News USA.gov Embraces RSS: Launches Breaking News Service If you want to stay current on the latest updates from U.S. government agencies, you can now find a central repository of RSS feeds with the latest breaking news from these agencies on the newly designed news.USA.gov, the U.S. government's official online portal. The site now hosts a selection of RSS feeds with updates about anything from recent… Frederic Lardinois View comments
New Media Pope in a Box: The Vatican Comes to YouTube Pope Benedict XVI made a big jump into the world of social networking today, making public statements about Facebook and MySpace and launching an official Vatican channel on YouTube. The Pope celebrated the World Day of Communications on Friday with a statement calling social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace "a gift" that could speak… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Product Reviews Why We're Desperately Awaiting Feedsqueezer When the RSS management company Feedburner was acquired by the internet goliath Google back in May of 2007, some people were excited, others were concerned. On the one side, there was hope that putting Google's weight behind the struggling service would improve the speed with which feeds were updated. Plus, there would be the option to put… Sarah Perez View comments
Product Reviews New, Improved Bit.ly Plugin Adds More Functionality to Twitter Our favorite URL-shortening service, Bit.ly, has just updated their already excellent Firefox plugin to include even more features than before. The latest update shows the context of a Twitter conversation when you hover over the "in reply to" links in Twitter. This way, you can see what people are talking about without having to click through to… Sarah Perez View comments
Blogging Nothing Interesting to Say? Plinky Hopes to Change That Like it or not. You're a writer. You're creating content on a daily basis, updating your Facebook status, commenting on blogs, sending tweets. Social networking requires that level of communication. But as a writer, you're also a potential victim for writer's block, a condition that plagues even the most prolific authors. The next time you find… Rick Turoczy View comments