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Second Life gets a voice; Slashdot adds social news features; Pandora lands on Facebook; Digg vs Netscape (redux)

The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… Second Life gets a voice. Although is has been available in Beta form for a few months, voice capability is now part of the main Second Life viewer (the virtual...

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Blog posts 2007-08-03

iTunes sets up shop in Bebo; CNN/YouTube sponsor presidential debate; Google Video search; social network privacy tested

The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… iTunes sets up shop in Bebo. Apple has signed a deal with social network, Bebo, which sees the company selling digital music to the site's 8.8m users in the...

Tags: Apple, Bebo, Facebook, Google, MySpace, Search, Social Networks, The Social Web weekly

Blog posts 2007-06-15

Viacom to buy Last.fm?; Sony launches YouTube competitor; Atari plans its own virtual world; USAToday's social strategy sees results

The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week…Viacom to buy Last.fm? The rumor mill is buzzing with news that Viacom is far in negotiations to purchase London web 2.0 poster-child, Last.fm (the leading music-based social network). "The...

Tags: Music, Second Life, Social Networks, The Social Web weekly, Virtual Worlds, YouTube

Blog posts 2007-04-26

Google Maps goes social; Copyright infringement on YouTube exaggerated? Washingtonpost.com to embrace UGC; Facebook Diaries goes live

The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… Google Maps goes social. Google Maps has launched a new feature called MyMaps which the company says "makes it quick and easy to create your own custom Google Maps...

Tags: YouTube, The Social Web weekly, Google, Facebook, Video Sharing, Social Networks

Blog posts 2007-04-06

Digg gets more political; USA Today disowns readers; Wordpress supports OpenID

The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week…Digg gets more political. Not sure how I missed this, but the social news site, Digg, has added a new section dedicated to stories covering the 08 US presidential election....

Tags: Social networking, Blogging, OpenID, USA Today, Wordpress, Digg

Blog posts 2007-03-09

Fox News on Second Life; YouTube presidential campaign; Explode adds new features; and more

The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week…Fox News does a hit job on Second Life and John Edwards unofficial virtual campaign. Kirsten Powers in her first video blog for the news channel reports on Second Life,...

Tags: Politics 2.0, Second Life, The Social Web weekly, Video Sharing, Widgets, YouTube

Blog posts 2007-03-02

Netvibes to make widgets universal; Digg to support OpenID; YouTube outsources filtering; MyBlogLog bans user

The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week...Digg to support OpenID. Earlier in the week, speaking at the Future of Web Apps FOMA conference in the UK, Diggs Kevin Rose announced that the site will soon support...

Tags: YouTube, MySpace, Widgets, Digg, The Social Web weekly

Blog posts 2007-02-23

Wikia magazines; Facebook gifts; Stumble Video for your Wii; Yahoo "copies" Digg

The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week... Wikia launches magazine-style wikis. Jimmy Wales company, Wikia, has unveiled three wiki-driven community sites for politics, entertainment, and local interests. Wikia says it plans to roll out additional communities...

Tags: Facebook, Social Bookmarking, The Social Web weekly, Video Sharing, Wikipedia, Yahoo

Blog posts 2007-02-16

The Social Web weekly: MySpace mobile in Europe; Joost on Mac; White label SNS faceoff; OpenID; and more

The Social Web weekly is a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week, in the social software and media space.MySpace goes mobile in Europe. Following similar deals with Helio and Cingular in the US, Vodaphones European customers will soon be able...

Tags: Video Sharing, Social Networks, MySpace, Microsoft, The Social Web weekly, OpenID

Blog posts 2007-02-08

Additional Resources

News to know: Intel; Microsoft layoffs; Motorola, Palm; Oracle-Sun; MSN

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion Mary Jo Foley: Are the Microsoft...

Tags: Layoff, MSN, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Motorola Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Storage, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Twitter is blending and selling wine to help promote literacy

San Francisco's Crushpad allows anyone to blend, mix, sell, and market their own recipe of vino — and Twitter is doing just that, but it's all for a good cause. The Fledgling Initiative (@fledgling) "aims to make awesome wine for the benefit of...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Wine, Maya Baratz, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Life In The Vast Plane...

At least you'd get some peace and quiet.At least you'd get some peace and quiet. Personally, I enjoy having some time off work, and don't want to be on the clock 24/7, thanks.RE: Life In The Vast Plane...That is an extremely valid point: 'always on' = burn out. Modern work...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

The Twitter Fantasy

The Twitter FantasyI loved the Irony of the advert."Follow ZDNet on Twitter".That was sheer genius, who says computers don't have a sense of humour. I believe the Interent just passed the Turing test.Better watch that kind of talkbecause several of your brethren think that Twitter is one of the...

Tags: Web site development, Blogging, Instant messaging, Web technology, Twitter

Discussion threads 2009-02-22

Julius Genachowski & The FCC: A Failure to Communicate?

So Julius Genachowski is to be Barack Obama's choice to head the Federal Communications Commission. Genachowski and president-elect Obama were classmates at the Harvard Law School. And Obama was his boss back then, too, at the Harvard Law Review. GigaOm...

Tags: FCC, Barack Obama, Broadband, Ticketmaster Corp., Interactive Corp., Wireless, Federal Government, Internet, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Wireless And Mobility, Government, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-01-13

I really don't want to use Windows anymore

I really don't want to use Windows anymoreThis is just not true ...[i]I'm well aware that if Linux or Mac had greater marketshare, then they would be far more vulnerable to malware attacks.[/i]It would never reach the level of Windows since both Linux and OSX don't have to contend with...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Desktops, Linux, Spyware, adware & malware, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, ClamWin, Microsoft Windows, virus, malware

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

Social Business News: Nov. 6, 2008

While the election has taken up most of the ink and Web space over the last couple of weeks, there's still been some steady movement in Social Business. Before I jump into this week's sampler I want to note two important changes -- this will now be a bi-weekly update...

Tags: Web, Aggregation, Software Development, Channel Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing Research, Software/Web Development, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-11-06

News to know: Microsoft's outlook, emergency patch; Apple; Amazon's cloud; Yang speaks

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Fake Steve Jobs heart attack story posted by teenager. Bloomberg: Jobs Said to Be Targeted by Teen in Heart-Attack Tale Jason O'Grady: SEC examining teen's motive in fake...

Tags: Layoff, Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Workforce Management, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources

Blog posts 2008-10-24

Digital Web Business News: Weekly Report - Oct. 23, 2008

A couple weeks ago I kicked off this Digital Web Business News feature so that I could recap the happenings in the world of Enterprise 2.0 -- at least those that got my attention. Last week got skipped due to my crazy work travel schedule, but this week I'm almost...

Tags: Web, Saba Software Inc., QikCom, Zannel, Zannel Community, Collaboration, Groupware, Strategic Planning, Enterprise Software, Software, Strategy, Management, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-10-23

Slide to distribute video on Facebook; Facebook to overtake MySpace in the US; Oasis launches new album on MySpace

The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… by Steve O'Hear

Tags: Facebook, Video, MySpace, Pingdom, Corporate Communications, Social Networking, Marketing, Online Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Yahoo launches new social network; Twitter redesign; Rumor: Ebay selling off StumbleUpon

The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… by Steve O'Hear

Tags: Network, Yahoo! Inc., StumbleUpon, eBay Inc., Twitter, Yahoo Launch, Arrington, Social Networking, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-09-19