Social Web

Open Graph: Now Every Web Page Can Get Some Facebook Love

Kit Eaton — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:25:44 -0400

Facebook, in its ceaseless quest to attract traffic to its site and sew up as much of the social Web as it possibly can, is soon to release a new tool that lets you embed elements of a Facebook page into any normal Web page.

Miley Cyrus Leaves Twitter, Yet the Internet Limps On

Chris Dannen — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:42:47 -0400

The departure of Miley Cyrus from Twitter has caused seismic waves of socio-technological uproar--or so you'd think by reading elegaic posts from the Washington Post, Yahoo News, Reuters, MSNBC and, perplexingly, NJ.com, all of whom covered the "story." But the real story: nobody cares about Miley Cyrus quitting Twitter, not even people on Twitter.

Will Robo.to's "Conversational Lubricant" Save the Art of the Phone Call?

Chris Dannen — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:00:53 -0400

Yesterday, we reported that Robo.to would be releasing an app this fall for iPhone and Android that co-opts your boring "incoming call" screen and presents you with all your caller's relevant social info: last tweets, video posts, status, location and so on. But why would anyone want all that info before picking up the phone?

Facebook Acquires Friendfeed in Play for Relevance

Chris Dannen — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:51:24 -0400

Friendfeed was once called the "coolest service no one will ever use" by TechCrunch, but now that Facebook has acquired the 12-person company for an undisclosed sum, that maxim won't stay true much longer.

The Week that Twitter Tipped

Chris Dannen — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:11:20 -0500

Twitter has been a-tweet since 2006, but the first three months of 2009 have delivered the micro-blogging service unprecedented traffic, usership and media cachet. In the parlance of mad-haired Gladwell disciples, Twitter is reaching its tipping point. And it's happening as I write.

Government 2.0?

Ellen McGirt — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:57:29 -0500

We thought this day would never come.

I cried in the voting booth yesterday. Like so many others, I had barely let myself believe that this could really happen--a woman and an African American, serious contenders on a national ticket.

President-elect Obama has run an extraordinary campaign, harnessing powerful social tools that came into widespread adoption just in time to help "a skinny guy with a funny name"(as he puts it) become a symbol of a truly democratic America, where anyone can in fact become President.

Government 2.0: Can President-Elect Obama Take What He's Learned On The Road to The Beltway?

Ellen McGirt — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:55:56 -0500

We thought this day would never come.

I cried in the voting booth yesterday. Like so many others, I had barely let myself believe that this could really happen– a woman and an African American, serious contenders on a national ticket.

President-elect Obama has run an extraordinary campaign, harnessing powerful social tools that came into widespread adoption just in time to help, as he puts it, “a skinny guy with a funny name,” become a symbol of a truly democratic America, where anyone can, in fact, become President.