Countries’ Top Twitter Users Tallied

It's almost the end of the year, and that means it's time for lists.  Naughty and nice, most and least popular . . . you know the routine.  Now, one new list shows how well Twitter has (or hasn't) caught on in different parts of the world, and names some of its top users, too.

Twitter Gets Connected with Google

Google has announced that its new Friend Connect platform has now been integrated with Twitter. Now you can Tweet from any Friend Connect-supported site. "This means that when you join a friend connected site, you can choose to use your Twitter profile, discover people you follow on Twitter who are also members of the site, and quickly tweet that you have found a cool website,"…

The Year in Online Music

Recently I dug back through our archives to put together something of a retrospective looking at the year in online video. Now I have done basically the same thing looking at 2008's happenings in online music.

Americans Would Give Up Sex For Internet Access

Most Americans find Internet access essential to daily life, with some favoring it over TV and having sex, according to a survey by Harris Interactive done on behalf of Intel.The survey found that the majority of Americans (65%) feel they cannot live without Internet access.  In addition 71 percent said it is important or very important to have Internet-enabled devices, such as laptops, netbooks and…

Mark Cuban To Yahoo: Acquire Everything

The holidays are, to be honest, a bad time for tech news.  With many of their employees either taking time off or shopping from their desks, companies don't do a lot that needs to be covered.  But if Mark Cuban has his way, Yahoo will provide plenty of material by going on an acquisition spree.