Ars Technica goes Premier

As more tech oriented blogs look to expand their revenue base in light of weakening advertising dollars some are experimenting with specialized services for a subscription fee. GigaOM was among the first to go ... continue

Get tased by Hello Kitty and visit one man’s pink hell

I could have just written this post up about yet another absolutely stupid use of technology and left it at that but this is one of those rare occasions when where you find the ... continue

Surprise, the RIAA has a blog and yes it’s boring and biased

When one things of the Recording Industry Association of America, otherwise known among other names as the RIAA, is well known for questionable legal actions and suing old women and single mothers. The last ... continue

The Able Bodied get a voice in the blogosphere

There are an estimated 54 million Americans alone that are considered to be physically or mentally disabled. In other words 19 percent of the American population who have a hard time wandering the byways of the ... continue

Kanye West whines about the paps on his blog

There is nothing we love more than a celebrity who blogs. Kanye West has put a rant up on his blog about the paparazzi and his recent arrest. You can tell he wrote it because ... continue

AOL Launches New “Globally Local” Blog Network

AOL has launched a new magazine-style blog site that attempts to combine entertainment news with city-based stories. Digital City describes itself as having "a local slant, but global appeal." Officially announced this morning, the site's ... continue

Magnify Releases New 2.0 Video Solution

Magnify is launching a new all-around 2.0 video solution for Web publishers. The expanded Magnify Multi-View Player, set to be announced this morning, aims to give blogs the ability to post their own videos -- either ... continue

An Easy Way To Add RSS Into Your Signature

Ever wanted to show off the latest entries from a blog within your signature? A new startup is making it easy. German-based FeedsR.Us lets you create an automatically-generated graphical signature that shows the last four headlines from ... continue

Will “Following” Give Blogger a Boost?

Google's hoping to pack more punch into its Blogger publishing platform with a soon-to-be-added ability to have FriendFeed-style "followers" on your blog. The feature will look familiar. Anyone with a Google account, it seems, can ... continue

Pimp My News: Turning Blogs into Mobile Audio

You can now catch up on your day's Web reading with your eyes closed, thanks to a startup aptly named Pimp My News. The nine-month-old service converts thousands of blog and news sites' content into audio ... continue

Out of the Navels and Into the Mirrors

Marshall Kirkpatrick lights a match to bitchmeme kindling with his poll "Should Tech PR Agents Vote for Their Clients in Polls?" For some reason, public relations representatives and agencies are the scapegoat of the year recently, and ... continue

One Word For Zemanta: Useful

Zemanta is a Slovenian blogging tool that automatically suggests contextual photos and links for any post. Webware describes Zemanta as "a brilliant product for lazy or otherwise time-focused bloggers" and it's a fair description. The tool is offered ... continue