Google figured out Twitter ‘s trick for avoiding universally censoring content weeks ago, but it managed to go unnoticed — for a while. That is, until TechDows wrote about Blogger ‘s plan for country-specific URLs Tuesday Read more »
Is There a SOPA Alternative Both Sides Can Live With?
The Internet giants have weighed in and the message is clear: SOPA is bad. Yet so is Internet piracy. Is there a SOPA alternative that could reconcile the two? Read more »
Charting the CES Chatter, Week-in-Review [STATS]
What topics, trends and websites dominated the conversation last week at CES 2012 ? Read more »
CES 2012: Who Were the Biggest Winners? [STATS]
What topics, trends and websites dominated the conversation last week at CES 2012 ? Tablet devices and ultrabook laptops were the hottest technologies in Las Vegas Read more »
Charting the CES Chatter, Thursday Edition [INFOGRAPHIC]
Motorola , Twitter and OLED display technology ruled on Wednesday at CES 2012 . Microsoft still has the largest share of overall tweets tagged #CES, but its grip on the conversation slipped again on the expo week’s third day. And Mashable became Wednesday’s most-tweeted news site for the CES scoop. Read more »
3 Major Concerns for Brands Over ICANN’s New Domain Registry Options
Jeff Ernst is a principal analyst at Forrester Research , serving CMOs and marketing leaders. One thing’s for sure: ICANN’s gTLD program is a game-changer. The introduction of new .brand and .category gTLDs represents the biggest change to the Internet naming system since, well, since we’ve had websites Read more »
Charting the CES Chatter, Wednesday Edition [INFOGRAPHIC]
What were the hottest topics among techies on Twitter during the first official day of CES 2012 on Tuesday? OLED display technology has had people buzzing about its potential for HDTVs, while ultrabook laptops and tablet devices are also hot. Microsoft has the largest share of tweets tagged #CES this week, but its dominance has dipped since CEO Steve Ballmer’s lackluster keynote Monday evening. Read more »
6 Steps for Protecting Corporate Reputation in the Social Media Age
Layla Revis is vice president of digital influence at Ogilvy PR Worldwide . Read more »
HOW TO: Move Your Domain Name Account
Dec. 29 is also known as “ Dump GoDaddy Day .” The initiative to move domains hosted with GoDaddy to other domain registrars was spurred on by reddit user “SelfProdigy,” in the wake of GoDaddy’s public support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) . Read more »
As Users Rail Against GoDaddy, Unpacking the SOPA Supporter List [VIDEO]
GoDaddy is one of more than a hundred companies catching flak online for supporting the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Many website operators have threatened to move their domains away from GoDaddy, and Y Combinator founder Paul Graham has said SOPA-supporting companies will no longer be invited to the startup incubator’s popular Demo Days showcase for investors. A list of nearly 150 supporters released by the United States House of Representatives’ judiciary committee contains broadcasting, publishing and trade groups expected to attend, including ABC television and the Country Music Association Read more »