Google released a Living Stories plugin and theme for WordPress yesterday enabling anyone who publishes through WordPress to organize coverage of an ongoing event on a single dynamic page. Living Stories is an experimental format for displaying news coverage that Google created in partnership with the New York Times and Washington Post. Google software engineer Eric Zhang wrote about the process of developing the plugin on the Google News Blog. "Our next step … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2010
Ning Users to Say Good-Bye to Free Networks
April 18, 2010 by
Ning--the popular service allowing users to build their own social networks,--is making massive staff cutbacks, increasing its fees for premium services, and cutting off its free services. All Ning users who have been getting their social networks for free of charge will now be asked to start paying fees or phase off the Ning platform. Ning claims more than 46 million users spread over 300,000 social networks. The vast majority of its users are non-profits and … [Read more...]
Video Clip of the Month: Social Media for Good Causes
April 1, 2010 by
My April 2010 video clip of the month features Beth Kanter giving a 40-minute presentation on how non-profits can use social media to promote their causes and raise funds. Kanter is the author of Beth’s Blog, one of the longest running and most popular blogs for non-profits. Here's the YouTube video: … [Read more...]
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