The News Review:
- Hipster Blogging Tool Twitter Goes Mainstream
- Amitabh will start blogging in Hindi
- ‘Blogging mayor’ to face Republican in 26th District
- Fotolog Appoints Industry Veterans to Head World’s Largest Photo …
- Blogging apps for iPhone
- US Senate debate live blogging continued
- Live blogging PDC Keynote Day 2: Windows 7, Live Mesh and more
Hipster Blogging Tool Twitter Goes Mainstream
FOXNews
Friends and colleagues can then check the site to monitor each other’s updates. When the service first appeared a couple of years ago, its appeal seemed largely limited to narcissists who wanted to let everybody know what they were doing in real time. But, like blogs and social-networking sites, Twitter is starting to cross into the mainstream, as a wide range of people find interesting uses for the brief notes. Doctors are using Twitter to update patients about office hours. Local groups such as the Los Angeles Fire Department are using it to share details about service calls with interested residents, occasionally with graphic descriptions of the victims’ conditions. Related Stories.
Amitabh will start blogging in Hindi
Oneindia, India
”There is great amount of gratefulness and support for my foray in Hindi. It has also come from quarters that do not know the language or are not familiar with it.
‘Blogging mayor’ to face Republican in 26th District
Libertyville Review, IL
SYKORA asykora@pioneerlocal. 4 race for the 26th Senate District. Gentes, a 49 year-old real estate executive who is serving his second term as mayor, said he is running for the Senate out of frustration over how the state does business, which in his opinion is “inefficient and wasteful” and politically motivated. If elected, Gentes said he would “act as a cheerleader for the region,” blogging all the while to keep his would-be constituents informed. Duffy, 42, said he was encouraged to run by retiring Sen.
Fotolog Appoints Industry Veterans to Head World’s Largest Photo …
MarketWatch
com), the world’s largest photo-blogging website and the 8th most-active social network (Alexa). Jokela and Langer previously served, respectively, as Fotolog’s Chief Technology Officer and Senior Director of Product Management. Each adds new responsibilities as President while continuing in his previous capacity. “We know Arne and Yossi can lead Fotolog’s development, a major part of our strategy to build a global integrated online media company,” said Cyril Zimmermann, CEO of Fotolog’s corporate parent Hi-Media Group.
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Blogging apps for iPhone
ITworld.com, MA
com — Ever since the iPhone first appeared, its potential as a mobile blogging tool was readily apparent. Bloggers on the go would be able to tap out short, informative posts from wherever they happened to be, maybe even using the phone’s built-in camera to post mobile pictures as well. Of course, there was just one roadblock to this paradise of phone-based blogging: the iPhone unveiled in 2007 didn’t come with any software to support such a thing. That had to wait until Apple released its iPhone SDK and flung open the doors of its App Store to third parties. But now that those two things happened over the summer, bloggers-on-the-go have.
US Senate debate live blogging continued
PolitickerNJ, NJ
com Reporter That's it for tonight's debate. Watch it again tomorrow at 8:00pm on News 12 New Jersey. — Update, 8:09pm: In a moment of levity, Scott asks the two candidates about their hobbies. Lautenberg likes to hike at High Mountain, elevation 700 feet. Zimmer likes to fish, but "the trout aren't impressed. "—Update, 8:08pm:What would Zimmer do if Lautenberg agreed not to accept contributions from lobbyists? He would stop lobbying.
Live blogging PDC Keynote Day 2: Windows 7, Live Mesh and more
ZDNet
The first keynote is going to be the coming out party for Windows 7, with demos of the pre-beta M3 build by Windows development chief Steven Sinofsky. We’ll hear more about the Live Mesh development platform and a surprise from the Office folks, to boot. Then it will be all about Oslo, Microsoft’s modeling strategy, from the Dynamic D(uo) of Don Box and Chris Anderson. Running commentary will be brought to you in real time by Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet;