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HOW TO: Explore Mashable Articles with StumbleUpon
Mashable added a new feature today powered by StumbleUpon, allowing you to explore Mashable pages, rate them and get recommendations for Mashable content you might like. StumbleUpon, as you may know, is a way to discover interesting web content based on your interests. Realizing that our readers would love to see a custom version of Mashable tailored to you, we’ve chosen to become a StumbleUpon Premier Partner, and we’d love your feedback on the [+]MySpace Continues to Play Catch-up but Is It Too Late?
While it used to be a bit of a media darling, it's not often that we write about MySpace anymore, but they continue to plug along - as one of the most popular sites on the Web. And, they continue to roll out new features for their user base. For many, these features may fall into the "too little too late" category. But it's still interesting to see which new MySpace features were a high [+]YouTube Adds Social Features to API
You can already import activities from YouTube into your activity stream on social networks like Facebook and FriendFeed, but now the video sharing site is expanding its API to give all developers access to this data. The expanded API includes YouTube activities like favoriting, uploading, and commenting on videos, which the company hopes will lead to an ecosystem of external applications that include “the obvious social network / feed aggregator integrations, to notification apps, [+]Just Work Please: Mainstream Media Meets the Fail Whale
The online world is an imperfect place. Gmail goes down, chunks of blog posts disappear, and user are deceived on a regular basis. Most of us who spend time online are aware - and have come to expect - these foibles and hiccups. But now, throngs of mainstream media outlets are entering the fray with a bit of naivete, rushing to use online services that may not yet be ready for prime time - literally. [+]Google.org Gets More Businesslike
Three years ago Google launched Google.org, an attempt to "use the power of information and technology to address the global challenges of our age." And they've been very successful in that regard, providing more than $100 million in grants, creating tools like Google Flu Trends, and leveraging technology like the recently launched Google PowerMeter. But there is still much to be done. Now, Google.org has announced a reorganization to help them meet the goals for [+]Best Blogger Job in The World: Final Day
It’s the last day to apply for what’s been hailed as the “best job in the world” by the Australian tourism board: writing a weekly blog post, maintaining a video blog and uploading photos while exploring Australia’s Islands of the Great Barrier Reef. The six month Island Reef Job - essentially being an evangelist for the Reef, pays approximately $100,000 USD for six months, working 12 hours per month (yes, per month). Last [+]Stimulus Spend Data Coming via Feeds
In a memo from the Office of Management and Budget last week, Director Peter Orszag outlined the implementation guidelines [PDF] for the new stimulus bill, requiring all government agencies to provide a feed to disclose funds allocated, and optimize Web pages in an effort to help the public find relevant information through search engines. "For each of the near term reporting requirements (major communications, formula block grant allocations, weekly reports) agencies are required to provide a [+]Facebook Connect Adds a Cut-and-Paste Comments Widget
Social is the new trend for both Google and Facebook’s Connect platforms. Just a week after Google’s social bar announcement, Facebook’s getting even more social too. The social networking powerhouse is making it even easier for bloggers and publishers to incorporate comments on their sites from Facebook members, with the brand new Comment Box social widget for Facebook Connect. The widget lets publishers enable comments from Facebook users on their blog with simple cut and paste [+]
