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Web 2.0 stories: 60 news summaries

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(Newser) - A craze sweeping the web resembles nothing so much as a creative-writing exercise, the New York Times reports. “25 Random Things About Me” propagates through chain-letter style email, or on Facebook as a note, with recipients forwarding their lists to 25 others. “Photos or news stories have spread... More »

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social networking • Internet • Web 2.0 • email • Facebook • creative writing • 25 Random Things About Me • chain letter

Facebook Looking to Cash In on Its Friends

Wants info of 150M members to be market research gold mine

Feb 1, 09 1:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Facebook will create one of the world’s largest market research databases in an attempt to profit from the personal information it collects from its 150 million members, the Telegraph reports. The social networking site’s new instant polling tool, which will enable companies to target specially selected users, was... More »

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social networking • Internet • Web 2.0 • advertising • Facebook • online ads • advertisers

 Guys, PMS Alerts 
 Just a Click Away 

Web site tracks 100K women's menstrual cycles

Jan 29, 09 10:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Some 100,000 men bewildered and berated by wives and girlfriends with pre-menstrual syndrome have visited PMSbuddy.com, which sends out reminders when partners may be touchy, Australia’s News Network reports. Messages like “She’s on yellow—tread carefully, fella” keep men up to date on the cycles... More »

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Internet • Web 2.0 • women • men • romance • relationship • PMS • PMSbuddy.com


 Web Novels  
 Let Readers 
 Drive the Plot 

Weekly installments end with a choice

Jan 5, 09 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Fantasy fans who’d like a role in the action can turn to literature’s latest incarnation: the online Web-novel, or wovel, NPR reports. Readers can click and read a chapter each week. Then, “at the end of every installment, there's a binary plot branch point with a vote... More »

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Internet • Web 2.0 • literature • reading • web • novel • book

YouTube
Cracks Down
on Suggestive Videos

Access will be limited to site's adult users

Dec 4, 08 2:31 PM CST
(Newser) - YouTube has announced new rules on sexually suggestive content, restricting it to registered members who claim to be adults and removing it from the video-sharing site’s most popular pages, the San Jose Mercury News reports. “Our goal is to help ensure that you’re viewing content that’s... More »

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Internet • YouTube • Web 2.0 • online videos

 Twitter Tries to Get Real, 
 Trades In CEO

Micro-blogging pioneer with plenty of buzz but no revenue swaps execs

Oct 17, 08 6:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twitter has shunted CEO Jack Dorsey into the chairman's role and given his job to current chairman and co-founder Evan Williams, CNET reports. The micro-blogging site has grown fast since launching last year and has been surrounded by plenty of buzz—but while managers say things are right on track,... More »

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technology • social networking • Web 2.0 • blogging • business models • Twitter

Web 2.0 Makes Hitler
a Satirical Star

YouTube videos spoof Nazi leader

Sep 28, 08 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hitler wants his Xbox back, at least in one of many YouTube spoofs. Using clips from a 2004 German film about the Nazi’s demise, users have also rewritten subtitles to show Hitler ranting about Hillary Clinton and Adam Sandler movies. The spoofs are the latest Web 2.0 spawn,... More »

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Internet • YouTube • film • Web 2.0 • Adolf Hitler

Microblogging
Creates World
of 'Ambient
Awareness'

Experts compare it to physical closeness

Sep 6, 08 7:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mini-missives that friends post on websites like Twitter create what experts call "ambient awareness"—a form of contact akin to picking up a friend's body language or stray remarks. Alone they add up to little, "but taken together, over time, the little snippets coalesce into a... More »

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social networking • Web 2.0 • Facebook • Flickr • Twitter • Loopt

ANALYSIS

 Twitter Outgrows 
 Narcissistic Phase 

From police updates to serializing novel, aficionados  find innovative new uses

Sep 4, 08 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Don't write off Twitter as a mere time-wasting self-promotion toy, David Chartier writes in Ars Technica. Users have adapted the microblogging tool to business, government, and even art, pushing 140-character posts beyond "what I had for lunch today." Some innovative Twitter accounts include Comcast, which tracks customer service... More »

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technology • social networking • Comcast • Web 2.0 • Business trends • Twitter

ANALYSIS

Facebook's Vision Nets
100 Million Users

'Carefully groomed' site beats 'the chaos that is MySpace,' may mean $

Aug 26, 08 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook has just crossed the 100-million-user plateau, and it’s more notable than when MySpace achieved the feat 2 years ago, Stan Schroeder writes on Mashable. First of all, Facebook says it counts only active users, unlike its rival. But more importantly, Facebook has a vision of how to cater... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Web 2.0 • Facebook • valuation • user base

