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OMC, Television February 7th, 2010 by Eric Berlin

Super Bowl on the Web: From Straight Up Analysis to Downright Wacky

I’m breaking my blogging mini-vacation to bring you an update on Super Bowl news and video on the web. That’s right, you can find stuff about the Super Bowl on the Internet these days. But seriously… I thought I’d give a little sprinkling of some of the more interesting things I’ve seen going on around [...]

RSS: What’s the Deal in 2010?

I've long been a big fan of RSS, and Google Reader continues to dominate a good chunk of my web working day. But though RSS plays a larger role on the web than most people realize, it has not quite reached the potent[...]

When Rackspace Goes Down, Twitter Lights Up

Twitter is a central gathering point to talk about live events, both real world and virtual. So when popular web hosting company Rackspace experienced a major outage today, causing all kinds of online mayhem – web[...]

The Blogging Biz: Multiple Paths to Living the Life

There are plenty of blogs that focus on the “make money blogging” space. Some are better than others, and generally a good way to detect quality is to look for those that preach that it's hard work to mak[...]

Twitter Testing New “Contributors” Features

As 2009 wraps up, Twitter is expressing its most serious and visible signs to date of how it plans to convert its massive popularity into a profitable enterprise. The latest is leaked screenshots of a new "contribu[...]

Remembering The Truth Laid Bear

Remember The Truth Laid Bear? It’s okay if you don’t. I’ve mentioned the blog directory/search engine to a few dialed in friends recently and received blank stares. At one time it was a pretty big deal [...]

Blog Focus: Amazon’s Disc+ On Demand

Amazon's new Disc+ On Demand product allows you to "purchase select DVD and Blu-ray titles from Amazon.com… and receive an Amazon Video On Demand standard definition version as a gift with purchase." [...]

New Year’s Resolution 2010 #1: Comment More

My social media consumption workflow has changed quite a bit over the last year or so. I still really love Google Reader’s share feature and use that as a bedrock of how I absorb and share information, along with T[...]

iMeem Acquired by MySpace Music: A New Bright Future for MySpace?

In 2005 and 2006, MySpace was the king of the hill. “Web 2.0″ was in its ascendancy, and everyone couldn’t stop talking about MySpace. Kids loved it and were telling their parents and friends, single pe[...]

Blog Focus: Dell’s Twitter Success

At the beginning of the year, Twitter was already a big deal in the geek community and was already well on its way to becoming a leading social media service. How do we know how it's doing at the close of 2009? Check[...]





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