iSkoot acquires social networking client Social.IM 
Dean Takahashi via VentureBeat on Fri, 05 Sep. 2008
iSkoot, a provider of carrier-friendly Internet voice calling services, has acquired Social.IM fo
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Browse Web Typefaces and Download CSS with Typechart 
Ray Cheung via WebAppers on Fri, 05 Sep. 2008
Typechart lets you flip through, preview and compare web typography while retrieving the CSS.
You can view different typefaces with differen
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Project Fakebar: Improvising a Google Toolbar Substitute for Chrome 
Harry McCracken via Technologizer on Fri, 05 Sep. 2008
Two days ago, I mentioned that the wildly popular, extremely useful Google Toolbar
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Everybody Loves Web Oriented Architecture 
Joe McKendrick via The FASTForward Blog on Fri, 05 Sep. 2008
I’ve been having quite a series of discussions over at the ZDNet site (here and here and here) on the growing popularity of Web Oriented Architecture, versus the more dour image of Service Oriented Architectur
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Facebook Live Feed a Killer? More Like a Hindrance 
Corvida via ReadWriteWeb on Fri, 05 Sep. 2008
Recently, Facebook released a live feed feature for the homepage of Facebook users. This new feature allows you to see the latest updates by your Facebook friends in real-time. You could compare it to functionality that FriendFeed and
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Democratic Convention Web Site Gets 3.2 Million Visits 
Frederic Lardinois via ReadWriteWeb on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
Just as the Republican National Convention is about to wrap up tonight, the Democratic National Convention Committee released some interesting numbers about its web presence during the Democratic convention last week. During the convention week, the
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Tip of the week: Postcards from Google Earth 
(unknown author) via Google LatLong on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
Let's say you are on vacation in Paris and you want your friends to be able to see and interact with all the beautiful sights of the City of Lights. A regular postcard is good, but you know you can do better. So open up Google Earth, search for 'Eiffel Tower', find your favorite view of the monument and voilà, you're ready to send a
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IKEA Assembles a Web Series 
Chris Albrecht via NewTeeVee on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
IKEA, the Swedish home furnishings company, is rolling out its new web series Easy to Assemble, which features a cavalcade of stars.
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Hulu vs. Amazon: Amazon Never Stood A Chance 
Don Reisinger via TechCrunch on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
Since Amazon released its video on demand service earlier today, I’ve pored over each and every section of the site to determine if it has what it takes to supplant
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Comcast sues FCC, wants P2P throttling order overturned 
nate@arstechnica.com (Nate And via Ars Technica on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
Comcast has done the utterly expected: asked the DC Court of Appeals to review the recent FCC decision against its P2P traffic-shaping solution.Read More...
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Update to Google Chrome's terms of service 
Karen via The Official Google Blog on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
Whenever we release a product in beta as we just did with Google Chrome, we can always count on our users to come up with ways to improve it. This week's example: several eagle-eyed users and
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Introducing Twitter to Your Non-Geeky Family 
David via David Risley on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
A lot of us who use Twitter realize the value of it.
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Could Google Chrome Change the SEO Field? 
(unknown author) via SEO Book.com - on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
Shared by robdiana
interesting piece, as I had not thought about the simple SEO implications of the Chrome omnibox.
Search is the New Operating System
People far smarter than I have talked about the web becoming an operating system, and search being at the center of how we access the
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The Great Online Advertising Divide Widens 
Don Reisinger via TechCrunch on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
As online advertising spending continues its meteoric rise — the Wall Street Journal is reporting a healthy gain of 20 percent in the second quarter alone
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Users booted for Facebook spam cry to the Washington Post about it [Great Moments In Journalism] 
Nicholas Carlson via Valleywag on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
Elizabeth Coe sent 100 friends a link to her company's website. This feat got her booted from Facebook — and got her featured in the opening of
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Top 10 Web Applications for FriendFeed 
Palin Ningthoujam via Mashable! on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
Over the last few months, a plethora of tools — addons, scripts, Web apps — have emerged using the FriendFeed API. Here is a list of the top 10 Web applications that you can check out to get the most out of the service.
Which do you use? Tell us more in the c
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TubeMogul Creates Web Show Marketplace 
Chris Albrecht via NewTeeVee on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
Web video distribution and analytics firm TubeMogul has launched a “Marketplace” of web video shows or, as TubeMogul likes to call it, a “dating site” to connect advertisers with video producers.
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Sarah Palin vs. Joe Biden Web 2.0 Style 
Thomas Hawk via Thomas Hawk's Digital Conn on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
I took the transcript from Sarah Palin's VP acceptance speech at last night's Republican convention (top) and compared it to the VP accept
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Create Separate User Profiles in Google Chrome [How To] 
Kevin Purdy via Lifehacker on Thu, 04 Sep. 2008
The Digital Inspiration blog points out that new-browser-on-the-block Google Chrome shares one thing with Firefox 3 not mentioned in many press reports—a history-aware address bar, or "Awesome Bar," that can create some red-faced momen
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