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...

Forget Layoffs, Cisco Fatty, Tweets Will Keep You Unemployed

They say Twitter is as Twitter does and, these days, it seems to be true. To be fair, some of the least sharp knives in the Twittersphere's drawer are ever-apt to find occasion to post something that...

SXSW 2009 Interactive: Web Nerds Are Cooler Than You

The thing about web nerds is that they love having the opportunity to prove to the world that they are infinitely 'cooler' than you might think. But, no, it's not enough for them to lounge around the hallways of the...

SXSW 2009: 'Free for All' with Chris Anderson and Guy Kawasaki

Chris Anderson, he of Wired fame and current purveyor of 'free', sat down to be interviewed by Alltop founder and self-marketing professional guru and Silicon Valley VC Guy Kawasaki on Tuesday to discuss the future...

Blog to the Future: Twitter Grows 1,700% Since 2008

With a tweet tweet here and a twit twit there, there's a twitpic, twitmatic, twitter twitter everywhere... Since 2007, Twitter's then-fledgling microblogging service has practically exploded into public consciousness...

World's 'oldest' spider web found in UK

Two fossil hunters have found what is thought to be the world's oldest spider web preserved in amber on an East Sussex beach at Bexhill. It is thought that it is 140 million years old, which would mean it was preserved in the Cretaceous period. At the same time the two...

Facebook to Allow Users to Participate in Policies, Terms of Use

After much back and forth (and backlash) regarding the recent launch — and subsequent retraction — of its allegedly restrictive 'new' Terms of Service, social networking giant Facebook announced Thursday that it...

Is Adobe Air going to follow a pdf like trend or die like the vhs

Just recently I watched a talk from Francisco Tolmasky at FOWA in which he briefly compared some technologies such as Air to a dvd/vhs combo. With all the hype around cloud computing it was a fair comment and got me thinking a little further.I currently am just about to start...

Is Microsoft leading FaceBook Astray?

It seems to me that the current trend in social apps is starting to move towards universalization and simplicity at a Macro Architecture level. Many projects such as Oauth, the open social stack or even Android are all key determinants in a major industry...

Official GOP website begs people to "Call Talk Radio"

On the GOP website, an entire webpage is devoted to talk radio, specifically asking people to call various shows to give their support for the GOP.  Another part of the same web page says to "Call Talk...

Humorless Right Winger Amanda Carpenter attacks Web Comedy

Appearing on the O'Reilly Factor, conservative gadfly Amanda Carpenter attacked two comedy skits that have had enormous popularity on the web, one a parody of Ann Coulter, the other a 2-year-old appearing on...

Inauguration Overloads Cellular & Wireless Networks in Washington

Despite the 100+ posts per second volume on Twitter during Obama's swearing-in ceremony, millions of cell phone users and would-be wireless Twitter users weren't able to call, post, text, or tweet due to cellular...

Pres. Obama to Use Whitehouse.gov for 'Open Sourced Democracy'

UPDATED: Jan 20 | 15:15pm EST — In the wide world of the web, nothing stays the same for long — domains are bought and sold, sites are overhauled and updated, and new applications and technologies are lauded and...

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