Will WordPress Gravatars Kill Off Google Profiles?
After updating Gravatar profiles in March, WordPress has recently allowed Gravatars to be displayed publicly (as they were previously only accessible by logging into one s account).Thus far Gravatar profiles have attracted a decent following, as th...

GMail And Buzz Add Preview Feature For Google Maps
Google today unveiled a new Google Maps preview feature for their popular Gmail email client and their newly minted Google Buzz service.The new service allows users to paste a Google Maps link into their messages, at which point a preview of the loca...

Color Outside of the Lines
Crayola. The ubiquitous crayon. How common can a brand be? Turns out Crayola has made an uncommon move from a crayon company to an art and design company. In a recent Brandweek article, we see that Crayola has given birth to a new brand: Liv Crayo...

Google Tries to Get Some Buzz for Wave With Wave This Feature
Remember Google Wave? Before Buzz came along, Google Wave was the hot new social networking feature from the world s largest search company. It launched with much fanfare at Google s I/O conference last May, but has since failed to get much tract...

iAd - Is $60M A Big Deal?
Most of the news this morning at WWDC was around iPhone 4 and iOS 4. Will leave the new device and platform play to my colleague Charles Golvin. I can t wait to get one of the new phones ... very slick as it looks like a mini iPad in a modified form...

Yahoo Gets Up Close And Personal With Facebook, Launches Integration Smorgasbord
Yahoo today rolled out a new series of Facebook integrations across various Yahoo services including the companies homepage and Yahoo Mail service. The announcement moves the company one step closer to being a major playing in the social networking a...