Building a Brand thru Blogging
It’s been a long time since I’ve spoken at a conference as I wanted to slow down from doing making such appearances. I skipped…
What’s hot and what’s not in the blogging community.
Building a Brand thru Blogging
It’s been a long time since I’ve spoken at a conference as I wanted to slow down from doing making such appearances. I skipped…
AOL buys Huffington Post for $315 million
This is the second blog network that AOL has bought in the last 6 months. They got the TechCrunch network back in September and…
Last time AOL bought a blog network (Weblogs Inc, owner of Engadget) was like 5 years ago. Today, they bought another one — the…
Did Gizmodo just cost Apple $87 Million?
Apple’s Steve Jobs finished their press conference and addressed the pressing issue of the iPhone 4 “antenna-gate”. After clearing up all that engineering issues…
Philippines takes World’s Best Spammers title?
One of the greatest advantages the Philippines have in the world of BPO is that we got really cheap labor and we’re relatively very…
Technology drives Citizen Journalism
When I saw this hi-def video of the Serendra car explosion yesterday, I thought this is the future of citizen journalism — live or…
FTC Rules to fine Bloggers up to $11,000
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has updated their rules to include a stiff penalty to bloggers (and even Twitterers/Tweeple) who do not disclose their…
With the continuous growth of Twitter worldwide, I thought it’s only a matter of time before someone does a Pay Per Post marketplace. So…
Google caught doing paid post in Japan
Google was doing some marketing campaign in Japan thru an agency called CyberBuzz and paying bloggers to post about Google Widgets.
Why Copyright Infringement is a touchy subject?
While discussing cases of copyright infringement over a dinner meeting the other night, I was told that when such cases go public and pushes…
Another microblogging service bites the dust. Got an email just now announcing the shutdown of Pownce (similar to Jaiku, Twitter and Plurk).
Check out Senate Bill 2150 and House Bill 3306
These two new bill (The Right to Reply Bill) has recently drawn some attention as it recognizes the rights of persons to reply to…
Why Blogger isn’t that popular in the Philippines?
During a cocktail party held yesterday for several folks from Google Asia-Pacific, the Product Manager from SEA asked me this — while blogging is…
Ars Technica sold for $25 Million Big Ones
One of my favorite blogs to read has just been sold. TC broke the news last Friday that popular tech blog Ars Technica was…
Universal McCann’s Social Media Research
I was sent this PDF file containing Universal McCann’s Social Media Research for March 2008. The research surveyed 17,000 internet users in 29 countries….