Six Apart Launches Blogs.com as Blog Directory

Blogging software provider Six Apart recently debuted a new website at the Blogs.com domain it has held for sometime. It’s obviously a great domain name for a blog directory. The new website acts as a directory of top blogs and provides commentary on what the top blogs are blogging about. Blogs.com is divided into several categories including business, entertainment, news, life, technology and stu…

George Orwell’s Diaries Turned Into a Blog

The diaries of George Orwell are being published every day in blog scheme at orwelldiaries.wordpress.com. The only difference is that 70 years have been added to the period. What happened on August 26, 1938 is published as a blog post on August 26th, 2008. The New York Times has an article about the new blog which is being administered by a University of Westminster professor.

“I think he would…

Irish Rock Band Latches on to Social Networking

An Irish rock band named The Script claims that social interaction with fans is the way to music chart success. The Script says blogs, downloads and online chats are the secret to success. On the Script’s website you can see that they have set up a number of social networking sites. However, they don’t seem to have latched on to microblogging yet.

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Wallstrip on Twitter

Wallstrip took a break from discussing high-profile stocks to discuss the Twitter microblogging service. They mention some of the microblogging companies including Comcast and JetBlue Airways. They additionally mention that some users are discussing stocks on Twitter. has grown 600% since the start of the year says Wallstrip. They plus not that you can’t invest in- it’s a startup that hasn’t even…

Nielsen Launches NielsenWire Blog

Editor & Publisher is reporting that The Nielsen Co. has launched a new blog called NielsenWire. The blog provides data culled from its magazines and research units.

The new NielsenWire blog, accessed via the nielsen.com homepage, currently features, among other offerings, a special section devoted to the Games — from historical ratings info on the most-watched opening ceremonies of all in…

Microsoft Launches Engineering Windows 7 Blog

Microsoft has launched a new blog called Engineering Windows 7. You can read the introductory post here. The blog will be updated by members of the Windows 7 engineering team. Windows 7 is the current name for the next major release of Windows.

Welcome to our first post on a new blog from Microsoft-the Engineering Windows 7 blog, or E7 for short. E7 is hosted by the two senior engineering manage…

Southwest Airline Seeks Blog-o-spondent

Southwest Airlines is looking for a new blog-o-spondent. that is someone who will be traveling to Southwest cities across the country and filming short segments for Southwest’s blog - sort of a traveling video blogger. Gadling suggests acting quirky and sharing your love of flying in your video submission.

by the past few months, the airline took one of their lucky employees through a whirlwind …

YouTube’s Reluctance to Offer Live Streaming Leaves Opportunity For Others

Silicon Alley Insider reports (via Search Engine Land) that YouTube is apparently not ready to offer live streaming as previously thought.

Outsiders have faraway considered live streaming as a logical next step for YouTube, which dominates the market for pre-recorded Web video. Co-founder Steve Chen gave credence to the concept himself in February when he told Pop17’s Sarah Meyers: “Live video…

Retailers Monitoring Bloggers and Microblogs

Retailers have been reaching out to bloggers for quite a while now. The smart retailers are monitoring social networks and the blogosphere to determine when it is the right date to jump in and contact a blogger. The right instance might be when a blogger appears to need help using a product or when an composition or blog post needs a correction. Net Retailer has a article about how a few months a…

Confusion by Twitter Following Limits

Twitter does not limit the number of humans that can follow you. Limits have been imposed on the number of citizens that you can follow. These following limits are not fixed - they are as low as 2,000 for some users but much higher (over 10,000) for other users.

Twitterers including @BarackObama, @JasonCalacanis, @Scobleizer, @chrispirillo, @guykawasaki, @twitlive, @bloggersblog (my account), @…

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