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Now you don’t have to give up your Crackberry habit to get your ‘Kindle On!’ Amazon has launched a Kindle Application for Blackberry owners so they too can purchase and read eBooks from the Kindle Library, with just a tap from the finger.

Can going viral on a Facebook Fan Page get you you a gig on Saturday Night Live? If fans have their way – Betty White might be the first actress to score such a deal. She may have started her showbiz career back in the days of “I Love Lucy,” but today you haven’t hit the big time until you’ve gone viral.

Well, it was bound to happen. As popular as location-based services are becoming, it didn’t take long for the Spamalot Brigade to step in for a little menace and mayhem

Well, it was bound to happen. As popular as location-based services are becoming, it didn’t take long for the Spamalot Brigade to step in for a little menace and mayhem.

The first tweet from outer space was recorded on January 22. The first doctor to tweet during surgery happened at the Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. A landmark tweet against impostors was issued in a tweet by the British High Court in October, 2009

Apple’s iPad is barely a few days old, and it’s already facing potential litigation. On the heals of China vs Google battling over censorship and Gmail hacking issues, Apple is having its own altercations with the Chinese. This time around, instead of debates with the government, Apple is being held up by bandits, literally.

As an online editorial cartoonist, I pay homage here to some of the finest new and established cartoonists that are focusing their editorial commentary on social media. Like myself, many of these cartoonists have found the Web 2.0 world is just as exciting and newsworthy as political commentary

If you’re like me and have become disenchanted with the social bookmarking site Digg, ever since they did away with their “shout” function last year, apparently we are not alone. While Digg’s unique visitors ended 2009 at 27 million, by December, this was a marked decline from its it 32 unique visitors in September.

Speculation is circulating from reputable sources such as Mashable  that the New York Times is contemplating charging for content. While legacy newspapers have struggled to develop new business models to address dwindling subscriptions and ad revenue, it’s apparent that a metered system is on the table for consideration.

How does a brand from the pre-digital age that filed for bankruptcy in 2001 survive in the 21st century of social media and advanced gadget wizardry? They hire a pop icon who has created more buzz than when Madonna first uttered “Material Girl.” Lady Gaga, the 23-year old wacky fashionista might be considered this millennium’s Mae West on steroids but it looks like she’s landed a legit day-time job, just in case her ‘performance art’ persona falls out of favor.