Blogging News: Page 6

This is page 6 of the blogging news archives.

Mashable's Google+ Profile Morphs Into Pete Cashmore (July 22, 2011): Google+ Product Manager Christian Oestlien asked businesses to refrain from creating Google+ profiles earlier this month.

CNET Explains How To Delete Your Google+ Account (July 13, 2011): At a time when most people are trying to get a Google+ account, CNET TV published this video about how to delete your Google+ account.

Will Google Delete Ford and Mashable's Google+ Profiles? (July 8, 2011): Google+ Product Manager Christian Oestlien says Google+ is currently being optimized for consumers.

Private Equity Firms Team Up to Buy GoDaddy for $2.25 Billion (July 6, 2011): The Wall Street Journal is reporting that three private-equity firms - KKR & Co.

Gothamist Seeks Long-Form Nonfiction Piece (June 25, 2011): Gothamist, a blog covering New York City, is seeking long-form nonfiction.

Browser Usage Becoming More Evenly Split Among Top Three Browsers (June 22, 2011): Browser usage continues to become more evenly split among the top three: Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome.

President Barack Obama Starts Using His Twitter for 2012 Campaign (June 19, 2011): A message on BarackObama.

MTV Launches a Tumblr (June 13, 2011): MTV recently launched an official Tumblr.

Twitter Introduces New Follow Button (May 31, 2011): Twitter has announced the launch of a new Follow Button.

WebMediaBrands Buys Inside Network, Publisher of Inside Facebook (May 15, 2011): TechCrunch reports that WebMediaBrands has acquired Inside Network.

Rapid Growth for Wordpress.com and Tumblr (May 11, 2011): Royal Pingdom reports that Wordpress.

Chad Hurley and Steve Chen Acquire Delicious From Yahoo (April 27, 2011): Yodel Anecdotal announced today that YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have acquired the Delicious bookmarking technology from Yahoo.

Manchester United's Darron Gibson Quits Twitter Two Hours After Joining (April 25, 2011): Manchester United's Darron Gibson did not give Twitter much of a try.

Report: Bank Robbers Left Incriminating Trail of Facebook Posts (April 23, 2011): Suspects in a bank robbery were reportedly busted because of entries they made on Facebook.

Amazon Web Services Failure Takes Down Reddit (April 22, 2011): The social news website Reddit was one of the websites impacted when Amazon Web Services servers began experiencing problems.

iPhone, iPad Storing Location Data in Consolidated.db File (April 21, 2011): It is not a surprise that Apple's devices, iPhone and iPad, are capable of tracking a user's location and recording latitude-longitude and a timestamp.

Obama Wants Internet Breakthrough That's As Cool as Walking on the Moon (April 20, 2011): TechCrunch has a report on President Obama's words at a Facebook Town Hall event.

Site Attempts to Predict Your Next Tweet (April 16, 2011): A website called That Can Be My Next Tweet will attempt to guess your next tweet and let you tweet it.

The Annoying Orange to Become TV Show (April 14, 2011): Deadline.

Twitter Reaches 155 Million Tweets Per Day (April 6, 2011): TechCrunch reports that Twitter has shared some Q1 numbers on its @twittercomms account.