It wasn’t so long ago that new Internet radio stations like Radio Io and Radio Paradise took the WWW by storm. Suddenly, you could stream your favorite music genres and sub-genres (“Alt Rock”, “Acid Jazz”, “Hairbands”) all day long, or all weekend if you wanted. No longer was your listening limited to FM radio and those annoying DJs or “three in row” playlists before a commercial interruption.

Then came Pandora, an Internet radio/media player hybrid based on the Music Genome Project. This breakthrough music service uses a complex mathematical algorithm to organize music types according to the attributes (over 400 traits or ‘genes’) of each song. It sounds complicated, but the result is that you create your own radio station based on your likes, dislikes, moods and other preferences. Create as many mixes as you like, as often as you like – and share them with friends or post to your Facebook page. (more…)

Already, they’re calling him ‘Tech President,’ President 2.0., and the first social media president. As Barack Obama took office at noon EST today, one of his first official acts at 12:01 was to switch over to a new Whitehouse.gov and introduce the new White House Blog. His director of New Media for the White House, Macon Phillips, welcomed readers in “Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov”: (more…)

Check out my new guest post, “The Blogosphere: Still Fast, Fresh, and Evolving”, about the evolution of blogging – on BUZZ Networker today!

Finally! Last week, the business world saw a ray of hope amid seemingly endless gloomy economic reports: Cyber Monday, and the entire week following it, saw a sharp increase in online activity, up about ten percent over the same period last year. (more…)

The inevitable has finally happened: Search engine results can now be customized to suit your personal tastes. Last month, Google launched its new but highly anticipated SearchWiki function. (more…)