This is page 9 of the blogging news archives.

Twitter Debuts New Homepage (July 28, 2009): Twitter has launched a new homepage.

SB Nation Raises $8 Million (July 19, 2009): The Inquisitr reports that SB Nation, a sports blog network founded by Markos Moulitsas in 2003 recently raised $8 million in venture capital funding.

RIM Launches MyBlackBerry Community (July 15, 2009): 901am reports that RIM has established a social network just for BlackBerry users called MyBlackBerry.

Royal Family Joins Twitter (July 12, 2009): The BBC reports that the British Royal Family has joined Twitter.

Twitter Turns Hashtags Into Links (July 3, 2009): TechCrunch reports that Twitter has started linking hashtags.

TMZ, Mainstream Media Get Traffic Boost From Michael Jackson's Death (June 30, 2009): AOL's TMZ.

Final Facebook Username Registration Date Approaching (June 23, 2009): The June 28th data for registering Facebook Usernames for their Facebook Pages is approaching.

Google Plans Microblog Search Engine (June 14, 2009): Google Operating System reports that Google is planning a microblogging search engine that will let users search tweets and updates from other microblogging sites.

Hundreds of Retailers Already Using Twitter (June 11, 2009): Retailers have relied on email newsletters to reach customers over the past several years but they would be wise to try Twitter.

Bloggers Abandon Blogs For Several Different Reasons (June 6, 2009): The New York Times has a story about abandoned blogs.

Amazon Launches Kindle Publishing for Blogs Beta (May 29, 2009): Wired's Gadget Lab reports that Amazon.

Larry Page on Twitter Search (May 19, 2009): Loic Le Meur says he asked Google co-founder Larry Page what he though about Twitter search.

Twitter Quitters: Nielsen Online Stands By Twitter 40% Retention Rate (May 11, 2009): Nielsen Online recently blogged that Twitter only retains about 40% of the people it attracts.

Software Programs Attempt to Analyze the Emotion in Our Writing (May 9, 2009): New Scientist has an interesting article about how the latest software aims to analyze the emotion in our onlnie writing, including our blog posts and tweets.

White House Joins MySpace, Twitter and Facebook (May 1, 2009): The White House blogged today about the launch of MySpace, Twitter and Facebook accounts for the White House.

Tracking Swine Flu on Twitter (April 26, 2009): Twitter has been criticized for being unreliable and misinforming when it comes to the swine flu.

No Twitter in Zac Efron's Future (April 6, 2009): Actor and singer Zac Efron may be the future according to Interview magazine but so far he isn't embracing social media.

Number of Blogger Book Deals is Very Small (March 25, 2009): USA Today has an article about some bloggers that have landed book deals.

George Clooney Vlogs About Rooming With Nicholas Kristof (March 17, 2009): George Clooney just returned from a trip to Chad with NBC to highlight the devastating conditions the people there face.

Kevin Rose Launches We Follow Twitter User Directory (March 15, 2009): We Follow is a new user powered Twitter directory.