There are a lot of buzz going on about the newest issue of Time Magazine, dated Dec 25th, 2006. Why?
The cover story said it all.
The Person of the Year for this year is “You.” Yes, it is you, and me. Us.
That individuals are changing the nature of the information age, that the creators and consumers [...]

Google blog search pinging service
Google has launched the Google Search Pinging Service, which is a way for individual bloggers and blog platform to inform Google of content changes. These updates are then published and shared with other search engines to allow them to discover the changes to your weblogs.
Additionally, Google Blog Search will add submitted [...]

LiveJournal opens door to advertisers
Hosted blogging site LiveJournal said last week it is rolling out new sponsored communities and sponsored features like text messaging integration. The platform offers another opportunity for advertisers to tap into social media sites.
What interesting is that about a quarter of active users and the majority of new users choose the [...]

Writely open for all
Google has taken the invite system off Writely. Registration is now reopen for public. Writely is a free Google’s web-based word processor that has advanced features such as sharing and collaborating with other writers. A document can be edited by up to 50 people at the same time, provided they are not [...]

Forrester’s blogging platforms wave evaluation shows that WordPress, Six Apart’s Movable Type and iUpload are three leaders in blog software. TypePad, another product from Six Apart, with Drupal, Telligent Systems and Traction Software follow as strong performers. UserLand Software, TypePad and Movable Type have the strongest market share though.
Six Apart has released Movable Type version [...]