Blogging News: Page 13

This is page 13 of the blogging news archives.

Popular Facebook Scrabulous Game App Pulled (July 29, 2008): There are a lot of annoying Facebook apps and there are a few Facebook apps that are enjoyable and/or add value.

Music Videos Take Over YouTube's Most Viewed List (July 27, 2008): Music videos are dominating YouTube's list of the most viewed videos of all-time.

Guy Gets Girl With Blogging in Twix Commercial (July 26, 2008): Blog has become a mainstream word and it's a hot enough topic that advertisers are now using it in commercials.

Blogspot.com #1 Malware Source Says Sophos (July 23, 2008): A Sophos study has found that Blogspot.

Amazon S3 Crash Hampers Web 2.0 Sites (July 20, 2008): A crash of Amazon.

Two More Microblogging Sites: Identi.ca and Kwippy (July 20, 2008): The number of microblogging worlds to visit continues to climb.

Kanye West Denies Accusations That He Uses a Ghost Blogger (July 17, 2008): Rapper Kanye West has been accused of using a ghost blogger to write his own blog.

World's Oldest Blogger Has Died (July 14, 2008): Olive Riley, the world's oldest blogger, has died at the age of 108.

Jason Calacanis Retires From Blogging (July 12, 2008): Jason Calacanis founded Weblogs, Inc.

YouTomb Site Keeps Data About Videos Removed From YouTube (July 7, 2008): Everyday numerous videos are removed from YouTube.

Google and MacFarlane Cut Web Video Distribution Deal (June 30, 2008): Google and Seth MacFarlane have cut a distribution deal that will send fifty short two-minute episodes of a MacFarlane-created show called Cavalcade screaming around Google's AdSense network.

Paris Hilton Slams Media in Blog Post (June 26, 2008): Paris Hilton is using her MySpace blog to counter stories about her she says are not true.

Former Blog-Basher Patrick Goldstein is Blogging (June 25, 2008): L.

Celebuzz Launches Celebrity Social Network (June 18, 2008): Some of the Internet's top celebrity blogs have united under a new brand called Celebuzz.

Bloggers to AP: You're Dead to Us (June 17, 2008): Bloggers from both sides of the political aisle, from celebrity gossip and just about every other kind of site are uniting to refuse to link to any stories from the Associated Press.

Bloggers to AP: You're Dead to Me (June 16, 2008): Last week the Associated Press began taking a very aggressive stance on the use of its content.

John McCain Launches a Blog (June 11, 2008): John McCain recently launched a new blog called the The McCain Report.

Plurks Let's Users Mute Unwanted Plurks (June 10, 2008): Plurk - the microblogging service that is gainging popularity for its easy to follow discussion threads and horizontal timeline - has given its users the ability to mute discussions.

Plurk Adds Twitter Friend Import Tool (June 9, 2008): Twitter's woes have continued this week.

Social Network Users Concerned Media is Watching Them (June 5, 2008): The BBC reports that a Press Complaints Commission survey found that 80% of those polled said they would be more cautious about what they posted on social media websites if they knew they were being watched by the media.