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Breaking Down Twitter’s New Homepage
On Tuesday, we told you about the launch of Twitter's new homepage. The revamped design sports a sleek look that is pretty…
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YouTube Bringing Local News To You, Traditional Outlets Cringe
YouTube has yet another new—or should I say news?—feature: News Near You.
Online Job Openings See Modest Gain
Online job openings increased by 700 to 3,295,500 in July, according to data released today by the Conference Board. Nationally, online job demand has been relatively flat over the last several months after sharp declines in December 2008 and January 2009.Nationally, there were over four unemployed looking for work for every advertised online opening, as the number of unemployed increased even as the number of…
Journalists Not Protecting Themselves Online
BPM Forum and AVG Technologies released some interesting findings from the Protect the Press Poll, a survey of the cyber security habits of the working press. The biggest takeaway is that the supposedly well-informed members of the press are no better at protecting themselves online than the average user.
Local News on YouTube Another Newspaper-Like Issue?
Back in June, YouTube made a couple of announcements that indicated the most popular video site in the world was planning on taking news seriously. YouTube invited major publishers to become partners, and they also launched a new resource for citizen reporters called the YouTube Reporters' Center.
StumbleUpon Makes Big Improvements to Toolbar
A while back, StumbleUpon launched web stumbling, which allowed users to enjoy their StumbleUpon experience without having to download the toolbar, which was previously a requirement. If you've been a user of the service for a significant length of time, you've probably grown quite accustomed to that toolbar. Sometimes I forget it's not just part of Firefox.
