News Google & Twitter Team Up to Offer Speech-to-Tweet Service for Egypt Early last week, protests broke out in Egypt and immediately, the government responded by blocking social networks like Twitter, and later Facebook and Google. Then, the government took the extreme step of shutting down nearly every ISP in the country, even blocking Blackberry and SMS. Today, the final slice of the Internet pie, a smaller ISP… Mike Melanson View comments
Analysis What is Apple Without Steve Jobs? By now you've probably seen several reports about how Steve Jobs, 55, has taken a medical leave of absence to focus on his health. According to the New York Times, an anonymous source at Apple stated that Jobs had been looking "increasingly emaciated," and that he was on a "down cycle" leading up to his medical leave announcement. It's… Guest Author View comments
News Will Canvas Start Out Blank or With That 4chan Flair? Sometimes, it's the community that makes a site what it is. It's that unique thread of personality, inside jokes and general rules of engagement that gives it the je ne sais quoi and separates it from the crowd. What would Reddit be without Narwhals and bacon, for example? For anonymous message board 4chan, its that unique community identity that's… Mike Melanson View comments
Products Forget "Brand Conversations" on Social Networks Douglas Rushkoff spoke at Pivot, a conference on branding, last year and recently linked to a video of his talk. It's worth watching if you're involved in social CRM or any other sort of social business. For the first approximately 20 minutes of the talk, Rushkoff rants about the corporatization of the Internet and summarizes his book Life Inc… Enterprise Klint Finley View comments
Government Hidden Behind Egypt's Uprising, Sudan Protests Once the success of the protests in Tunisia reminded the world that governments can be changed by a wide spectrum of people and not a political cadre or religious group or opposition politician but the people themselves, those people went to town prodding and testing for weakness. The people of Algeria, Libya, even Yemen were seen on the streets… Curt Hopkins View comments