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• Twitter as Communications Platform

  Short, simple, and fast. That's the killer app.

  News by Eric Berlin — on Mar 27, 2007

• Politics and MySpace: "the leading social networking blogosphere"?

  It's hilarious when non-tech-savvy journalists wade into those electronics weeds.

  News by Eric Berlin — on Mar 24, 2007

• Twitters of the Day: Starbucks, Han Solo, and Netscape

  Following the best of Twitter so you don't have to... but you should, it's rad!

  News by Eric Berlin — on Mar 22, 2007

• New Mashtracker Tracks Social News Stories, Techmeme-Style

  New "memetracker" focuses on blog conversations stemming from social news stories published by Mashable.

  News by Eric Berlin — on Mar 21, 2007

• There's No Way That Tom From MySpace "Personally Contacted" Tila Tequila

  While MySpace is blocking widgets and music players, Tom is too busy being Tom to bother with Tila Tequila.

  News by Eric Berlin — on Mar 20, 2007

• The Power of Twitter Compels You

  Are people talking about Twitter? That would be a 10-4.

  News by Eric Berlin — on Mar 19, 2007

• The End of the Twitter As We Know It (and I Feel Fine)

  Despite early predictions to the contrary, Twitter will be around for the long haul. Even after the buzz wears off.

  News by Eric Berlin — on Mar 15, 2007

• Where Some See "Hyper-Localism," Others See More Choices

  People are finding a full and rich palette of news sources and are able to cobble together their own version of the truth of the whole.

  News by Eric Berlin — on Mar 13, 2007

• Topix to Google: "You Could've Given Us Help, But You've Given Us So Much More"

  "This can't be the process…You're cast into this amusing, Kafkaesque world to run your business."

  News by Eric Berlin — on Mar 13, 2007

• The Big Guns Come Out: Viacom Sues Google, YouTube For $1 Billion

  The suit centers around an alleged 160,000 uploaded "unauthorized" video clips.

  News by Eric Berlin — on Mar 13, 2007

• Digg and Netscape Struggle to Prevent Gaming and Other Shenanigans

  A successful experiment in buying a Digg front pager with low grade content proves that the big boy social news sites still have a ways to go to prevent gaming.

  News by Eric Berlin — on Mar 11, 2007

• Blogger Tags and the Mysteries of Search Engine Traffic

  If you pull lots of search traffic you can sail off for six months and still have rip roaring stats when you get back.

  News by Eric Berlin — on Feb 09, 2007

• New York Considers Pedestrian Ban On iPods In Crosswalks

  This is cruel and unusual punishment for the iPod set.

  News by Eric Berlin — on Feb 07, 2007

• How Does StumbleUpon Help Bloggers?

  I'm a bit lost on how bloggers use StumbleUpon to drive traffic to individual stories.

  News by Eric Berlin — on Feb 05, 2007

• Is PayPerPost Trying to Outflank the Blogosphere's Defenses?

  Can PayPerPost buy its way around and through the blogosphere's defenses? I hope not.

  News by Eric Berlin — on Feb 04, 2007

• The Grind and Crunch of Blog Production

  The neurotic, incessant, nearly haunting drive to get in front of a keyboard.

  Opinion by Eric Berlin — on Feb 03, 2007

• PayPerPost Adds New Features, But Does PayPerPost Add Up?

  Does it all come down to the mysterious phrase: opportunity requirements?

  News by Eric Berlin — on Feb 01, 2007

• Top 10 Favorite Online Media Blogs: From Mathew Ingram to Deep Jive

  If you're into online media and the web 2.0 world, this might be the list for you.

  Opinion by Eric Berlin — on Jan 31, 2007

• The Economist Tinkers With Blogs to Expand Free Online Offerings

  Traditional media continues its flirtation with blog-like offerings.

  News by Eric Berlin — on Jan 30, 2007

• Where Do You Store Your Online Valuables?

  I'm convinced that something better is out there.

  Opinion by Eric Berlin — on Jan 28, 2007