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What’s the Future of our Web Interactions?

Facebook has recently rolled out an update to its popular IM system, FbChat.  It allows users to incorporate their customized “Friend Lists” on the chatting platform.  With this update, Facebook now allows users the ability to appear either online or offline to a select group of their friends.  A small, but useful update for those [...]

Will the “New Digg” Breathe New Life Into the Service?

During Michael Arrington’s interview with Kevin Rose, the Digg-founder states, “I believe that it’s time for Digg to get a little bit more real-time in nature. And we need to be a living and breathing site.”  He goes on to say that he expects Digg to see these changes somewhere in the next six months.
There’s [...]

The Diggalotti Exposed: The Secret Society Behind Digg.com

Editor’s Note: The author of this article is an avid Digg user and a contributing writer for a major Los Angeles news publication. This is his unfiltered rant.

The Diggbar is terrible. Now that that I got that out my system! What ticks me off more than anything is the unfavorable trends occurring with [...]

Friendfeed Ahead of its Time, Twitter Ahead in the Race

There is somewhat of a war waging between both the Twitter and FriendFeed services as of late.  More specifically, a “battle” between the services’ users.  For the most part, FriendFeed users LOVE FriendFeed and CAN’T STAND Twitter, whereas Twitter users LOVE Twitter and CAN”T STAND FriendFeed.  So, the natural follow-up to this debate is to [...]

Pirates of Silicon Valley [Part 2.0]

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”
-Charles Caleb Colton (1780 – 1832)
There is an obvious trend that exists within today’s internet-based businesses.  Companies are “stealing” other companies’ ideas, concepts, and functionality.  Well, stealing may not be the most accurate description.  I believe the term borrowing may better sum up what is actually happening.  In any [...]

Using the Web to Become an ‘Open Entrepreneur’

“I’m nervous about sharing my ideas and putting them out into the open”
This is such a common sentiment shared by many aspiring entrepreneurs.  I’ve heard it time and time again.  It isn’t hard to understand why these individuals feel this way.  I mean, who wants their ideas to be stolen right out from underneath them?  [...]

Fight for Your Right to Login

One of, if not the biggest concern facing today’s social web relates to the login process.  The amount of social networks and services one can sign up for on the web today is quite staggering (just take a look at Friendfeed’s offering of services, they have about sixty).  And as any social media enthusiast knows, [...]

Technology Killed the Media Stars

It is no secret that the shift from traditional media (newspapers, television, radio) to the online social scene (blogs, tweets, social networks) is upon us.  It is also no secret that the employers and employees of traditional media have been late to adopt the new media wave.  I personally cannot relate to these individuals, but [...]