BlogWorld & New Media Expo Blog
Official News Blog of the World's Largest Social Media Conference & Tradeshow
Right now, the Internet is buzzing with CES news as bloggers check out the latest consumer technology offerings. Last night, though, there was a break in the tweets about tech as people expressed outrage over popular podcaster, radio show host, and blogger Leo Laporte was denied access to a pre-CES press event called The Digital … [Read more]
After the official list of SOPA supporters was published and a post on Reddit about GoDaddy supporting SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) created a PR nightmare for the company, it looks like the list of corporate supporters is getting shorter. For those of you not familiar with the SOPA and GoDaddy debacle, here’s the short … [Read more]
Allison recently wrote about SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and why it scares her. For those of you not familiar with SOPA, it’s a new legislation in the United States that is seeking to punish people for posting pirated content. You can read Alli’s entire post on SOPA and how there are loopholes, that in … [Read more]
For the past few weeks, and especially over the past few days, everyone is talking about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), new legislation in the United States that seeks to punish people for posting pirated content. I didn’t pay much attention at first. The name sounds nice, after all. I don’t support illegal downloading, … [Read more]
When AOL bought TechCrunch back in 2010, it seemed like the perfect pairing. Some were skeptical, but Mike Arrington really seemed pumped about it and encouraged the TechCrunch community to be too, particularly in the post Why We Sold TechCrunch To AOL, And Where We Go From Here. Oh what a difference a year makes, … [Read more]
TechCrunch certainly has been dominating headlines recently. I’m having a hard time keeping up. The quick run-down for those of you also having trouble staying up-to-date: Mike Arrington quit. Or was fired. Or was forced out. No one seems to have a straight answer on that one, but in any case, he’s gone, but he … [Read more]
Today, I am saying something that I thought I’d never say: freelance writers don’t deserve payment. Before I start getting hate mail, let me explain. I don’t mean all freelance writers – just the ones in this story. Earlier today, former Huffington Post blogger Jonathan Tasini filed a class action lawsuit against The Huffington Post, … [Read more]
Where to start with this one? How about the inspiration for this post? First, I sent out two apparently controversial tweets this morning: surprise, all those iPad buyers are Mac Fanboys and girls http://bit.ly/bZt9y5 gotta give it to Apple they have a loyal community and LOL and a great follow up story, the ipad doesn’t … [Read more]
Back in my blogging heyday, various traffic seeking bloggers inevitably rolled out lists of the “Top Bloggers” for each particular year. Thrown in at the very bottom of these lists, almost as if added in as an afterthought, was the name of a woman or two. Comments and blog posts ensued. “Where are the women?” … [Read more]
June 5-7, 2012 • Jacob Javits Conv. Ctr.
SAVE THE DATE! World's Largest Social Media Event returns to the East Coast, bigger & better!
REGISTER NOW and Save BIG on all passes!
"Come to BlogWorld NY and you'll learn how to create better content, grow your brand, audience and revenue online from the world's most successful New Media content experts and Social Media innovators. More than 200 Speakers, 3 Days of Education and a Tradeshow Exploding with New Media Resources...plus great Networking Events too. Don't miss it!"
Opening registration is always exciting. It means the journey to the show …
This past week, many of my friends were in Las Vegas for CES...or, at …
The BlogWorld community is growing by leaps and bounds. Every …
Recent Comments