Mozilla’s Devilish Deal With Google

Two aspects of Mozilla's close ties with Google over development of the Firefox browser have Chris Soghoian concerned about a conflict of interest in play.

Ask the Hard Questions When it Comes to Social Media

In my world, this time of year is always crunchy, it's an endurance race to the holidays. It means unfortunately that I don't get to read as much, blog as much, breathe as much, etc., but oh well, so be it. I figure I can either put my head down to cover ground and get some creative stuff in the works for '08 or stand…

Dell’s Bold New Step Into the Conversation

Dell Inc. embraced social media in a big way with the launch of Direct2Dell, its customer focused blog. Greeted originally with catcalls by many observers, the blog—under the guidance of Lionel Menchaca and other members of Dell’s communications and customer service team—has been a cornerstone in the computer maker’s reputational turnaround success story.

NYT’s Blogrunner Shakes Up Tech News

One look at the New York Times' expansion of Blogrunner and you know it's going to be a hit. It's been around a little while, but today the NYT expanded the technology section to include other news sites and bloggers.

MySpace Joins OpenSocial

MySpace is adding some serious clout to Google's freshly launched OpenSocial. The popular social networking site has signed on to be a part of  Google's APIs for creating social applications on the Web.