Eric Schmidt believes Net Neutrality can help solve the energy and environmental crisis, pointing out the unlimited nature of information and the ability of social networks to contribute to finding and...
opinion by Erik Larson | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 233 views | 9 recommendations | 3 comments
Tweetsgiving has turned Twitter's ability to bring out sarcastic and witty comments in its users into an online chairty that is trying to raise $10,000 for a class of Tanzanian students. Run by Epic Change,...
created by Jason Sanders | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 155 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Facebook poked Twitter, but the growing start up denied their $500 friend request. At least that's what some industry bloggers and writers are saying, quoting high ranking people within both parties as saying that...
Wanda Morillo needed a wheelchair for the plane and decided to send out a Twitter plea to @JetBlue instead of contacting customer service at the airport. " ...
created by Jason Sanders | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 654 views | 5 recommendations | 6 comments
Telcom industry-backed group proclaims that a consumer traffic "exaflood" will overwhelm the internet unless the telcos are given more power and tax dollars, with less oversight and accountability. Hint; it's a trick."As a rule, most warnings of Internet capacity armageddon...
opinion by Erik Larson | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 157 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
This is an audio report by and of Hurricane Ike survivor Earl Shelton re how he has fared since Ike hit (2 months ago). He has had no stability in his life, he has, like many other evacuees, bounced from shelters to hotel rooms.This audio report was done on Utterli because...
created by markmayhew | 4 years ago 470 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
"People always want to know how Twitter will make money, and at the Web 2.0 Summit, CEO Evan Williams hinted at the commercial value of the service."This article is newsworthy because it addresses some of the ways Twitter might be able to monetize it's service.
As NowPublic previously reported, "digital politics" and Social Media Mania, played a huge part in the US Election. But how is the web-savvy President-Elect Obama planning to use social media during his...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 336 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
"The internet and web 2.0 technology have played a critical part in this US election from the very inception of campaigning."This post is newsworthy because it's gives an overview of the way the internet, esp. Web 2.0 sites like Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon, was used by...
I think this article is important because it describes how the Obama campaign utilized the internet, and has influenced how future campaigns will be run. "To a considerable extent, Republicans and Democrats say, this is a result of the way that the Obama campaign sought to...
OK I'm hallucinating now. But if the things below do happen let them know you heard it from here too.I still have yet to gather my thoughts regarding the leeches of Web 2.0 (those hundreds of bookmarking, tagging, news syndication, etc., etc.) and when they will eventually...
Yahoo is set to cut more than 10% of its workforce after the company's net income for the quarter fell below projected earnings. This is just one of many cuts to be made in this sector. Please see additional...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 277 views | 27 recommendations | 4 comments
Revenue. Monetization. Cash money.Lots of web 2.0 companies have acquired it (in the former of start-up venture capital), but very few are actually earning it (in the form of any revenue whatsoever).Unless more...
There remains a huge gap between Web 2.0 theory and Web 2.0 practice: User-generated content sites, rather than having an even vaguely homogenous user base in terms of contribution, remain divided between an...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 339 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments