Twitter's king amongst the Fortune 500

Twitter is a rising star amongst Fortune 500 companies. It appears this trend will continue to grow as smaller businesses imitate larger ones. As the saying goes, "Imitation is the greatest form of flattery."

Nobody will mess with this whippet

Scientists are scratching their heads on this interesting genetic mutation that occurred on a whippet. As you may already know, a Whippet is a very frail and skinny dog. Scientists are talking about possibly isolating this mutation for athletic performance.

Apple gets some competition

It looks like Microsoft has finally entered the social media realm. They have introduced a new phone that is designed to compete with Apple and Blackberry. This is more proof that social media is growing and is not some fad. http://www.tgdaily.com/mobility-features/49339-microsoft-targets-social-generation-with-new-kin-phone

Social Media Problems

Social Media is a trend that will likely continue into the forseeable future, but it's not without its problems. Here is a good article that talks about some of the problems related to social media.
http://www.slightlyshadyseo.com/index.php/the-achilles-heels-of-the-social-web/

Investigative Journalism dead?

It appears investigative journalism as we know it may be dead. Not to fear, citizen journalists are on the rise. http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/March-April-08/Citizen-Journalists-Take-Up-the-Professionals--Beat.html

Importance of Blogs in the New-Media Landscape

As newspapers continue to struggle, blogs continue to gain interest. It appears many people turn to blogs to find out what’s really going on these days. Traditional news media, such as newspapers, have fallen out of favor. Are blogs becoming the new source for news media? It appears that way. As more and more people now use the internet on a daily basis, blogs have become exceedingly popular. Blogs are our voice. The great Martin Luther King once said, “An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

I believe truer words were never spoken. I also think blogs have become beacon of hope. A voice to shed light on injustices, whenever and wherever found. Long live blogs... .http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/01/when-newspapers.html