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Hey BayNewser friends: the blog and Twitter feed are on pause. But please follow @WebNewser for news and info on Bay Area & SV media haps. 12:52 PM Mar 30th, 2010 via web
The Polk Awards (which is for professionals) explain why they honored an amateur (the Neda video): We're in a new world http://bit.ly/ctlD74 2:45 PM Feb 22nd, 2010 via TweetDeck
PRNewser RT @Mediabistro: Twitter users are now now sending 50 million tweets per day. That's a lot of cat videos. http://bit.ly/dxsx40 1:48 PM Feb 22nd, 2010 via HootSuite Retweeted by BayNewser and 2 others
Mediabistro On our Facebook page, we're asking freelancers what their biggest hassle is. Chime in: http://bit.ly/a5AVRf 12:25 PM Feb 22nd, 2010 via TweetDeck Retweeted by BayNewser and 5 others
Facebook folks really, really want to see Betty White host the show. They're close to getting their wish. http://bit.ly/9BI4Fx 11:44 AM Feb 22nd, 2010 via web
Apple accused of puritanism in sweeping sexual content from the iTunes App Store. Craigslist ads, not so much. inhttp://bit.ly/bG0cKd 10:10 AM Feb 22nd, 2010 via web
Bill Shatner tabbed for role in sitcom version of Twitter sensation S--- My Dad Says. This can't be anything but good. http://bit.ly/beATjy 1:55 PM Feb 19th, 2010 via web
Goog news. The Internet's going to make us smarter http://bit.ly/aKfcG2 12:36 PM Feb 19th, 2010 via web
Is too much Facebook bad for students? Not at the University of New Hampshire. http://bit.ly/9WHxtj 10:18 AM Feb 19th, 2010 via web
New deal brings independent authors to Scribd. Distribution for all! http://bit.ly/ca6bs3 9:14 AM Feb 19th, 2010 via web
Twitter's annual growth is an officially ridiculous 1,107 percent. http://bit.ly/cBa1Lt 11:15 AM Feb 18th, 2010 via web
Mayor Newsom makes some noise about San Francisco becoming one of Google's high-speed Internet test communities. http://bit.ly/bjRkQS 10:15 AM Feb 18th, 2010 via web
Yahoo-Microsoft get official OK for merger from U.S. and Europe. Implementation by end of year. http://bit.ly/a0CTLj 9:55 AM Feb 18th, 2010 via web
The top online sports site (Yahoo) explains how it covers the Olympics--and nabs traffic, even after results are know: http://bit.ly/aYegEQ 12:44 PM Feb 17th, 2010 via web
Latest from the world of studies that tell us what we already know: Media companies struggle to turn a profit online. http://bit.ly/dphby5 12:15 PM Feb 17th, 2010 via web
FCC lauds Google for upcoming broadband experiment. http://bit.ly/bZaORV 12:14 PM Feb 17th, 2010 via web
@masoo Who's doing the sending is the key point, not where users are going 10:43 AM Feb 17th, 2010 via web in reply to masoo
Ketchup, Twitter and cyber-squatting: Mix them together and get a great story about corporate social media gone wrong. http://bit.ly/abEw3H 10:32 AM Feb 17th, 2010 via web
Twitter hires its 140th employee. Parties like it's 1999. http://bit.ly/dffrI1 10:28 AM Feb 17th, 2010 via web
Google to donate $2M to Wikimedia Foundation, per @jimmy_wales . More deets tomorrow http://bit.ly/bON41h 8:10 PM Feb 16th, 2010 via web