Data Portability and the Cloud

We've been hearing a lot these days about cloud computing and data portability. It only makes sense that we see some data portability through the cloud as well right? Confused yet? Think services like Facebook Connect combined with Google Apps.

The Building of a Better Digg Commences

Just before the New Year, Digg Founder Kevin Rose put up his list of New Year's resolutions. Third on that list was: "Build a Better Digg." Less than a month into 2009, the site appears to be on that track.

Mobile Internet Growth Driven By Social Networking

Social networking is attracting new users to the mobile Web in Europe. In November, 34 percent of mobile phone owners in Western Europe who visited social networking sites accessed social media exclusive of all other mobile Web content, according to comScore.With 12.1 million users in Western Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the U.K.), mobile social networking is a rapidly expanding category that grew 152…

Google Unveils M-Lab To Monitor ISPs

Get ready for ISPs to become less than pleased with Google.  The search giant, together with the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, the PlanetLab Consortium, and various academic researchers, has introduced something designed to monitor Internet service providers for iffy behavior.