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Adam Carolla’s Podcast: 1M Downloads… Radio, XM Officially Dead?
February 28, 2009 – 6:27 pm | 1,652 Comments
Adam Carolla’s Podcast: 1M Downloads… Radio, XM Officially Dead?

Last week, Adam Carolla transitioned from national radio talk show host. His contract with CBS prevents him from returning to radio (supposedly through 2009) – and in exchange, he is paid handsomely in the meantime.
So …

CBS Coverage of beRecruited: ‘Gives Students Scholarship Edge’
February 27, 2009 – 6:11 pm | 74 Comments
CBS Coverage of beRecruited: ‘Gives Students Scholarship Edge’

beRecruited has had some great press coverage over the last few weeks – in part because of our growth, in part because of recruiting season and in part because of the struggling economy (which puts …

Tomorrow Marks Rocky Mountain News’ Final Day
February 26, 2009 – 2:15 pm | 8 Comments
Tomorrow Marks Rocky Mountain News’ Final Day

After months of speculation.
And during a week where Hearst made similar waves with the San Francisco Chronicle.
And just a few weeks from its 150th anniversary…
Scripps has announced that tomorrow will be the final printing of …

Perez Hilton Hits 14,000,000 Pageviews Yesterday. Wow.
February 24, 2009 – 2:11 pm | 738 Comments

You might not be interested in celebrity news and gossip…
You might not consider it important or meaningful…
But to the web, it is significant and marks a major move in the Digital Media space.
I’ve written …

Potential Entrepreneurs: 20 Questions to Ask
February 23, 2009 – 7:22 pm | 592 Comments

Kelly K. Spors of the Wall Street Journal listed 10 questions for potential entrepreneurs to ask themselves and assess whether they are cut out for the job (particularly in this economic climate).
Her list of …

Widgetbox Partners with Atlassian & Confluence
February 23, 2009 – 1:07 pm | 221 Comments
Widgetbox Partners with Atlassian & Confluence

Widgetbox is pleased to announce that you can now add their widgets to pages inside of Atlassian’s Confluence enterprise wiki. Confluence is the largest commercial wiki with over 7,000 enterprise customers worldwide. With this integration, …

Why Amazon Continues to Pull Away from eCommerce
February 22, 2009 – 9:40 pm | 689 Comments

Read this blog enough and you certainly know that the one company I rely on and respect most is Amazon. Almost daily, I use Amazon as an example in good product experience, design, strategy, etc. …

InGameNow Adds Live Scoreboard to iPhone Apps
February 22, 2009 – 3:24 pm | 267 Comments
InGameNow Adds Live Scoreboard to iPhone Apps

Attention sports fans – InGameNow has added live scoreboards to its suite of iPhone Apps. Now you can easily access real-time scores from that day’s events and navigate to the discussion for that particular game:

Gawker Rolls Up Defamer & Valleywag… Chasing Huffington Post?
February 22, 2009 – 3:19 pm | 3 Comments
Gawker Rolls Up Defamer & Valleywag… Chasing Huffington Post?

In my 20 Digital Media Projections for 2009, I stated that there would be a handful of other major sites racing into that space that Huffington Post and The DailyBeast have successfully created.
Today comes …

Introducing TechNews (http://news.ryanspoon.com)
February 22, 2009 – 3:01 pm | 277 Comments
Introducing TechNews (http://news.ryanspoon.com)

Introducing http://news.ryanspoon.com – I encourage you to test it out!
About a year ago, I weened myself off of Digg (at least partially) and moved onto Hacker News. Hacker News is the best mix of technology …

Facebook Photo’s Remarkable Growth – Did iPhone App Play a Role?
February 22, 2009 – 1:13 pm | 422 Comments

According to ComScore (and via TechCrunch), Facebook Photos is running away from the nearest competitors: Photobucket, Flickr and Picasa (in that order).

Facebook has been the space’s leader for over a year, but the gap …

WordPress 2.7 Scores a Perfect 10
February 22, 2009 – 1:02 pm | 442 Comments
WordPress 2.7 Scores a Perfect 10

I have always been a major WordPress fan and used any opportunity to plug both WordPress.com and WordPress.org.
Now – I have an even greater reason to speak their praises: WordPress 2.7 is exceptional. I …