Web Trends November 2008 Archive

Thanksgiving is a time for remembering the past and being thankful for the blessings we have in this life. It is also a day of family and football ... Read More

While many parents might view their kids spending an evening browsing through YouTube videos, updating their Facebook profile and sending Twitter messages to their friends as goofing off, a new ... Read More

How many times have you done a search on Google and seen the first page littered with unrelated results? How many times have you gone to page two ... Read More

Mashable's 2nd annual Open Web Awards are now open for voting. There's a lot of great categories, so be sure to head over and cast a vote for ... Read More

Personalized start pages can add a lot of utility to your web browser, even enabling you to keep an eye on your finances in these troubled times. Along ... Read More

On November 19th, Xbox Live will get its biggest makeover since the launch of the Xbox 360. The so-called "New Experience" will add 3D avatars and distinctive channels (similar ... Read More

Eight months after Microsoft began discussions on purchasing Yahoo, co-founder Jerry Yang is out as CEO. Burdened by a crumbling economy, there was little Yang could do to bolster ... Read More

I get to cover a lot of interesting ground on the web, and I come across a lot of neat things and fun websites that can keep almost anyone entertained. ... Read More

It's been a busy week for the world's three largest web portals. First we had Google adding voice and video chat to Gmail, then we had Yahoo testing ... Read More

You have to give Apple some credit -- they really know how to put together an ad campaign. I've never been a huge fan of negative marketing where you ... Read More

Cloud computing uses the web ("the cloud") for processes normally reserved for the local computer, such as file storage and being an application platform. In many ways, cloud computing ... Read More

Barack Obama isn't wasting any time in delivering on his promise of change. With the election just a few days old, the President-Elect has already set up a ... Read More

There has been a lot of talk the last few days on the role social media played in the Barack Obama victory, with some going as far to say that ... Read More

When Google and Yahoo announced a deal to dish out Google ads on Yahoo search pages, it was pretty obvious the deal was mainly an effort to get the hunkering ... Read More

Election day is upon us and there are a lot of great ways you can watch history unfold on the net. Here's a smattering of good links to get ... Read More

From Tina Fey's Sarah Palin impersonations being among the most popular YouTube videos to Barak Obama having the most influence on Twitter, there is little doubt that Web 2.0 has ... Read More