Google Me: Have We Been Using It All Along? - Advertising Age - DigitalNext. Democrats.org. Captain Planet Day 2010. Happy Birthday Captain Planet!
Forget Spider Man or Batman, around here it's Captain Planet who gets our hearts all aflutter. The ground-breaking TV show by Ted Turner debuted 20 years ago, on September 15th, 1990. For six years the superhero and his five international Planeteers inspired a generation to recycle, write their representatives, and plant more trees. Apple to announce subscription plan for newspapers. By John Boudreau jboudreau@mercurynews.com Posted: 09/14/2010 07:37:50 PM PDT0 Comments|Updated: 3 years ago Apple is expected to announce soon a new subscription plan for newspapers, which hope tablets like the iPad will eventually provide a new source of profit as media companies struggle with declining print circulation and advertising revenue.
Apple did not respond to a request for comment. But Roger Fidler, head of digital publishing at the Donald W. The Cupertino company has agreed to provide an opt-in function for subscribers to allow Apple to share with publishers their information, which includes vital data that news organizations use to attract advertisers, industry sources say. Twitter user name @israel just sold for six figures. Am I Upgraded Yet? - Read Reviews & Compare Twitter Apps - oneforty. Twitter Launches The New Twitter.com — Faster, Richer, Better (Live) I’m here live at the event Twitter is holding at their headquarters in San Francisco to show off — well, something. Live Blog: Twitter Event (With Video) As we mentioned this morning, Twitter is holding an event at its headquarters this afternoon at 4 pm PT, but so far the company is keeping mum on why we're all attending.
But attending we are and we have a few hypotheses as to what could be coming, from the long awaited Twitter Analytics, to the launch of Annotations to a true business offering. Whatever it is, it's sure to be exciting (right?) The Hamster Wheel. Twitter Plots Big Secret Announcement. GovLaunch - USA.Gov Facebook Comment Policy. Harrisburg University Plans Social Media Blackout, Has Lost All Short-Term Memory - Technorati Blogging. Remember what life was like before Facebook and Twitter?
Ya know, back in 2005? I remember it well--despite my young age--because, as most will probably agree, five years simply isn't that long. Cops shoot, kill dog during Adams Morgan festival. September 12, 2010 - 01:54 pm Updated: September 13, 2010 - 07:53 pm UPDATE 7:47 p.m.
Sept. 13: The Washington Post has obtained the police report on the incident. It describes the dog as appearing "to be out of control" and says the dog "charged" at the officer before it was fatally shot. A G.O.P. Leader Tightly Bound to Lobbyists. Obama: America's enemy is al-Qaeda, not Islam. By Richard Wolf and Mimi Hall, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday issued a passionate plea for tolerance on the eve of the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, urging anxious Americans not to allow themselves to be divided by religion and ethnicity.
"We have to make sure we don't start turning on each other," Obama said. His comments came at the end of a week that saw tensions flare over a Florida preacher's threat to burn a Muslim holy book and continued controversy over plans in New York City to build an Islamic community center and mosque near the Ground Zero site of the 2001 attacks. In a wide-ranging news conference in the East Room of the White House, Obama also defended his efforts to stimulate the economy and create jobs, said he is "hopeful" about the prospects for new negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians and said capturing or killing Osama bin Laden remains a high priority for his administration.
Social Media Hub. Newspaper Paywalls: Full Speed Ahead. Ok, I don't understand what's so hard about this.
A newspaper costs somewhere between 25 cents and a dollar to buy at a newsstand. So charge 25 cents to a dollar for a day's worth of full access. 2760 from bubbalon.com. Herding Cats. Alexpriest you would die! RT @American_Forum: RT @GabrielleNYC: If you missed it - University Plan. Web Users Now Spend More Time on Facebook Than Google. We already know that Facebook is the web's biggest time sink.
If you look at the average amount of time (according to Nielsen) users spend on the social network, Facebook is a clear winner over sites such as Google or Yahoo. Now, according to comScore, Facebook is also first when it comes to the total amount of time users are spending on the site. In August, U.S. web users spent 41.1 million minutes on Facebook, which was about 9.9% of their entire web-surfing time in that month. In this same period, people spent 39.8 million minutes on all of Google's sites, and those include another huge online timesink - YouTube.
