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New Study Reveals: Content is King… Not Social Media Jeffbullas’s Blog A conversation I constantly have with my clients is how important unique great content is to helping them ”Getting Found Online” so when the study by “Online Publishers Association” came across my screen recently, it was good to find more hard numbers to back up the evangelism. The study on online activity titled the “Internet Activity Index” released by the Online Publishers Association shows the trends of the types of activity that have ocurred on the Internet over the past 6 years. The study’s findings has important implications for online marketers and how they should be focusing their time, resources and strategies in 2009 and beyond.

New York Knows Music: 10 Must-Read New York Music Blogs A longtime cultural hub, New York has boasted a lively, trendsetting music scene for over a century. From the beginnings of Broadway to Studio 54’s disco era, the 1970s punk scene to legendary East Coast hip hop, New York has always danced to the beat of its own drum. Here are ten of our favorite music blogs from the city that knows it best. The Digital Competence Framework 2.0 DigComp 2.0 identifies the key components of digital competence in 5 areas which can be summarised as below: 1) Information and data literacy: To articulate information needs, to locate and retrieve digital data, information and content. To judge the relevance of the source and its content. To store, manage, and organise digital data, information and content.2) Communication and collaboration: To interact, communicate and collaborate through digital technologies while being aware of cultural and generational diversity.

The Cisco Umbrella 1 Million top domains - Cisco Umbrella Here at Cisco Umbrella, we have a culture and passion for giving back to the technical community. This has included projects such as: our free consumer OpenDNS service, Phishtank, DNSStream, BGPStream, DNSCrypt, and several other data sources. With that, we are very excited to announce the Cisco Umbrella 1 Million — a free list of the top 1 million most popular domains. This project came from our most recent hack-a-thon where we had more than 300 participants across 3 different countries hack for 24 hours.

More Investors Pile Into Twitter’s Funding Round, Now Reportedly Close To $100 Million Twitter is about to raise a boatload of cash. Last week we broke the news that Twitter is raising another round of funding at a $1 billion valuation and that one of the new investors in that round is Insight Venture Partners. Initially, Twitter was trying to raise $50 million, but demand for its shares is so great that it is raising even more. The WSJ is reporting that the round may close as early as later today, and that Twitter may end up raising close to $100 million. In addition to Insight Venture Partners, another new investor is T. Rowe Price.

Top 100 Influential Music Blogs & Websites in the World The SOS 100 is ideal for anyone who needs to know the most popular music blogs and websites in the world whose content gets shared. What Can You do With this List? Simple speaking, the SOS 100 is an amazing tool to discover the best music blogs to submit music to. For music fans, use it to discover new music sites and polish your knowledge of who’s who online. Which Music Blogs and Sites are included? The SOS 100 includes websites whose main activity is to provide music reportage. OSINT Feeds from Bambenek Consulting Master FeedsUse of these feeds governed by this license.NOTE: The license for this data has changed. The data is now under copyright and requires a commercial license for any commercial use (including companies protecting themselves). Contact sales@bambenekconsulting.com to inquire on commercial license options. Family-Specific Feeds Bamital (FP Risk: Low) | Master | Domlist | IP List | NS Host List | NS IP List Banjori (FP Risk: Medium - Some short domain names) | Master | Domlist | IP List | NS Host List | NS IP List

Microsoft-branded phone rumors surface again Rumors have surfaced again today over the highly anticipated Microsoft-branded mobile phone, and ZDnet compiled all the rumors into one page. Dubbed Pink for the time being, the smartphone will include premium service such as the Zune Marketplace and the phone will likely have many of the features of the T-Mobile Sidekick, given that Microsoft acquired the boys behind the Sidekick last year. The Pink will also use the upcoming Windows Mobile 7, however the OS is not expected to be available until the Q3 2010. There is still a chance however, that we will see an early prototype of the Pink at the CES event in January. Here is a alleged drawing of one of the two Pink phones, nicknamed "Turtle":

Music Blogs That Want YOUR Music! Getting your music heard is hard. Getting your music heard by the right people is even harder. You hear so many blogs, journalists and other industry big names complaining about unsolicited PR emails from bands, so it’s difficult to know where to tread. This is why we have set up this blog post, containing info and links to all the influential sites and blogs who not only accept these emails but welcome them. Download Nessus Vulnerability Assessment With Advanced Support for Nessus Professional, your teams will have access to phone, Community, and chat support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This advanced level of technical support helps to ensure faster response times and resolution to your questions and issues. Advanced Support Plan Features Phone Support Phone support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, available for up to ten (10) named support contacts. Chat Support

Google Wave Starts Rolling, Picks Up Over 100,000 New Riders When Google Wave was unveiled at Google I/O back in May, we noted that it was one of the most ambitious projects we’ve ever seen. Started as a side project in Google’s Sydney, Australia offices, it had the potential to significantly alter the way online communication was carried out. And Google was betting big on it. Google’s VP of Engineering Vic Gundotra devoted the entire keynote of day two of I/O to the project, and no less than Google co-founder Sergey Brin showed up to talk about it afterwards. Ambitious as Wave was, there were still some rough edges. We were granted access to the developer’s preview shortly after Google I/O, and it was clear that while the basic frame of all this great promise was there, there were no shortage of bugs to be ironed out.

The Top 20 Music Blogs We often discuss which bands are getting the most online buzz, like in the 50 most blogged artists list. But who is talking about these bands and creating the buzz? Enter this list of the most influential music blogs. In fact, Style of Sound created a list of the top 100. They included web-only sites, so none of these blogs that are associated with print magazines, newspapers, or radio stations.