Scoble points to some new, niche versions of Memeorandum that have been created. Specifically, he spoke with Gabe Rivera, creator of Memeorandum, who told him about tech.Memeorandum and the latest version of the original which is focused on current events and politics.
It’s all computer driven to come up with stories — it uses links from select bloggers to help determine what people are talking about. Pretty cool concept.
Reuters: U.S. writers are suing Google Inc. in a federal court, alleging that the Web search leader’s bid to digitize the book collections of major libraries infringes individual author’s copyrights.
Topix.net “announced the availability of its NewsRank(TM) categorization technology across the 177 newspaper and television station Web sites of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), Knight Ridder, Inc. (NYSE: KRI) and Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB). Articles on Topix.net powered sites provide links to related, categorized content, discovered through their NewsRank(TM) technology.”
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…
Steve Rubel should send a bottle of antacid to subscription services everywhere. He raises the question of whether the Long Tail will diminish demand (and willingness to pay) for subscription services online. I would argue that the Long Tail will not threaten creative and innovative providers. In fact, it will probably create new opportunities. …
Thanks to Matt Cronin of WebLiquid for passing along an article (free registration) from Online MediaDaily. WHILE SEARCH MARKETING IS RESPONSIBLE for much of the resurgence of online advertising, politicians have been relatively slow to purchase sponsored search links. But activity on Google this week indicates that search engines might play a more significant role…
TechCrunch reports on an interesting approach by Seth Godin to marketing his new book: As I mentioned in a recent weekly summary (see no. 6), Seth’s new book, The Big Moo, is coming out and he’s eating his own dogfood in promoting it. Seth has started selling batches of 50 galley copies to people if…