Xing, the social network for professionals that has quite a lot of traction in Europe, has announced its purchase of socialMedian, a social news aggregator startup which came out of private beta just a few …

Michael Arrington has thrown a major wobbly over the misuse of PR embargoes and in a  related stream of barbed vitriol, has begun publicly denouncing the attention-seeking behaviour bordering on spamming tactics employed by some …

Twitter’s looking for a business product manager. Michael Arrington at TechCrunch sees it as the first step in Twitter’s plan to ramp up revenue, adding:
“Most startups in this position simply sell themselves before it becomes …

Remember how back in the day, the year 2000 was going to be this amazing unimaginable nirvana of science and technology development of almost sci-fi proportions that was going to change our lives forever? Then …

Mahalo, the human-powered search engine launched in 2007 has added another facet to its angle of curated web content – a Q&A feature called Mahalo Answers. What sets it apart from similar services such as …

Days after Yahoo’s job cuts, TechCrunch confirms that CBS Interactive has also laid off around 20% of staff, affecting CNET and Last.fm among other digital media assets. Erick Schonfeld estimates the total number of cuts …

A new tool that’s got some ears pricked is Zentact, a contact-amplifying service co-founded by Eric Marcoullier, known for being a key player in the team that developed MyBlogLog and then sold it to Yahoo …

A question of content: How scantily-clad Heidi Klum scores big with You Tube watchers

Why it’s good to listen to your target audience before creating an ad for them….

The first YouTube video to surpass 100 million viewings