While the majority of U.S. drivers believe hands-free technology is safe when operating a vehicle, the American Automobile Association (AAA) released a report earlier this month that should give a lot of people a reason to reconsider that notion. Titled “Mental Workload of Common Voice-Based Vehicle Interactions across Six Different Vehicle Systems,” the report evaluated…
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“Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present complex information quickly and clearly. They can improve cognition by utilizing graphics to enhance the human visual system’s ability to see patterns and trends”.Thank you, Wikipedia. The problem is, there are just so many infographics floating around the Web,…
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In a page possibly taken from Microsoft’s crushing of Netscape, Automattic is using its WordPress theme directory to penalize the sale of customized blog designs. “Themes for sites that support “premium” (non-GPL or compatible) themes will not be approved,” the WordPress.org theme directory now warns. The removal affected about 35 percent of 700 free themes available from…
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Bloggers in India were in an uproar Friday after Google mistakenly used a 1:1 exchange rate between U.S. dollars and the Indian Rupee. The exchange rate is actually 1:46.555. As a result, bloggers expecting Adsense checks for thousands of Rupees received payment for just around $100. In response, Google told affected bloggers they were “working…
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Automattic, the private company behind the blog hosting service WordPress.com, has hired the former director of systems at Vidavee, a company that created a plug-in allowing WordPress.com users to display video on their blogs. Warwick Poole, on his blog, announced his new job Monday. Poole’s new position at Automattic is as something euphemistically called “Systemologist.” …
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If you’d just die to have the advertising revenue or page views of some of the most successful bloggers, pause a moment to think at what price comes fame. For a growing list of bloggers, the price is often wracked nerves, ill health and even death. Within the past few months, we’ve seen two…
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B5 Media, the Canadian blogging company, is now searching for a content director as it hopes to remake itself as a larger media power. The news comes just days after losing Aaron Brazell, the company’s founding chief technology officer. Joey deVilla, the company’s self-described “Nerd Wrangler,” announced the job search. (when are these firms going to grow up…
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Forbes is expected to announce Monday the launch of a 400-blog finance advertising network. The network, Forbes’ Business and Financial Blog Network, has already attracted Talking Biz News and Xconomy. The ad network is managed by adify.com. “There is no denying the growing importance and influence of blogs within the media landscape,” Forbes.com President and CEO…
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Michael Arrington, the high-profile TechCrunch blogger, is at it again. This time he’s ranting that blogs should join together and crush tech site CNet. What’s gotten Arrington’s ire? He feels there’s a whole lot of money headed for blogs and the cash is likely to disrupt the way things are done – like TechCrunch being the blog…
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It was an intriguing concept: offer a free widget touted to attract more visitors to your blog. Even better, your headlines would appear on other sites, expanding awareness. But just days after opening, BlogRush founder John Reese is struggling to regain control and undo the label of spammy. “Unfortunately, the bozos have come out of…
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