“Congratulations, you’ve reached the end of this internet. Look for another?” That’s the message you now see when you try to use the Google Reader bookmarklet and have read all the posts within your subscriptions. Even though it’s a joke, it might leave a bitter taste for diehard Google Reader fans to swallow now that… Continue reading RIP Google Reader: The Google Graveyard [INFOGRAPHIC]
Category: Curators
Content curation and social media tips, tools and sources.
The Anatomy of Most Articles on the Web
The state of blogging on the web has come to a tragic crossroad. Our feeds are exploding with more and more content, including over 40 million new Tumblr posts and 500,000 WordPress posts each day. Do you realize that 90% of all the information that exists today was created in the last two years? That’s a… Continue reading The Anatomy of Most Articles on the Web
#DOMA Is Gone: The Nation Reacts
Today the Nation is abuzz with news of the Supreme Court’s rulings supporting the right to same-sex marriage. First on the chopping block was the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defined marriage as only between a man and woman. If passed, DOMA would have prohibited gay couples from experiencing the benefits of married couples… Continue reading #DOMA Is Gone: The Nation Reacts
10 Best Instagram Videos so Far
It didn’t take long for folks to start posting interesting and funny new videos on Instagram, just days after the video feature was introduced by Facebook. The big announcement also declared that Instagram would support 15-second videos, as opposed to the 6-seconds offered by the popular light-video sharing app Vine. This offers athletes and creatives… Continue reading 10 Best Instagram Videos so Far
Feedly’s IFTTT Channel and Web App Goes Live Days Before Google Reader is Shutdown
Feedly’s quest to replace and improve on Google Reader before its demise July 1st reached another milestone: a fully functional channel on IFTTT. The integration with IFTTT now allows users to create recipes that automatically combine actions on Feedly with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Evernote and pretty much any other major web app. For those of… Continue reading Feedly’s IFTTT Channel and Web App Goes Live Days Before Google Reader is Shutdown
Minilogs: Save and Share Your Bookmarks in Online Playlists
We don’t often write about new and upcoming startups but this company’s made a product so cool I couldn’t resist telling you about it. Minilogs is a France-based startup that lets you bookmark and share links in “Web playlists.” I know what you’re thinking: Lauren, why do we need another social bookmarking site? I’ll tell… Continue reading Minilogs: Save and Share Your Bookmarks in Online Playlists
10 Funny NSA and Government Surveillance Parodies and Memes
Quite the ruckus has been made over the last few days regarding our privacy or, better put, lack thereof. Just about every major tech company, including Google and Facebook, has released statements denying involvement with a secret government surveillance program called PRISM after a report by the Washington Post claimed otherwise. Though the Post has retracted some of… Continue reading 10 Funny NSA and Government Surveillance Parodies and Memes
The Future of the Internet: Reddit Introduces Multireddits
Did you know that last month Reddit had over 71 million unique visitors or that it’s quickly closing in on 5 billion pageviews? That’s unfathomably huge for a site that just celebrated its 8th birthday, right? Also there are an increasing number of different subreddits to post to, which currently stands at approximately 5,487. Reddit… Continue reading The Future of the Internet: Reddit Introduces Multireddits
