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RSS Still Just a Promise in Politics
Steve Rubel points to a Pew statistic that shows 5 percent of users take advantage of RSS feeds. That’s obviously a number that shows the technology is in its very early stages. The interesting thing to consider here is how RSS might impact politics in a few years. For example, it could be used as…
How to Measure the Blogosphere?
Matt Cronin, a partner at online marketing firm WebLiquid, emailed an intriguing analysis of the recent Gallup survey on blog audience: Blogs are indeed quickly becoming mainstream but only to the extent that they’ll complement the news picture for those who are interested, simply due to the natural topic/opinion/agenda fragmentation of the blogoshere. While these…
Computer, Take the Wheel
For many, the ability to drive represents a key milestone of freedom in America. The ability to grab the steering wheel and take your car across town or even across the country has been idealized as part of our society for more than three quarters of a century. Dan Neil of he Wall Street Journal explores…
Townhall.com to Become Conservative Grassroots Hub
Townhall.com is spinning off from The Heritage Foundation to become a separate entity and is shedding its 501(c)3 tax status in the process. This represents a major development as it will no longer be constrained by IRS rules to avoid political activism. It has the potential to become a powerful conservative grassroots activation tool. (As…
New Video Search Engine: Truveo
Jeff Clavier reports on a company he holds an investment in: A few days ago, Truveo went quietly out of stealth. It did not get noticed immediately because of two major news “sandwiching” its release: Skype/eBay and Google BlogSearch. However the buzz has been growing since then, and the initial feedback is pretty positive. Yes,…
SearchFox to Fold
My preferred RSS reader, SearchFox, will cease to exist in 2 weeks. Esteban Kozak writes in his blog: Thanks for all your help in making SearchFox what it is. We have enjoyed providing this service, and hope that you have enjoyed using it. Please export all of your links and an OPML file with your…