Feb
15th

StraightUpSocial News Links for 2/15/2010

Posted by Keirsun on February 15, 2010 at 9:16 am

The YouTube (R)evolution Turns 5

Rachel Sadon at PC World wishes YouTube a happy 5th birthday, while looking back at how the video sharing network has “changed our everyday lives.”

Facebook Directs More Online Users Than Google

Benny Evangelista at the San Francisco Chronicle shares stats from Compete Inc., which show Facebook surpassing Google as the top traffic referrer to sites such as Yahoo and MSN.

Local TV for Devices on the Move

Eric A. Taub at The New York Times tells us about advances in mobile digital TV, with eight Washington D.C. television stations beginning to broadcast mobile DTV signal this April.

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Feb
1st

StraightUpSocial News Links for 2/1/2010

Posted by Keirsun on February 1, 2010 at 11:23 am

Foursquare Teams With Bravo TV

Nick Bilton at The New York Times tells us how Bravo TV is utilizing FourSquare to entice and reward its viewers, and in the process is promoting the geo-social-networking tool.

Microsoft Tries To Reinvent The Bar Code

Ina Fried at CNET News shows us how Microsoft is promoting the use of Tag, described as the “hyperlink in the physical world.”

Grammys: Imogen Heap Accepts Award Wearing Twitter Dress

Barb Dybwad at Mashable tells us how fans of Imogen Heap showed up at last night’s Grammy Awards via the singer’s tweet powered dress.

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Aug
31st

StraightUpSocial News Links for 8/31/2009

Posted by Keirsun on August 31, 2009 at 9:01 am

Fox Livens Up Re-runs With Twitter Commentaries

MG Siegler at TechCrunch tells us that Fox TV will broadcast reruns of Fringe and Glee this week with a running Twitter commentary at the bottom of viewers’ screens.

Wikipedia Will Use Colors to Add Layers of Trust to its Articles

Stan Schroeder at Mashable clues us in to upcoming changes at Wikipedia that include the addition of color codes for newly edited text based on the author’s reputation.

The New Associated Press: You And Your iPhone

James Lewin at Podcasting News shares info about Fwix – a local news aggregator that is releasing an iPhone app that allows users to upload media to the Fwix site, with the goal of building out an AP-like local newswire.

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