Anonymous Gossip Sites
So here's what free speech has come to on campus: “Name the freshman sluts!” an anonymous post demands on the Indiana University page of a multischool gossip site. So-and-so “has herpes!” proclaims a...
The Fall and Rise of Media
Historically, young women and men who sought to thrive in publishing made their way to Manhattan. Once there, they were told, they would work in marginal jobs for indifferent bosses doing mundane tas...
Micro-blogging vs Mega-blogging
I don't think “mega-blogging” is actually a thing, I just made it up to make the title sound more dramatic. But if mega-blogging were a thing, you would do it with WordPress. Micro-blogging is a thi...
Black Friday Boasts $595 Million in U.S. Online Holiday Spending, Up 11 Percent Versus Year Ago
Strong Lead-Up to Black Friday Boosts Holiday Spending Growth to 3 Percent for the First 27 Days of the Season — comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world …
Turkish engineers developing internet search engine
Turkish engineers are working on developing an internet search engine and aiming to launch it in 2010, a senior official said. — Turkish engineers are working on developing an internet search engine...
Gangs in New York talk Twitter: Use tweets to trash-talk rivals, plan fights
The city's street gangs are becoming tweet gangs. — Manhattan's young thugs have turned to Twitter, and the cops who track them are fast behind, the Daily News has learned. — It's old-school crime...
The iPhone's got Seoul
Apple's smartphone lands with a bang in Korea as pre-orders approach 65,000 — Seoul iPhone launch. Photo: news.naver.com — After China's muted reception, Koreans greeted the launch of the iPhone ...
Barnes & Noble delays Nook shipments to stores
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc (BKS.N) said on Sunday it would delay shipments of its newly launched Nook electronic reader to stores as the company strives to deliver preordered devices...