It looks like Cindy McCain is the latest social media hijacking victim.  A Twitter account has been set up with her name, and it’s spewing irreverent info: At this point, “she” only has 20 followers, so the influence of this fake account will be minimal. via FaceReviews

A year ago, we predicted that the iPhone would soon have 1% of the browser market share, if Apple met its sales goals.

It not only appears to be doing that, but the iPhone is an unqualified hit, capturing 17 percent of the smartphone market and becoming the most important device in new media.

There’s a lot of buzz today about a new window into the blogosphere, Google’s updated Blog Search.  Here’s what Google Product Manager Michael Cohen has to say about Blog Search: Today, we’re pleased to launch a new homepage for Google Blog Search so that you too can browse and discover the most interesting stories in the blogosphere. […]

John McCain’s supporters prefer to get their news and entertainment from television, while Barack Obama’s supporters tend to be “media generalists” who get their news and entertainment from assorted media platforms. A new study by media agency MediaVest found that 65 percent of voters are paying more attention to the presidential election campaign than they did in […]

Ever wish there was a PodCamp in your area? PodCamps are fun, free or inexpensive events for people interested in blogging, social media, social networking, podcasting, video on the net and new media, in general.  They’re also a chance to meet a lot of other cool podcasters. You might even end up in the greatest photo […]

Twenty-five years ago, Richard Stallman announced his plan to create a free operating system called GNU. Since then, Stallman’s work has had a massive influence on the world of free and open source software, software that powers much of the Internet.  In honor of the 25th anniversary of GNU, Stallman has penned an essay on Avoiding […]

How’d you like your Internet speed to 100 times faster than it is today? The Finnish government has announced plans for universal broadband access across Finland assuring that no person will be further than a mile and a half away from a broadband Internet connection of at least 100 megabits per second (Mbps).  “The development […]

 xVideoServiceThief (a.k.a xVST) is a free tool for downloading video clips from a variety of video websites. xVideoServiceThief also gives you the ability to convert each video into popular formats, including AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, WMV, MP4, 3GP and MP3s. Features: Cross-Platform: xVideoServicethief is available for the following platforms: Microsoft Windows Vista, Server 2003, XP, 2000, […]

It’s time for corporate America to take a hard look at social media. According to the a new survey: 93 percent of Americans believe a company should have a presence in social media; 85 percent believe a company should not only be present but also interact with its consumers via social media; and 56 percent […]

As part of Google’s 10th anniversary, the company asked ten of its experts for their take on the future of the Internet.  Today they posted “father of the Internet” Vint Cerf‘s take, and he keys in on two trends that we’ve focused on because of their importance to new media – mobile content creation and […]