The Internet and other media has impaired our ability to pay attention to things for sustained periods of time. But now, new web services seem to be made with the goal of eroding our attention spans even further. Read more…
Google launched a user generated content site called Knol yesterday that many people have called a Wikipedia killer. There's some evidence that Knol is in competition with more than just the web's favorite user generated encyclopedia, though. Read more…
According to a report from CNBC, Facebook will be adding Microsoft web search to the site in the fall. That's something that many web pundits have been calling a "no-brainer" since Microsoft invested $240 million in the social network last fall. Read more…
Earlier today Facebook announced Facebook Connect, which extends their development platform to outside sites. In many ways, this is what their Beacon outside advertising platform should have been when it bombed last fall. Read more…
GitHub's new Gist site takes the pastebin idea and makes it a lot better by adding things like version control and easy forking. Gist is Pastie on steroids and will be useful for many developers. Read more…
The Open Web is a term that is used fairly often now, but like Web 2.0 before it, it is a term without a good, succint definition. Some smart people are trying to come up with one. Read more…
Webmasters.org sold yesterday for $50,000 right here in the SitePoint Marketplace. Though technically a site sale, the true value was the top-level domain making it the largest domain sale ever on SitePoint. Read more…
Glam Media is a blog network with over 600 publishers reaching 77 million unique users per month. Today, they launched an application platform for their publishers based on Google's Open Social. Why? The answer may be that the company has grander aspirations than just being a blog network. Read more…
In the immortal words of Kermit, it’s not easy being green—but there are ways you can do your bit for the environment. Here, Matt offers ten commonsense ways to reduce your carbon footprint ... and your energy bill. Read more…
In this hands-on tutorial, Jack lays the foundation for building a voting widget in Flex 3. Take the quiz at the end of the article, and score a copy of his book, Getting Started With Flex 3, absolutely free! Read more…
The two companies have reportedly signed a letter of intent and are close to a deal that will bring Digg under the Google News property. The acquisition price is in the $200 million range, says one source. Read more…
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