Some people would like you to think blogging as we know it is over. They share the eye-popping numbers for Tumblr’s growth, for example: 355 million unique visitors per month, and 400 million pageviews per day

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7 Reasons Why Blogging Is Still Important in 2012

Google obviously wants Google Plus to do very well.

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Now You Have No Choice But To Sign Up For Google Plus

A lot changed in 2011. Of course..

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Nielsen’s Top Online Video Destinations & Web Brands Of 2011

Here is a collection of New Year’s apps you may need. We are going to start with apps to help you get a cab and avoid drinking and driving over New Year’s weekend.

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Apps for New Year’s Eve 2012

Back in August, I wrote an article about Google+ and how its list of new features had the potential to take on Facebook as the next social media powerhouse.

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Facebook Just Won Social Media

FlowTown.com released an infographic called Social Advertising Reaching New Heights .

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Although social media sites have been around for less than a decade, they have played an active role in shaping the future and culture of the Internet, and probably will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Search engine marketers have been long studying the web-browsing habits of various demographics — including their choice of browser and search engine.

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Relationships Matter: Where You Share Affects How You Search

Marc Scarpa, veteran director and executive producer of live interactive media events, has launched the first of it’s kind social TV network with Comcast Xfinity On Demand, called VidBlogger Nation , that brings popular local YouTube talent into the living room of millions. VidBlogger Nation is shot on location by local video bloggers in 10 key markets, including Philadelphia, New Jersey, New England, Atlanta, South Florida, Michigan, Denver, Portland, Sacramento, and San Francisco. The episodes are short 3-5 minute narrative shorts by unique voices from across the country who share colorful stories of people, places and things in their city from a first-person perspective.

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VidBlogger Nation Launches As First Of Its Kind Social TV Network On Comcast

If you’re a Facebook user, you’ve no doubt noticed the changes today that have their users in an uproar.

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Google Lures Frustrated Facebook Users, Points The Way To Google Plus

A powerful technique in the world of entertainment is what is known as the false document . It goes beyond “based on a true story” and invents a history to form a basis in reality. One of the earliest uses of this device was way back in 1508, with a series of chivalric romance literature known as Amadis de Gaula, credited to Garci Rodriguez di Montalvo

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Based On A True Story: A Brief History Of The “False Document” In Film & Web Series