NPR reports that "Physicists at the University of Notre Dame and in Hungary have figured out that the prime of life for a Web news story is the first 36 hours. After that, few people read it. The physicists say… Continue Reading
Over the past month or so, the Washington Post has been quietly allowing users to post comments on articles appearing on it’s website. [Just in case anyone is interested in the technology they’re using, I’ve had a look and it… Continue Reading
Online community guru, consultant and blogger Nancy White will be giving a presentation – tentatively titled " What happens when you talk about Blogs and Community in one breath?" – at the next meeting of the International Association of Online… Continue Reading
The Virtual Global Taskforce, a multi-national organisation set up to tackle internet child abuse, has won it’s first conviction in a UK court. Twenty-one year old media student Lee Costi was recently sentenced to nine years by Nottingham Crown Court… Continue Reading
NBC is planning to promote new programmes by posting trails and clips on YouTube. John Miller, head of marketing at NBC, told SiliconValley.com that: "The distinction between television and video is becoming murkier and murkier… Rather than putting our heads… Continue Reading
Earlier this week, the news was that ebay was planning to start using keyword ads. Now Google has tested a system that can figure out what TV program you’re watching on screen and present you with real-time viewer forums and… Continue Reading
Tish Grier, blogger and editor of the Corante Media Hub, has today posted an article on Annenburg’s Online Journalism Review that aims to help traditional print journalists understand the importance of engaging users responsibly as they tranisition to the web:… Continue Reading
I very nearly bid on an unlocked Nokia N80 I saw on ebay tonight but decided to check out the 39 sources of the 100% positive feedback the seller had built up. I’m glad I did. All those leaving feedback… Continue Reading
The Web 2.0 Group has created a comprehensive, some would say almost sickenly obsessive, list of “web 2.0” sites and services. Almost every day they add a few which makes it a bit hard to follow which is where this… Continue Reading
mapping flickrs growth Originally uploaded by lynetter. Lynette Webb has used various publicly available statistics to map flickr’s growth [see image]. She’s requested help finding more stats to fill in the already interesting picture and I know that a few… Continue Reading