Links 2-24-11: WordPress 3.1, iAds continue to fail, Keith Olbermann, Goodbye MyBlogLog
Top of the Interwebs:
WordPress 3.1 is out. That is all.
Links 2-23-11: TBD staff dumped, Easier bibliographies, Compelled consent, A world without oil
TBD was the great social experiment in DC; a group of media outlets turned into one community-powered converged news source. At least it was before Allbritton systematically removed its limbs.
Links 2-22-11: Blockbuster for sale, Why save PBS?, Nearer my PS3 to thee, Yahoo the startup killer
Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy a while back and has now put itself up for sale. This isn’t really top of the internet as much as it is ‘everyone on the internet saw this coming in 1999.’ The slow-to-awaken video rental chain, which is now $1 billion in debt, is fielding an offer for $290 million.
Links 2-22-11: Libya, Zotero escapes Firefox, UberMedia, Klout controversy
The quickly spreading unrest has now hit Libya, Iran and other locations. It is both inspiring and horrifying. I’d do a round up, but you are better off just scrolling Andy Carvin’s Twitter stream. I really hope someone is archiving everything he puts out.