7. George Brown - Social Media 100 Success Secrets: Social Media, Web 2.0 User-generated Content and Virtual Communities - 100 Most Asked Mass Collaboration Questions

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  8. Microsoft races to plug IE hole after exploit code released

    Cnet News &bull Yesterday

    Microsoft said on Friday it is testing a patch to fix a new hole in Internet Explorer 6 and IE 7 following the release of exploit code on the Internet. Microsoft included workaround information in its initial advisory on the… Full Story »

  9. Facebook turns out to be a pretty good friend to Foursquare

    Venture Beat &bull Yesterday

    In fact, the world's largest social network drives the largest share of the location-based game's web traffic, accounting for 33 percent of all upstream visits last week, according to web research firm Hitwise. Google follows closely behind, with a 22… Full Story »

  10. Man's best (Facebook) friend

    Ed Bott's Windows Expertise &bull Yesterday

    Webheads love A2 Hosting because they do PHP5, MySQL5, PostgreSQL 8, cPanel, Ruby on Rails, and SSH/Shell. I use them because I like dealing with responsive, friendly human beings. Plans from $2.95/month. Full Story »


  11. Tweetmaster General Evan Williams Touts Twitter as a Worldwide Force for Democracy

    FastCompany: Technology &bull Yesterday

    Evan Williams, one of the founders of Twitter, has given a lengthy interview to the BBC World Service, in which he claims that social media is fundamental to the spread of democracy. Or should that be the other way around?… Full Story »

  12. Rob Brown - Public Relations and the Social Web: How to Use Social Media and Web 2.0 in Communications

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  13. FunTweet spices up your Twitter streams with visuals

    Venture Beat &bull Yesterday

    The saying a picture is worth a thousand words just got another real-world illustration. FunMobility, a mobile content community, today announced the launch of FunTweet, a website that adds a visual component to tweets that are related to the text.… Full Story »

  14. Countdown to Ecstasy? Apple iPad Pre-Orders Begin at 5:30 am PT Today (Post-It Note For Now!)

    All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Yesterday

    BoomTown is always up at 5:30 am PT, but now I will apparently be joined by twitch-fingered Apple fanboys, waiting for the iPad pre-order rush to begin this morning. We've launched a new commenting tool, Disqus. For the full story… Full Story »


  15. Viral Video: "Twilight" Is Back Again (This Vampire Just Won't Die, Will It?)

    All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Yesterday

    We've launched a new commenting tool, Disqus. For the full story on all of its functionality, click here. To begin commenting right away, you can log in below using Facebook Connect or Disqus-you can also log in using an existing… Full Story »

  16. South Korea may ban Android Market

    ZDNet Asia &bull Yesterday

    The government of South Korea has warned Google to take action on unauthorized games content found on Android Market, or risk having its service banned in the country, according to a news report. South Korea's Games Ratings Board officially notified… Full Story »


  17. Hootsuite acquires developer Swift App to bolster its Android efforts

    Venture Beat &bull Yesterday

    Fresh off its recent Android launch, Canadian social media startup HootSuite acquired developer Swift App to beef up its presence on Google's mobile platform. Sebastian Delmont, the developer behind Swift App, will join HootSuite as a mobile adviser. His company… Full Story »

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  18. MySpace Musical Chairs: Will the Partovis Stay or Will They Go Now?

    All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Yesterday

    While there have surely been a lot of departures of talent at MySpace over the last year-including two major shifts in top management-one of the more interesting guessing games of late concerning the social networking company has been over the fate of the well-known tech… Full Story »

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  19. Best New Mashups: All About Status Messages

    Programmable Web &bull Yesterday

    Microblogging status messages may be small, but they pack quite the mashup punch. Mashups built with the Twitter API make-up 8% of all mashups on ProgrammableWeb. So, it's to be expected that two of the three status message mashups below… Full Story »

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  20. WildTangent cuts ad deal with social game firm Playdom

    Venture Beat &bull Yesterday

    WildTangent said today it has scored a significant new customer for its BrandBoost ad platform for social games. It is now teaming up with Playdom to integrate ads into Playdom's popular Facebook game, Tiki Farm. BrandBoost will give Playdom's gamers… Full Story »

  21. Sequoia backs free mobile app company Snaptu

    Venture Beat &bull Yesterday

    Snaptu, a startup bringing an iPhone-style application experience to thousands of mobile devices, just announced it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Sequoia Capital. Previously known as Moblica, Snaptu says it works on any phone that can run… Full Story »

  22. Twitter unveils tool to share tweeting locations

    Examiner: Technology &bull Yesterday

    A new feature unveiled Thursday gives Twitter users the option of including their location with the assorted musings posted on the Internet messaging service. Twitter is responding to the growing popularity of other Internet services, such as Foursquare, Gowalla and… Full Story »


  23. MSNBC Adds @BreakingNews Feed To Facebook

    Paid Content Yahoo &bull Mar 11, 2010

    MSNBC is continuing to try make better use of social media as a distribution tool with a small effort that ties its @BreakingNews Twitter account to a dedicated Facebook page. It's not clear how much Facebook fans want real-time news… Full Story »

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