Category Archives: Web Culture

Articles about internet lifestyle and culture including online media, memes, and more.

A FriendFeed tipping point?

If anyone can draw thousands of users to a new web service, it’s a guy like Kevin Rose. Universally (and occasionally begrudgingly) liked, followed on a myriad of services, and an influential name in the business, Kevin’s vote counts for a metric ton. As you can probably guess, if Kevin joins a service, a crowd follows. That’s exactly what happened on FriendFeed this weekend as some big web celebrity names started up accounts on the service.

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Mahalo Vlog Idol: a success or failure?

On the eve of the announcement of who the winner will be, I review these ups and downs and try to determine whether, overall, the aptly yet awkwardly-named Mahalo Vlog Idol competition has been a success or a failure.

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Google updates favicon; entire internet looks twice

Small news, perhaps? It’s worth noting that Google seems to have changed their favicon.

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