The Techmeme Myth

Is Techmeme influential, a driver of traffic and a unbiased source of the best tech news online? The tech meme aggregator founded by Gabe Rivera in 2005 has long been held up as one of the best ... continue

The Inquisitr welcomes Steven Hodson to the writing team

I'm pleased to announce the first addition to our writing team since launching in May: Steven Hodson. Steven has been in working in technology for 20 years, and had his first start in content creation in ... continue

The end of standard blog design [Mashable rocks]

Leading social media blog Mashable has received a large overhaul, complete with new look and new features. Pete Cashmore has all the details here, but the notable part aside from aesthetics sees Mashable adopt what I'm calling the ... 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

Balancing First and Fair

Mark Rizzn Hopkins posted a story to Mashable today covering the resignation of the blogging staff at Profy.com. All three paid writers, Cyndy Aleo-Carriera, Leslie Poston and Triston McIntyre have resigned from Profy following from what I ... continue

What was hot on QBase last week

Collaborative open company databases are hot right now, and QBase continues to thrive. Joining The Inquisitr and Mashable in offering a Tradevibes' branded service is ReadWriteWeb, who announced their service today, so you get the combined wisdom ... continue

What was hot on QBase last week

It has been a a little over a week since QBase was launched, and aside from a bad case of unintended consequences, the service, powered by Tradevibes is thriving. Regular readers will have seen the QBase widgets ... continue

Outbrain Offers Blog Ratings And Recommendations

New York/ Israeli startup Outbrain is a ratings and recommendation platform for blogs and news feeds. The service works by users installing a plugin for their blog that adds a ratings button either at the top or bottom ... continue