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Tweeted Out
Friday, September 25, 2009
There is a great post today at Mashable that shows some compelling data that Twitter’s stratospheric growth may finally be hitting a friction point, at least in terms of total US internet traffic.
Twitter’s New Found Wealth
Friday, September 25, 2009
Facebook Settles Major Privacy Lawsuit
Friday, September 18, 2009
Microsoft Office vs. Google Docs
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Google Docs has been providing and improving free, web-based alternatives to the core Microsoft Office products for years. With as many as 20% of workplaces and a large number of students now using these free Google alternatives, Microsoft has taken notice and released beta versions of their own free web-based versions of Office 2007 products.Text-Ed for Political Candidates
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Google’s Fast Flip
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The Beeb takes a look at Fast Flip, Google’s new service that allows “users consume news more quickly and to boost the flagging fortunes of the news industry” ...
The Appearance of Bipartisanship is Important for the Majority
Monday, September 14, 2009
Jim VanDehei and Mike Allen have a very perceptive story in today’s Politico about President Barack Obama’s efforts to appear to be interested in a bipartisan solution to health care reform.
Eight Years Ago Seems Like Yesterday
Friday, September 11, 2009
Today is a day for honoring the fallen and all of those who serve to keep our country free. In many ways it is hard to believe that it’s been eight years since the attacks of 9/11.Facebook Following Twitter - Again
Thursday, September 10, 2009
First Facebook followed Twitter’s lead by starting it’s own streaming news feed. Now they’ve done it again - they’re letting you target people with the ‘@’ symbol in your status updates and posts. It’s actually pretty similar to how you can already tag your friends in photos. You don’t need to memorize the strange Twitter account name of your friend - you just throw the @ symbol into the update and then begin typing either their first or last name and then see Facebook draw up a few potential matches for you to select from. [More after the break]