Yahoo has released an API for Meme, the company's microblogging service, which is still in beta. If you're not familiar with Meme, it's kind of like Yahoo's version of Twitter, minus the enormous amount of hype.
On Monday USC's Stafon Johnson suffered a very serious injury, while lifting, when a weight bar fell on his throat, essentially crushing his throat and larynx. Stafon had to endure a seven-hour surgical procedure to repair the damage.
The good news is his doctors are expecting him to make a full recovery; the bad news is his senior season is likely over.
Stafon's mother was quoted, on USC's website, as saying:
Six Apart, the creators of TypePad, have launched the TypePad Platform, a set of APIs that allow developers, bloggers, publishers, and corporations use the TypePad "cloud".
Remember Yahoo Meme? It's a microblogging site from Yahoo that appears to be the company's attempt at a Twitter clone. Instead of birds however, its theme is dogs.
The site was has been available in Portuguese and Spanish, but now it is available in English. Well, "available" is a strong word. You can go to the site and read what it says in English, but it's not available for actual use at this point.
If you're a blogger with WordPress.com, you'll be happy to learn that you now have the capability to shorten your URL's within Wordpress.com with the new WP.me service. You can see an example of a WP.me link below.
Original
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/shorten/
Shortend Version
http://wp.me/sf2B5-shorten
Now when you click the Following and Followers links from your Twitter account you'll notice some major changes. Twitter has upgraded some of the design of the pages and added multiple new features.
What do you think of the new design and features? Tell us.
The "what is Twitter about?" article is not a new concept. It's been discussed frequently pretty much since Twitter was launched. Yet people still have a hard time grasping the concept.
Canadian Twitterers using Rogers or Fido can now update to the service and receive updates using SMS. Tweets are treated as standard messages by these services, so there are no extra charges according to Twitter co-founder Biz Stone.
Likely, Boomtown’s Kara Swisher gets tired of being the TechCrunch Google-rumor-debunker. Maybe not. She seemed to enjoy reminding readers about the Michael Arrington grapevines sprouting out tales of Google buying Digg and Bebo, neither of which ever happened. This time it’s Twitter.
WebPronews anchor Abby Prince-Johnson was present for the "Microjournalism: Breaking news in 140 words or less" session at BlogWorld on Saturday. This one featured Robert Scoble, Doc Searls, and Laura Fitton.
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