Social Blend

The Huffington Post lacking class.

Ever have an urgent message you need to get out and wish you had an easy way for friends to send it out via Twitter? Let’s say a radioactive ape has escaped from your laboratory and you need to alert the public...

Some of the latest on the biology of mental illness.

Facebook has begun testing new privacy options that will make the service pretty much just like Twitter, but only if you want it to be.

twitter seems destined to become ever more overloaded with mindless nothings that increasingly drown out any value that might exist from this popular free service.

The role of the bad guy with likable charm isn’t a new one, though, there’s been plenty in cinematic history. Here’s a look at 10 Charismatic Bad Guys in Film...

Eccentric designer Zandra Rhodes went from fashion to crashin’ Tuesday morning as she drove her Ford Taurus station wagon through the front window of Meanley and Son Hardware store in La Jolla, California.

Debate about Twitter's effectiveness as a marketing tool for lawyers continues across the pond...

3 apps to check username availability across the top 72 social media sites sites at once

Looming over the 405 Freeway near Culver City, a 50-foot-tall electronic sign for Airport Marina Ford has flashed "buy now" in bright red letters for the last month, a reminder to passing motorists

MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe got the firing squad, your default friend Tom only got a knife to the back. Sorta. As long as you don't deem being told to never show your face at the office again the Stab Heard 'Round the World, that is.

The 75th edition of Social Blend sees us joined by Brian Bickerton aka Tau_Zero, as we pay tribute to Michael Jackson, Billy Mays, and Farrah Fawcett. We jump into Mixx news, and discuss the controversial issue of nofollow vs. dofollow

Why do so many in the military want to hang on to 'don't ask, don't tell'?

The term ambient intimacy is more than just a definition- it’s a construct that helps make sense of why the usage of social media appeals to the masses.

When you want to know what's happening on the Web right now, Google won't cut it. These sites will. Read this blog post by Rafe Needleman on Webware.