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Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:36:34 GMT

Did YouTube Block Marijuana Questions in Obama Interview?

Google's YouTube allowed viewers to submit a question for US president Obama. Over 11,000 questions were asked and over 667,000 votes were cast,...

Google's YouTube allowed viewers to submit a question for US president Obama. Over 11,000 questions were asked and over 667,000 votes were cast, YouTube writes, saying they "collected the top questions". Now, Toke of the Town however writes that "YouTube Censors Marijuana Question In Obama Interview": Yes, questions about marijuana were the most popular in the CitizenTube voting...

By Philipp Lenssen

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:06:02 GMT

The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Social Search Engine

John Battelle's Searchblog

The folks at Aardvark have posted an ambitious paper over on the 'vark blog. Titled after Brin and Page's original “Anatomy of a Large-Scale...

The folks at Aardvark have posted an ambitious paper over on the 'vark blog. Titled after Brin and Page's original “Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine”, the paper presents the Aardvark engine and, in its authors' words: "describes the fundamental differences between the traditional “Library” paradigm of web...

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:43:40 GMT

An App Store for Google Docs, Gmail?

Google Blogoscoped

The Wall Street Journal writes: Google Inc. is preparing to launch a store selling online business software that integrates with its Web services,...

The Wall Street Journal writes: Google Inc. is preparing to launch a store selling online business software that integrates with its Web services, according to people briefed by the company, enlisting software developers in its battle against Microsoft Corp. These people said the store will sell business software designed by outside developers to integrate and add capabilities to...

By Philipp Lenssen

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Social Networks for Things

ReadWriteWeb

At the recent DLD Conference (Digital - Life - Design) in Munich, Germany, Esther Dyson moderated a panel on the Internet of Things . The subject of...

At the recent DLD Conference (Digital - Life - Design) in Munich, Germany, Esther Dyson moderated a panel on the Internet of Things . The subject of the discussion was giving identity to things , just as people have an identity. In essence, creating social networks for things. On the panel were Ulla-Maaria Engeström (Thinglink), Doug Krugman (Personal Commerce), Michael...

By Richard MacManus

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:57:15 GMT

Top 10 YouTube Mashups of All Time

ProgrammableWeb

We list 423 YouTube mashups in our directory. Naturally, some are better than others. Below are our Top 10, as determined by popularity and...

We list 423 YouTube mashups in our directory. Naturally, some are better than others. Below are our Top 10, as determined by popularity and editorial judgment.

By Adam DuVander

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:09:24 GMT

Picasa Web Album Limits (1000 x 1000)

Google Blogoscoped

Google apparently previously said that on Picasa Web Albums, you can "Store up to 8,192,000 photos from a 5MP camera". However, Picasa is limited to...

Google apparently previously said that on Picasa Web Albums, you can "Store up to 8,192,000 photos from a 5MP camera". However, Picasa is limited to 1000 albums containing 1000 pics each... which is far less than the advertised 8,192,000. People complained about this, some wanting a refund for buying additional Picasa storage, and now Google's explanatory text reads "Store up to

By Philipp Lenssen

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:29:00 GMT

Exploring Why Social Business Will Drive 21st Century Enterprises

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Below is an new core visual -- which is itself a work-in-progress -- for thinking about social business models. It's part an ongoing strategic line...

Below is an new core visual -- which is itself a work-in-progress -- for thinking about social business models. It's part an ongoing strategic line of thinking that I've been developing lately to do some direction finding on strategic uses of social computing. It's also part of a new book contribution that I completed today on the underlying future of the Web and business, which...

By Dion Hinchcliffe

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:48:00 GMT

SharePoint Social Learning Experience

eLearning Technology

By Tony Karrer

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:02:26 GMT

Case study in extending RSS

Scripting News

My mother, who has a WordPress blog, keeps telling me about posts that I haven't seen. This was starting to irk me, so I looked into River2 to see...

My mother, who has a WordPress blog, keeps telling me about posts that I haven't seen. This was starting to irk me, so I looked into River2 to see what's going on. Yes, it is finding her posts, but it thinks they're pictures. Why? Because the feed says they're pictures. Oy. Digging in a little deeper. WordPress has a neat feature that I don't fully understand, called...

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:10:47 GMT

Wikiracing

Google Blogoscoped

Wikipedia states: "A Wikirace ... is a race by as many people as you wish, using wikilinks to travel from one Wikipedia page to another. The first

Wikipedia states: "A Wikirace ... is a race by as many people as you wish, using wikilinks to travel from one Wikipedia page to another. The first person to reach the destination page, or the person that reaches the destination using the fewest number of links, wins the race." Anyone dare race from Google to Doink the Clown? [Via Milivella.]

By Philipp Lenssen

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:54:04 GMT

Gmail Buzz?

Google Blogoscoped

Scott noticed that when you create a label named "buzz" in Gmail, the app will tell you: "Sorry, you can't create a label named 'buzz' (it's a...

Scott noticed that when you create a label named "buzz" in Gmail, the app will tell you: "Sorry, you can't create a label named 'buzz' (it's a reserved system label). Please try another name" Does anyone know what this could be? The label wasn't always reserved, according to Scott, who says he had used the name buzz before. Looking up the word "buzz" in Google, we get several...

By Philipp Lenssen

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:54:10 GMT

Google Book Search Settlement 2.0: the Latest Scorecard

Library Stuff

An update from the Chronicle

By Steven

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:13:59 GMT

Fastcase? There’s an App for That!

Library Stuff

FastCase Blog – “Fastcase for the iPhone is the first of its kind and a breakthrough for two of our biggest passions, legal tech and open access to...

FastCase Blog – “Fastcase for the iPhone is the first of its kind and a breakthrough for two of our biggest passions, legal tech and open access to law.” More here

By Steven

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:02:42 GMT

The Friday Signal: Will Apple Flash Us, or Not?

John Battelle's Searchblog

The news today was still iPad driven, for the most part, with the question of whether Flash will be supported at its core. So far, the answer is no,...

The news today was still iPad driven, for the most part, with the question of whether Flash will be supported at its core. So far, the answer is no, and Adobe semi-officially chastised Apple in this post: Apple's iPad -- a broken link?. However, a site called 9to5Mac studied the...

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:33:34 GMT

Best New Mashups: Album Art, Facebook Friends and Geo Aggregator

ProgrammableWeb

Programmable Web now tracks over 4,600 mashups . Every day one new app is chosen as mashup of the day . And then, sometimes we like to point out a...

Programmable Web now tracks over 4,600 mashups . Every day one new app is chosen as mashup of the day . And then, sometimes we like to point out a few that especially catch our attention.

By Adam DuVander