Twitter Quietly Setting Traffic Records. While the world has had its eyes stuck on Digg’s relaunch, the upcoming Facebook movie, and Apple’s every little move, Twitter has been hard at work.
That effort seems to be paying off, as according to third party trackers Twitter is setting traffic record after record. While services like Alexa and Compete are not accurate enough to trust from day to day, for very large websites they can be useful to track general trends. If Alexa and Compete agree that a top 100 website is on the rise, they usually have a point. I learned at least that much working in analytics back in the day. First look at January Jones as X-Men's Emma Frost. iPhone 3G is enough (with iOS 4.1 that is) Rick Santorum's Anal Sex Problem.
Illustration: Zina Saunders See a related slideshow of Santorum illustration outtakes here, or watch related Santorum animations here and here. Rick Santorum would very much like to be president. Google's Color-Changing Logo and What the Company Is About to Announce. The Google homepage is sporting a new logo that changes color as you type, and it's likely a big hint as to what the company will announce at its "can't miss" search event on Wednesday.
When you arrive on the search giant homepage today, you'll be greeted with a gray Google doodle. When you start typing a search query though, the color magically returns to Google's iconic logo. This follows yesterday's logo, a collection of animated particles that react to the movement of the cursor. As many in the media have noted, this week's series of logos isn't just Googlers having fun; it's also a big hint for what the company will be unveiling at a press event occurring Wednesday morning in San Francisco. Geoff Livingston's Blog. By Beth Harte and Geoff Livingston The anti-social media guru meme received a death wish from Shel Holtz last week. As early co-authors of two top 25 posts that put some early flames to that fire, we couldn’t help but take notice. Gawker Media Now Bigger Than All Newspapers Online — Except One. Look Out Groupon – WhitePages Has Big Plans For Social Buying Site DealPop.
It went by largely unnoticed, but directory services provider WhitePages launched a social buying website called DealPop last July, entering a field played by many notable up-and-comers such as Groupon, LivingSocial and Yelp. Initially, DealPop was only available in Seattle, but the site is expanding to Los Angeles today and to San Francisco in the next two weeks. The company has bigger plans for the site than city-by-city expansion too, so its competitors better take notice. The reason all group buying sites should keep a close eye on the venture, regardless of the lackluster reception by the media, is the sheer size and reach of WhitePages.
The company offers an exhaustive suite of free mobile and Web services that enable people find and connect with each other as well as businesses throughout the United States. DealPop says it’s already seeing considerable demand from existing national advertising and WhitePages.com partners, prompting it to roll out nationwide deals (e.g. BP to release investigation into Gulf oil disaster - Sep. 8, 2010. By CNN Wire StaffSeptember 8, 2010: 6:36 AM ET NEW YORK (CNN) -- BP is on Wednesday expected to release findings of an internal investigation into the Gulf oil disaster, the oil giant said. The report comes nearly five months after an April 20 explosion aboard an oil rig left 11 men dead and spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over an 87-day period. A federal task report on Tuesday said scientists have found a decline in oxygen levels in the Gulf following the BP (BP) spill, but no "dead zones. " Levels of dissolved oxygen in deep water have dropped about 20 percent below their long-term average, according to data collected from up to 60 miles from the well at the center of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Howard Kurtz - Appeasing the Google Gods. Park(ing) Day DC. How Push Notifications Will Change Twitter. NY Times Advertisement. Citizen Fueled News. The White House. Online - The Biz Blog. Meet Tubbs. He's wearing a tux. And yes, he is a kitty. - alexpriest's posterous. Peanut! (My Kentucky kitty) - alexpriest's posterous. Job Postings. Staff Openings: How We Hire. Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity. Social Media for the B2B Sphere « Social Media Monitoring and Engagement – Radian6. Google Announces Can’t Be Missed Press Event On Search – What’s Up? Google’s announced a special press event for next Wednesday on search that “you won’t want to miss.” What big news could there be? The "Tonight Show" Just Had Its Lowest-rated Summer Ever.
Business Insider. Facebook Adds News Search. Facebook has begun surfacing widely "liked" news stories from independent media organizations in its basic search bar today, it appears. First reported by watchdog blog AllFacebook, the change is something that seems likely to be understood as a challenge to Google. It's early days for the feature, but something to watch for sure. Search for a phrase that's appearing in the news in the main Facebook search box and you'll see off-site links to news stories.