“The thing about memes is that through repetition, they create a shared language,” says Professor Julie Levin Russo, an adjunct assistant professor at Brown’s Modern Culture & Media Program. “If you understand the premise of the meme, you can communicate a lot very easily, with whatever twist you’re putting on the meme structure… Tweet This [...]

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here… Tweet This Post

Anyone who spends their day on the Internet inevitably wonders this question. Should I start publishing later in the day, to hit the after-work traffic? Should I publish earlier in the morning, to catch commuters while they’re on the way to work? Or is everything completely random, driven by the off-chance that a post will [...]

Normally, Palo Alto companies buy European ones, but sometimes there are exceptions. Case in point: today OverBlog, a leading blog platform in Europe with over 32 million uniques according to comScore, is announcing it has acquired Timekiwi, a tool that helps you make a timeline using your social media postings… Tweet This Post

People who use pseudonyms – as opposed to remaining anonymous or using their real identity – are more likely to leave high-quality comments on blogs and other Web sites, according to data released by Disqus… Tweet This Post

As the “Everest of Sailing” reaches its third port of call in Abu Dhabi this week, major international media outlets aren’t the only ones covering the action. They will soon be joined by a small bevy of bloggers set loose by one of the competing boats’ sponsors to give documentation of the race a new [...]

Shane Snow is a New York-based tech journalist and co-founder of Contently.com, a marketplace for brand publishers and journalists. In 2010, New York City startup, Birchbox launched a blog about beauty products before it had any customers… Tweet This Post

Jux just rolled out a new smooth-scrolling, edge-to-edge, touch-driven view for its eye-popping personal publishing platform. After launching on the desktop Web in August and shipping its iPad view in October, Jux has now polished its Web experience for all the key screen sizes… Tweet This Post

I finally caught up with Say Media CEO Matt Sanchez today, after his acquisition of tech blog ReadWriteWeb. He wouldn’t confirm the $5 million price (he didn’t deny it either), but he let slip something else which sheds light on Say Media’s overall strategy… Tweet This Post

WordPress released version 3.3 today, which is meant to both streamline the editing process for seasoned WordPress users, as well as help introduce new bloggers to the product. WordPress software provides bloggers with a suite of editing capabilities that can be used by novices all the way to professional news organizations… Tweet This Post

Ben Huh’s popular Cheezburger Network websites — Fail Blog, The Daily What and I Can Has Cheezburger? to name a few — have filled web browsers with laugh-inducing content since 2007. But 10 years ago, Huh’s world hummed a far less cheerful tune… Tweet This Post

Layla Revis is vice president of digital influence at Ogilvy PR Worldwide. Her specialties include international affairs, tourism and multicultural marketing. “So long as the dominant culture’s images of the world continue to be sold to others as the image of the world, image makers are being unethical… Tweet This Post