 Cancer Patients
 Bare All in Blogs

Researchers and psychologists think connection, and release, are beneficial

Aug 20, 08 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cancer patients, once reticent, are increasingly explicit in sharing the details of their ordeals in blogs—and finding it therapeutic. Researchers at Ohio State looked at 50 blogs and found they helped patients cope, the Boston Globe reports. Not only do they make it easier to  keep friends and family... More »

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cancer • Internet • Web 2.0 • blogging • patient • support networks

ANALYSIS

Amazon's New Video Service Part Netflix, Part YouTube

Movies, TV shows will stream directly computer, no huge download required

Jul 17, 08 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amazon entered the streaming video tangle today with Amazon Video on Demand, a service that resembles Netflix and Hulu far more than the company’s Unbox service, Ars Technica notes. While Unbox functioned on a principle similar to the iTunes Store, Amazon Video will stream movies and TV shows directly... More »

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YouTube • Web 2.0 • Netflix • iTunes Store • Hulu • streaming content • Amazon.com • Unbox

 'Media Titan'
 Moves in Small
 (Even Empty)
 Websites

Little-known Internet player hitting the big time with simple idea

Jul 16, 08 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Richard Rosenblatt doesn’t work in Silicon Valley and few people, even there, know his name. But in just 2 years his Demand Media has become a huge player, backed by $355 million in private investment, and pulling in nearly $200 million in revenue this year, the Los Angeles ... More »

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social networking • Internet • Web 2.0 • business • tech companies • Internet advertising • Richard Rosenblatt

ANALYSIS

 Is Web's 'Long Tail'
 Really a Tall Tale? 

Harvard prof questions theory that Internet fuels boom for niche commerce

Jul 14, 08 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The "Long Tail" theory of the internet—that the Web's boundless democracy is enabling a boom in niche culture and commerce—is coming under fire just as its author releases the paperback version, Farhad Manjoo writes on Slate. After reviewing data that should back Chris Anderson's theory, a Harvard... More »

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Web 2.0 • culture • Wired • Chris Anderson • Anita Elberse • long tail • niche • esoteric

 YouTube Warriors 
 Redefine Politics 

Independent web ads for favored candidates are making an impact

Jun 28, 08 9:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - A glut of political amateurs who produce popular videos on the cheap for YouTube and similar sites is redefining campaign politics. The New York Times takes a look at the phenomenon, in which partisans with nothing but passion and a computer produce often scathing videos about McCain and Obama. The... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Internet • YouTube • Web 2.0 • political advertising • Election 2008

 The Next Big Web Start-Ups 

MIT offers a look new software to improve how we communicate online

Jun 28, 08 6:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - What’s next in the wide world of Web?  MIT’s Technology Review lists 10 up-and-coming apps and gadgets to make communicating even easier:
  1. Pinger. Like texting, but with your voice: leave voice messages for your friends on the company’s server.
  2. Pownce. A microblogging service like Twitter—
... More »

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Internet • Web 2.0 • website • startup • Internet applications • gadget

OPINION

Al-Qaeda Stuck in Web 1.0

Osama not up on his Facebook, YouTube; US should exploit populist backlash

Jun 26, 08 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - At its height, al-Qaeda had mastered how to amplify the effect of real-world attacks with virtual representations—videos, audio recordings, and articles reproducing its mayhem online. But as the Web has transformed into a more social entity, the terrorist organization is " stuck in 1.0," writes analyst Daniel... More »

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social networking • Internet • Middle East • YouTube • Web 2.0 • al-Qaeda • Internet censorship

For Web 'Game,' Everything
New Is Old

In classic fashion, company has cool idea, needs users, cash

Jun 21, 08 8:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Won’t these Internet startups ever learn about business plans? That's backward thinking, says prolific venture capitalist Joi Ito, who has a stake in the new website PMOG. “People make fun of the idea," he told Portfolio. “There are few sites, however, that have a critical... More »

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Internet • Web 2.0 • venture capital • Internet startups • multiplayer games • Internet advertising • PMOG

Michelin Guide Goes Interactive

Gastronomy bible's website lets amateur cooks weigh in

Jun 18, 08 8:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Before it was the last word in gastronomy, the Michelin Guide was a free book designed to spur travel, and hence sell tires. Now, it’ll be free once more, thanks to a revamped Web strategy, BusinessWeek reports. Michelin’s redesigned site will not only give away more content,... More »

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travel • Web 2.0 • restaurant criticism • Michelin star • Michelin • interactive

Say Hello
to Generation Duh

Tech-savvy, yes, but far dumber than age cohorts past

May 13, 08 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Today's youth are dangerously dumb, Mark Bauerlein writes in his new book, The Dumbest Generation. Here's why:
  1. Check out Jay Leno's "Jaywalking," where "the ignorance is hard to believe."
  2. They boast "a new attitude," taking pride in their illiteracy.
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education • social networking • Internet • Web 2.0 • generation gap • emoticon • teenager

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