The 4th of July only for those that can tweet.

By, Uwe Paschen. The forgotten people by Tweeter on the fourth of July may be fund in Niger. Wile the USA celebrates ideals such as Liberty and Freedom as well as Equality and Justice, most of the World Citizen...

Johnathon Richard Hock raped an unconscious woman live on the web

Johnathon Richard Hock, 20, has turned himself in for raping an uncounscious woman live on the internet on February 26th, but police only received an incomplete recording of it a few days ago.  Police in Surprise, Arizona have Hock in custody, without bail, on suspicion...

Will Google Wave or Microsoft Vine Replace Twitter and Facebook?

" Google () promised to deliver something spectacular on the second day of the Google I/O conference, and they did not disappoint. Google has just announced Google Wave, a new in-browser communication and...

Wolfram Alpha - Interesting competition for Google and Wikipedia?

"In a talk at Harvard Law School, Stephen Wolfram, a well-known mathematician, scientist and entrepreneur, gave a demonstration of his soon-to-be released Web service which promises to answer all sorts of questions....

The Danger of Propaganda by not allowing Independent Reporters.

 By, Uwe Paschen. Now, I am not the first nor will I be the last to write about Journalist and Reporters getting the news wrong, for lack of taking the time to check the authenticity and correctness of the...

Web founder makes online privacy plea

Tim Berners-Lee continues to champion a free internet. His latest appeal should concern all who wish to see the internet protected from enclosure and abuse by for profit vested interests. The fact that...

Dabbawallahs Use Web and Text to Make Lunch on Time

In London, UK, a concept born in India - the lunchtime delivery service of Dabbawallahs - has  become a highly successful Indian food business. Tiffinbites (www.tiffinbites.com), started by Jamal Hirani,...

Need Funds? Google's Got $100 Million in Venture Capital For You

Oh sure, you might say, the economy is in freefall, layoffs are staggering, and no one has any money. And for the most part you'd be right. But what about that not-so-quiet giant of the internet — that "be no...

YouTube online again in China (for two days-see update)

As of March 27, YouTube was available again in China following a four-day layoff, reportedly over a video showing police brutality in Tibet that authorities insisted was fake. In recent years, China's web censors (colloquially known as the Great Firewall or the Net Nanny)...

Twitter's Ultimate Tweetup: The 140 Characters Conference

Leave it to @JeffPulver to come up with this impossibly zeitgeisty event idea — a Twitter-specific 2 day love-in with the achingly appropriate name the "140 Characters Conference". For two days in New York this...

The Web world - do you know what your children are doing?

A study by Web world security giant, Symantec, indicates that our children are spending a lot more time on the internet than most parents believe, begging the question, 'do you know what your children are doing?' The...

Google Logo Celebrates Very Hungry Caterpillar's 40th Anniversary

Spring has sprung on the interwebs and Google's gotten into the fun with temporary re-design of its logo that incorporates an image of the titular character from Eric Carle's much-loved classic children's book The...

Gmail Lets You Undo Sent Messages, Drunk Emailers Rejoice!

Although not the sole domain of inebriated emailers who fire off wish-I'd-never-said-that missives to massive lists of contacts at all hours of the night and morning, Gmail's latest feature will undoubtedly be...

Chicago Tribune Changes Masthead to Twitter Names

The Chicago Tribune was one of the first big American newspapers to rally its staffers to get on Twitter and now they've taken the bold step into full-force, mass-twidoption by posting the Tribune's Masthead as a...

Twitter's Faux Premium Accounts Dupe Users, But Get Them Thinking

As Twitter hasn't exactly stepped forward with a business model, others are stepping in to do it for them. In a cleverly-worded post on Thursday, BBspot offered up a legitimately interesting (if slightly mocking and...

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