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NEWS ABOUT: Web 2.0

Web 2.0 stories: 62 news summaries

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WEBSITE REVIEW

 Online TV, Movie 
 Guide Impresses 

Clicker takes the drudgery out of finding what you want

Nov 13, 09 11:24 AM CST
(Newser) - The Web is so rich with TV and movie options that organizing the content is a daunting task. “You could browse multiple sites, including crowd-pleasers like Hulu, but that's too slow and tedious,” Jeff Bertolucci writes. Enter Clicker , a new aggregating website its CEO calls “one part... More »

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Internet • Web 2.0 • website • digital video • online movie rentals • online TV • aggregator • catalog

 Facebook Is Now Offering Alibis 

NYC teen charged in robbery couldn't have done it, status update proves

Nov 12, 09 9:57 AM CST
(Newser) - We’ve all read about bonehead criminals getting caught because of social networks, or people’s online lives coming back to haunt them in divorce proceedings—but can Facebook actually help you in court? The answer is yes, at least for one New York teen, who is free after... More »

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social networking • Internet • New York City • Web 2.0 • Facebook • armed robbery • criminal charges • alibi

 Facebook Gives
 Death a Makeover

Gravestones are so 1.0, site spins; try memorializing your page

Oct 29, 09 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook has responded to yet another qualm arising from its revamp last week. This one was actually sort of serious: Users were inundated with suggestions that they “reconnect” with friends who—though their Facebook pages were still active—had in reality shuffled off this mortal coil. “Would that... More »

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social networking • Internet • Web 2.0 • Facebook • online privacy • death • memorial • deceased

ONLINE GAMING

 Facebook Sees Big 
 Bucks in Virtual Goods 

Social networking site wants a cut of gaming transactions

Oct 23, 09 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gaming is blowing up on Facebook, and the social networking site hopes to take a cut of the very real revenue generated by virtual interactions. Analysts think credits and other services bought to enhance the likes of “Farmville” and “Mafia Wars” will be trading at a clip of... More »

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social networking • Internet • Web 2.0 • Facebook • PayPal • online gaming • virtual goods • microtransaction • Mafia Wars • Farmville

 Google Moves In 
 on Online Music 

Search giant to partner with streaming/download services

Oct 21, 09 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google is getting into the online music business. TechCrunch has learned that the search giant will partner with iLike and LaLa to integrate clips into its search engine. An announcement is planned for October 28. Both companies allow streaming on first access, a 30-second clip thereafter, and the option to... More »

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Google • Internet • Web 2.0 • mergers and acquisitions • search engine • digital music • iLike • LaLa

ANALYSIS

Facebook Divorce Rule No. 1: Don't Overshare

Divorcee, beware. His lawyer might be reading those posts

Sep 29, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Like many things, the etiquette for dealing with marital troubles on Facebook isn’t exactly covered in the Terms of Service. And like any other Facebook action, Amanda Fortini writes, users would do well to think before they type. When a recently separated woman posted a status update reading “... More »

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social networking • Internet • divorce • Web 2.0 • marriage • Facebook • lawyer • defriending • marital woes

 How to Get 
 Yourself 
 Retweeted 

Data analysis tells you words to use and when to build your brand

Sep 22, 09 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - You might think all you need to do to get your 140-character gems rebroadcast on Twitter is make them, well, good. Wrong. Fast Company looks at some data-proven tips from Hubspot's Dan Zarrella:
  • Links work—If they're the right links: Retweets (or RTs) are three times more likely to
... More »

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social networking • Internet • Web 2.0 • blog • Twitter • tweet • follower • retweet

ANALYSIS

Self-Serve Ads, Goods
Work Well for Facebook

After missteps, Zuckerberg and co. have found some winning formulas

Sep 16, 09 5:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Reports on Facebook’s newly announced profitability have focused on a fixed deal with Microsoft that generates a large chunk of their income. But the site’s homegrown revenue sources—self-serve advertising and virtual gifts—shouldn’t be discounted, writes Bobbie Johnson for the Guardian. The personal information on Facebook... More »

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social networking • Web 2.0 • Facebook • profits • profit growth • gift

OPINION

 Twitter Is Just a Fad 

Social networking site has no long-term viability: Friedman

Jul 29, 09 5:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jon Friedman doesn’t really like Twitter, he writes for MarketWatch. He thinks the 140-character cap keeps Tweets superficial—which is why Ashton Kutcher loves it. It proved useful for Iranian protesters, but for those of us in relatively stable countries, Friedman agrees with blogger Jon Taplin: "Twitter has... More »

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social networking • Internet • Web 2.0 • business models • Twitter • user base • mobile phones • microblogging

