By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

It didn’t take long for rumors to surface, charging that Google is creating a social networking aimed to rival Facebook, after Google invested more than $100,000 into Zynga.

It plans to dip its toes into the social gaming word.…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

If you’ve had your fair share of coffee, then you’ll be good to go at the TWTRCON. The relatively intimate conference drew a crowd for the Martha Stewart talk. While I missed it, I made it in time to watch @BPGlobalPR…

By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)

Let’s talk about the inner workings of Twitter for a minute or almost two.

Comments and links go in, clicks and tracking metrics come out the other end. Somewhere in between each tweet is digested in…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

According to a lone tweet by Experian Hitwise, Facebook became the number one visited site on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day…

By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)

It’s a vague title but accurate considering LinkedIn is like a billion internet years old.

LinkedIn improving something is like grandpa getting a new battery for his hearing aid. Sure he still smells like cherry pipe tobacco…

By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)

Are you the sum of your thoughts? It’s a hard question to…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

I’m a big believer in the Fremium model for internet businesses. There’s no better way to get people to trial your product or service than to give them a feature-limited version for free. That said, the premium features (stereotypically…

by Senior Staff Writer – Jason Bean

Ning is a powerful social network tool that allows people to setup custom websites with most of the same functionality that’s available in other larger social network websites. There are a variety of different options involving both functionality and promotion. For those…

by Senior Staff Writer – Jason Bean

It’s probably not much of a surprise to anyone that one of the greatest keys to any real conference or trade show isn’t the material you pick-up. I think most of us would agree that the real energy and value is…

by Senior Staff Writer – Jason Bean

The MyOpenID has been around for a little while now and they continue to develop their functionality and features for the online community. My experience with OpenID started when I came across a website called…

by Senior Staff Writer Tyler Knott Gregson

The recent news about Google wanting Twitter, Facebook hitting 200 million users, Twitter still exploding with popularity and the simple fact that social networking is now hands down the most popular thing on the internet, it looks like Yahoo! is…

by Senior Staff Writer Tyler Knott Gregson

The face of business is changing, that much we know. How it’s changing, how much it will change, and where it will end up when the dust has settled remains to be seen, but the bottom line is this: Social Media is…

by Senior Staff Writer Tyler Knott Gregson

Looks like Fast just got Faster and we’re all about to get a whole lot more transparent. As you already know, FriendFeed has become the one-stop-shop for complete transparency for all of your social media and social networking needs. As usual, FriendFeed…

By Senior Staff Writer – Steve Saylor

Of course the rumors are flying again that Twitter was going to be acquired by Google. The latest batch came from April Fools Day, which a lot of people are starting to take a bit more seriously.

Obviously, rumors are just that, rumors.…

Senior Staff Writer – Steve Saylor

You ever have that dream of becoming a Radio DJ? To be like the Wolfman howling at the radio waves into people’s ears with the rockiest songs on the planet? Want to share that love of music with your friends?

You can right now!…

By: Senior staff writer – Steve Saylor

I bet you haven’t heard that phrase before huh? In a world full of people poking you on Facebook, Tweeting you on Twitter, and whatevering you on Myspace, MSN, skype, etc., it’s difficult to remember all and where all your friends and…

By: Senior staff writer – Easton Ellsworth

Mendeley (blog / Twitter) wants you to share and collaborate on research papers online. Now it has 2 million reasons for you to do so.

Mendeley.com has raised $2 million in investor financing to help it build and promote…