A recent article pubished by Ad Age, revealed that bloggers are increasingly succeeding in attracting funding for new ventures. Why is that?Geri Hirsch went from authoring her the fashion-lifestyle blog, Because I'm Addicted, to co-founding Leaf, a series of how-to concept videos covering things like living, eating and fashion.Following a very successful commissioned video, StyleHaul, the largest fashion and beauty community on YouTube, became Leaf's primary backer. Hirsch and Leaf co-founder Erin Falconer went on to produce video content ...

Cyberstalking is an invasion of privacy, a terrible outlet for some desperate individuals and above of all, a crime. Those who use the internet to track and harass others are a cowardly lot, and because of rapid advances in location-based technologies, stalking innocent users online is a scarily easy affair. The most popular apps we use such as Google, Facebook, Twitter and many more can be used by others to follow you. Apps such as the ones listed below.Please note ...

No, the iRadio rumours aren't over yet. There have been whispers about Apple's supposed venture into the internet radio space for a while now, but it seems the company is making progress ahead of an expected announcement at its WWDC developers' conference next week.According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple signed a deal with Warner Music over the weekend to use the group's music in its streaming service. The terms of the deal see Warner receive 10% of ad revenue, ...

If you've got friends all over the globe, those buddies are probably scattered across not just lots of nations but also several social media services. It’s even more fragmented if you’re an overseas Chinese, working or studying far from home, as your new workmates or classmates are using stuff that’s blocked in China -- like Twitter and Facebook. To bring all these sites, conversations, messages, and buddies together is a new app that launches today called MelonFriends.Launched initially just on ...

The Chinese government is cracking down on the encrypted version of Wikipedia, cutting off the ability to access the online encyclopedia via its HTTPS address, which has been active since 2011.The move comes ahead of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, which saw troops with assault rifles and tanks inflict thousands of casualties on unarmed civilians trying to block the military’s advance on Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing, which student demonstrators had occupied for seven weeks. ...

Turkish prime minister Recep Erdogan has slammed Twitter and social media in general for spreading "lies" following clashes between protesters and police this past weekend.Demonstrators in Istanbul took over the city's Taksim Square after attempts to disrupt a sit-in aimed at preventing a park in the district from being redeveloped escalated into nationwide anti-government protests. More than 100 people were injured as police attempted to disperse crowds using water cannons and tear gas.Amid the chaos of the ...

Netflix is awesome. That is the truth and anyone that differs just hasn't had the pleasure of using the service. The on-demand video streaming service has been around for a long time, innovating as the industry changed, viewing habits evolved and the need for content became more urgent.In the last few years Netflix has moved its DVD rental business to an online streaming site and introduced new regions to its repertoire. The service currently boasts more than 36-million subscribers in ...

A short time ago, a good social media campaign meant letting people know you were on Facebook. Over the past few years, that's changed dramatically, to the point where social campaigns meet and sometimes even exceed their traditional advertising counterparts in terms of creativity and innovation. Small wonder then that a lot of business executives now view social media as being as important as a corporate website and more traditional forms of online advertising.All the evidence suggests they're right to ...

A famous quote by, author and New York Times columnist, Thomas L. Friedman goes “every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better start running.” By this he ...

If you could work at Google, chances are you'd like to join Google X: the secret lab that's responsible for futuristic tech like Glass. But while some of its projects may seem far fetched, so did the idea of a web of connected computers, back before the father of the internet began his work. His invention allows people around the world to study online -- but are those digital educations really a substitute for a brick-and-mortar university with real-life professors? ...