 This Guy's 
 Getting $60K 
 to Tweet 
 About Wine 

Winner will live in California, Tweet about wine

Jul 22, 09 8:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hardy Wallace recently lost his job—but he’ll soon be making $10,000 a month promoting Murphy-Goode winery on the Web, as the winner of the much-touted “Really Goode Job,” the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The Atlantan, who has a wine blog and has taken sommelier education... More »

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social networking • Internet • California • Web 2.0 • wine • blogging • Twitter • vineyard • what recession? • winery

Pirate Bay Launches New YouTube Clone

VideoBay streams content, without that pesky copyright stuff

Jun 30, 09 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - If YouTube's limits on copyrighted material have exhausted you, the Swedish hackers who call themselves Pirate Bay have a solution: VideoBay, a new streaming video site that's utterly indifferent to intellectual property laws. The new service, rolled out just as Pirate Bay was sold to a Swedish software company that... More »

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YouTube • Web 2.0 • video • hackers • digital video • The Pirate Bay • streaming content

(Newser) - Traditional media are having a tough time covering the Iranian election fallout, but fear not: Web 2.0 is up to the task. The Washington Post runs down the best destinations for those hoping to stay on top of the situation:
  • PicFog.com: Current, unedited photos containing "
... More »

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Iran • blogosphere • Web 2.0 • Facebook • Flickr • Twitter • blogs • Iranian election

 'Web 2.0' is English's 
 Millionth Word 

A new word emerges every 98 minutes

Jun 10, 09 3:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The millionth word to enter the English lexicon is pure geek-speak, the Telegraph reports: Web 2.0 was entered this morning by Global Language Monitor, which recognizes words once they’ve appeared 25,000 times in the media, blogs, and social websites. The linguistic cataloger estimates that a new word... More »

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Web 2.0 • language • words • English language • Global Language Monitor

OPINION

 Introducing Web 3.0 

Mossberg and Swisher: it's an iPhone revolution

May 27, 09 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Web 2.0’s a thing of the past, write Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher for All Things D. "Something major is happening at the intersection of tech and media, and we think it deserves its own new hyped-up name,” they announce. Web 3.0 is the era... More »

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technology • Internet • Web 2.0 • iPhone • Walt Mossberg • iPod Touch • web 3.0 • mobile services • mobile Internet • gadget • handhelds • mobile devices • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - A California winery has a tempting offer for tech-savvy oenophiles, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The Murphy-Goode Winery will set up the right candidate with a $10,000-a-month job at its Sonoma County HQ blogging and Twittering about, well, wine. The 6-month gig includes room and board; the 2-month... More »

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social networking • Internet • California • Web 2.0 • wine • blogging • Twitter • vineyard • what recession? • winery

(Newser) - How much is your digital self worth to you? At least one new website is betting it’s enough that you might want to pass on that value after you die, Mashable reports. Legacy Locker, which launches today, allows you to designate caretakers to take control of your YouTube videos,... More »

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social networking • Internet • YouTube • Web 2.0 • Flickr • estate • digital content • heir • Legacy Locker


 Guardian to 
 Stop Presses, 
 Go Twitter-Only 

Guardian says will stop the presses after 188 years

Apr 1, 09 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - After 188 years in print, the celebrated UK newspaper the Guardian is switching to a Twitter-only format, it said in today's April 1 edition. All news, the paper said, will appear in 140-character “tweets,” which “experts say” is enough for any story.  “In the new... More »

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newspaper • Web 2.0 • April Fools' Day • Twitter • newspaper industry

(Newser) - The concept of Twitter, widely copied in the US and abroad, has found a home at a mommy-centric website, the Wall Street Journal reports. The site Today’s Mama hosts a new microblog called “Connect," which, unlike Twitter, allows users to join groups by region or... More »

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social networking • Internet • parenting • Web 2.0 • mothers • website • Twitter • moms

Tech Industry Falls for 'Cloud Computing'

It's all the rage, but does the fuzzy term really mean anything?

Mar 26, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Today's hottest tech term is "cloud computing": Google, Amazon, Yahoo, and Intel have all begun projects with such nebulous names as OpenCirrus and Elastic Compute Cloud. But while the projects behind the names all have something in common—storing data on far-off computers—nobody can agree on what cloud... More »

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technology • Google • Internet • Web 2.0 • Larry Ellison • Oracle • cloud computing

30K Post Questions for Obama's Web 'Fireside Chat'

Prez to answer most popular at 11:30am

Mar 26, 09 6:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama launches his online “fireside chat” today at 11:30am EST, answering questions from among the tens of thousands posted directly to the White House website, CNN reports. Some 70,000 questions had been posted by early this morning, the AP reports. More than a million votes have... More »

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Internet • Web 2.0 • streaming video • question and answer • President Obama • WhiteHouse.gov

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