The staff of The Onion’s A.V. Club encounter several thousand band names a year, whether by receiving albums, press releases or gig listings. Just as
Search behemoth Google has announced a new tool to rival Wikipedia. Currently known as “knol” (it stand for a unit of knowledge, apparently), its object
Independent traffic reports indicate that The New York Times has gained almost 3 million users since dropping its subscription model. This follows news that Friends
Rolling Stone magazine has launched its first digital edition, available free online. Declining sales have forced the magazine to explore alternative revenue streams; launching an
Ask.com has launched a UK map service similar to offerings from Google and Microsoft. The postcode for our office brings up the following result: Cheers
Yahoo! has launched KickStart, a “professional” social network aimed at college students and alumni. From first impressions, it appears to be a LinkedIn for students.
The Financial Times reports that Facebook is to launch in languages other than English as part of an ambitious international expansion programme. Facebook currently lags
VentureBeat reports than CafeMom , the social network for mothers, has raised an additional $5 million in funding. This follows news that Playboy has launched
I’ve been playing around the Tafiti beta, which uses Microsoft’s Silverlight technology. The system is little more than a proof of concept at the moment,
Twittervision is a fun Twitter / Google Maps mashup that shows a never-ending stream of banal Twitter messages in realtime from across the globe.