Calacanis Offers More for Featured Twitter Spot

Update: Calacanis has upped the ante, saying "My new offer to Twitter: $500,000 for three years for @questions as a suggested user in the sign-up process." He also talks about how this could be the next Super Bowl Ad, and explains his reasoning for making the offer in the first place.

Australia’s Internet Blacklist Revealed

Recently, a bit of a stink was made over Australia’s secret website black list and threatened $11,000 fines for those linking to sites on the secret list. That list is secret no longer, and reveals some disturbing information.

YouTube Mobile Tuned For New Audiences

"Leave no stone unturned" seems to have been added to Google's list of unofficial mottos.  The search giant is now going after a very well-defined (and rather small) portion of people in a certain market with a new version of its mobile YouTube application.

The Ins And Outs Of Tweeting

Though the initial, pressing Twitter question a while back wasn’t “what are you doing?” but “what’s the point?” people are finding lots of uses for it. In this installment of the ongoing what-Twitter-is-good-for news brigade, we’ll focus on how people are tweeting their way out of some things and into others. Ready? Good. How to Tweet Your Way Out of Jury Duty

Does Google Need Twitter to Avoid Being the Next eBay?

Many eBay users will be very quick to point out that they feel eBay has lost its luster (to put it mildly). Some think Google could find itself on a similar path. BusinessWeek is running an article basically warning Google to avoid such a fate. I think Google has a long way to go before it has to worry about getting to an eBay-type status,…