Google files for unusual $2.7 billion IPO

April 30, 2004 | Filed Under General | 1 Comment

C|Net News> Internet search leader Google filed to go public on Thursday, seeking to raise $2.7 billion in an unusual auction-style offering that will give the founders rare control over the company.
The registration filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission offers an estimate of what the company believes it may be able to raise […]

Career MetaSearch™ Launches Job Search Blogs To Highlight Special Skills

April 30, 2004 | Filed Under General | 1 Comment

PRWeb> Career MetaSearch today announced the addition of a job search blog feature to allow job candidates to “shine” read more>

European election campaign blog is a first

April 29, 2004 | Filed Under News | 1 Comment

Independent Online> The European Parliament election campaign’s first on-line blog will be launched by the Party of European Socialists (PES) this weekend in a move to counter voter apathy. The Malta Labour Party is a full member of PES. read more>

U provides free blogs for students, staff

April 28, 2004 | Filed Under News | 1 Comment

mndaily.com> A team at the Digital Library Development Lab has developed UThink, a free blogging tool for University students, faculty and staff. read more>

Teacher and Meteorologist to Blog Week of Storm Chasing in Tornado Alley

April 28, 2004 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment

Weatherbug> WeatherBug Chief Meteorologist, Mark Hoekzema and David Thon, a 5th grade science teacher and K-6 science coordinator from Appleby Elementary School in Marathon, New York will spend a week in tornado alley and document their experiences in this Storm Chase 2004 blog. read more>

Passion for news drives link-master

April 27, 2004 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment

St Petersburg Times> Each morning, Jim McIntosh awakes to a dog’s nudge, reminding him to pick up the newspaper and put something on the Web for the Citrus County gadflies to buzz about. The 62-year-old retired Ford Motor Co. engineer, who lives in Lecanto, is the wizard behind mcintoshreport.com.
It’s a Drudge Report-styled local blog. read […]

Bloggers are editors, not journalists

April 27, 2004 | Filed Under News | 1 Comment

Some very interesting commentary at The Iraq War Reader on the role of bloggers in shaping news:
“In my humble opinion, bloggers who write about current events and culture (as opposed to people who are mainly focused on their inner world or their personal spheres) aren’t getting attention and adding value to the democratic discourse so […]

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Google Closes Hello (What’s That Anyway?)
May 9, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

I’m reading that Google is closing Hello, which apparently was (and is, as I’m writing this), a photo sharing service that came with Picasa. I guess they feel it doesn’t fill a purpose anymore.
This from Hello.com:
We originally embarked on a mission to make photo sharing easier and more fun with Hello. We plan to keep […]

Colleen Coplick Talks PR over at BloggerTalks
May 9, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 1 Comment

I recently interviewed Colleen Coplick about taking over Buzz Networker, and there I said that an interview with her focusing on PR was due on BloggerTalks. Well, it is up now, and Colleen shares her views on paid reviews, PR agencies sending out samples, getting famous in the social sphere, how to write a great […]

MyBlogLog Adds More Stuff
May 9, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

MyBlogLog have added some new stuff, since the obviously get that we’re not monogamous when it comes to online apps and social networks.
Specifically, whenever you:

post a question to Yahoo Answers
share an item on Google Reader
post a video on Seesmic

MyBlogLog will post those events and make them part of your New with Me page.
All you […]

SOBCon08: A Conference Experienced in the Moments
May 8, 2008 | By Lorelle VanFossen | 2 Comments

We do not remember days; we remember moments.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Successful and Outstanding Bloggers Conference (SOBCon) in Chicago last weekend was a collection of moments I will remember for a long time.
Throughout the weekend, people kept asking what was different about this conference from all the other conferences they go to. It was clear […]

Blogger To Add Star Rating System To BlogSpot?
May 8, 2008 | By Darnell Clayton | Leave a Comment

It looks as Blog*spot users will soon be able to insert a ratings system in their Blogger blogs which will allow readers to rate an individual post from one star to five.
Unfortunately it seems as if they launched the feature prematurely, and the Google team has currently disabled the feature–at least for now.
(Blogger Status) Some […]

Perez Hilton to Release Clothing Line
May 8, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 1 Comment

Celeb gossip blogger Perez Hilton, aka Mario Lavendeira, is set to launch his own line of clothing, to be sold exclusively in the Hot Topic chain of stores, as well as online.
“2008 is all about expanding the Perez Brand,” the blogger explained. “I talk about clothes all the time on my website. I have a […]

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