TechCrunch has some details of the changes we can expect to see to the mechanics of the ReTweet and even has some screen shots of how this could look on Twitter (the site):
From the looks of it, this could mean some pretty big changes on Twitter. As you can see in the mock-ups above and [...]
Twitter Changing The Way It ReTweets
WordPress 2.8.4 UPDATE NOW!
For those of you running WordPress on your sites, you should see a prompt to install the latest Security Release. You need to update ASAP to remedy a security vulnerability that can allow your password to be reset by a hacker.
Do not hesitate on this one!
The Facebook/FriendFeed Marriage
Dan asked me on Facebook last night if we’d be writing something about it on NTZ. I’m not sure there’s much to say that hasn’t been covered by ReadWriteWeb. Basically, we can expect to see more of FriendFeed’s features being pulled into Facebook, even though the two will remain separate entities for now.
If I were [...]
Some Hilarious Stuff on AP’s DRM
The AP has released some info on its new “protection” system–not sure what exactly they are trying to protect us from.
From CrunchGear:
This same system, as you recall, has prevented the rise of piracy in the music and movie arenas and must be applied to the written word before the Internet fails and we all resort [...]
Twitter Crackdown
Did your follow count just drop? I received an email from @tless that I’d lost 60 followers on Twitter. I’m not really phased by that, since I don’t really put much stock in how many people are following me. I mean, I want followers, but I only want quality followers who are engaging. According to [...]
Some Results From The Slate Experiment
We told you about this experiment at Slate a couple of days ago. The idea is to have one group of people limit themselves to the web and one group to limit themselves to newspapers. After a couple of days, who would feel better informed.
Here’s a case for newspapers from one of the participants I [...]
What’s More Effective? Print or Web?
Slate is running an interesting experiment, although not exactly scientific. One group of readers will limit themselves to print media for a couple of days, and the second group will avoid newspapers and limit themselves to reading news on the web (no aggregation sites allowed). The idea is to try and figure out who is [...]
Free Alternatives to Photoshop
Not only am I horrible at image editing, but I also do it so infrequently that it’s hard to justify spending a bunch of money on Photoshop. Still, when I have some work to do, I like having the tools available to take care of the job. ReadWriteWeb has written a review of several FREE [...]
(Another) WordPress 2.8 Update
Never shy about releasing updates, WordPress has released version 2.8.2. Only one fix, and that’s a security vulnerability in the admin area. It probably wouldn’t have been a very big problem, but now that the problem has been acknowledge, some clowns are bound to try to take advantage of it.
A Glimpse Inside Twitter
Techcrunch has published some of the internal documents from Twitter they received. As they put it, Twitter isn’t exactly happy about this, but they’ve put this info out there with their approval.
Lots of great info there about their relationships with Google, Facebook and Microsoft. I’ve only had a chance to skim over it so far, [...]