http://www.mail.com/subjects/12268-blogging.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/12268-blogging.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2100338-us-envoy-cuba-engages-critics-offline.html HAVANA (AP) — The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba's revolution. And for U.S. diplomacy as well. Dozens of young bloggers and tweeters gathered to talk about their place in a socialist society whose leaders have referred to the Internet as "a wild colt" to be tamed and make access difficult for all but a few. ... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:40:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2100338-us-envoy-cuba-engages-critics-offline.html 2013-05-21T17:40:37Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2097674-yahoo-to-regain-cool-with-tumblr-deal.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in a risky acquisition that revolves around the vision and instincts of a 26-year-old entrepreneur who dropped out of high school to ... Tue, 21 May 2013 00:10:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2097674-yahoo-to-regain-cool-with-tumblr-deal.html 2013-05-21T00:10:13Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092966-syrian-hackers-compromise-ft-blog-twitter-feeds.html LONDON (AP) — A clutch of Twitter accounts and a blog maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-government group which has regularly targeted media organizations it sees as sympathetic to the country's rebels. A few of the FT's dozens of Twitter feeds and blogs... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092966-syrian-hackers-compromise-ft-blog-twitter-feeds.html 2013-05-17T18:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083904-china-tightens-grip-discourse-ideology.html BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have shut down or frozen the microblog accounts of several prominent liberal intellectuals and harassed rights lawyers lobbying against unofficial "black jails," underlining the determination of the country's new leadership to control dissent even as it vows to root out corruption. The moves over the last few days occurr... Tue, 14 May 2013 10:59:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083904-china-tightens-grip-discourse-ideology.html 2013-05-14T10:59:26Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2059466-kurtz-leaves-dailybeast-retracted-blog-post.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Columnist Howard Kurtz left The Daily Beast on Thursday, the same day the website retracted one of his blog posts in which he mistakenly accused NBA player Jason Collins of hiding a previous engagement to a woman before declaring this week that he is gay. A person close to the matter said Kurtz was fired because this was the latest in a... Fri, 03 May 2013 00:11:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2059466-kurtz-leaves-dailybeast-retracted-blog-post.html 2013-05-03T00:11:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2012604-chinas-bird-flu-response-openness.html SHANGHAI (AP) — After a new and lethal strain of bird flu emerged in Shanghai two weeks ago, the government of China's bustling financial capital responded with live updates on a Twitter-like microblog. It's a starkly different approach than a decade ago, when Chinese officials silenced reporting as a deadly pneumonia later known as SARS killed dozens in the south. ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:05:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2012604-chinas-bird-flu-response-openness.html 2013-04-11T12:05:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2000422-obama-calif-attorney-general-best-looking.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama praised California's attorney general for more than her smarts and toughness at a Democratic Party event. The president also commended Kamala Harris on Thursday for being "the best-looking attorney general" during a Democratic fundraising lunch in the Silicon Valley. "She's brilliant and she's dedicated, sh... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:23:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2000422-obama-calif-attorney-general-best-looking.html 2013-04-05T16:23:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1991888-miami-cuban-dissident-blogger-calls-unity.html MIAMI (AP) — They came from all over to hear her speak. Old Cuban ladies with wrinkled faces and pristine makeup. Young students with iPhones and digital cameras. Men and women who fled Cuba decades ago and just last year, on makeshift rafts and planes. When Cuban dissident and blogger Yoani Sanchez entered the room to speak Monday, dressed simply in whit... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:48:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1991888-miami-cuban-dissident-blogger-calls-unity.html 2013-04-01T23:48:02Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1984130-chinas-lady-serenaded-tiananmen-troops.html BEIJING (AP) — A photo of China's new first lady Peng Liyuan in younger days, singing to martial-law troops following the 1989 bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, flickered across Chinese cyberspace this week. It was swiftly scrubbed from China's Internet before it could generate discussion online. But the image — seen and shared by out... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:09:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1984130-chinas-lady-serenaded-tiananmen-troops.html 2013-03-29T01:09:55Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1972534-guide-to-britains-media-regulation-regime.html LONDON (AP) — The British government is setting up a new media watchdog to tame the country's scandal-tainted press. The move comes after a phone hacking scandal caught journalists eavesdropping on voicemails, bribing public officials, and intruding into the private lives of celebrities, athletes, politicians and crime victims. Many journalists, however, ... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:08:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1972534-guide-to-britains-media-regulation-regime.html 2013-03-22T12:08:57Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1967064-journey-guitarist-sues-ex-mother-in-law-libel.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The lead guitarist for the rock band Journey has filed a federal lawsuit in Minneapolis that accuses his former mother-in-law of libeling him in her blog posts. Neal Schon says Judy Kozan, the former mayor of Waseca, has "attacked and harassed" him for years through Internet postings and comments in the media. Schon's lawsuit says Kozan... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:42:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1967064-journey-guitarist-sues-ex-mother-in-law-libel.html 2013-03-20T13:42:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1958048-lawsuit-tests-bloggers-freedom-speech-rights.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A colleague of the late conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart is asking a federal court of appeals to throw out a defamation case brought against him by former government employee Shirley Sherrod, saying the lawsuit violates the blogger's right to freedom of speech. Sherrod was ousted from her job as an Agriculture Department rural devel... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:06:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1958048-lawsuit-tests-bloggers-freedom-speech-rights.html 2013-03-15T21:06:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1938170-italy-kingmakers-anti-jewish-views-under-scrutiny.html ROME (AP) — Comic Beppe Grillo's populist tirades were seen as a benign outlet for popular anger in the days his protest movement was a sideshow in Italian politics. Now that he's one of Italy's most powerful figures, his views are coming under greater scrutiny — and a history of anti-Semitic statements has started to raise concern outside the country. Gr... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:22:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1938170-italy-kingmakers-anti-jewish-views-under-scrutiny.html 2013-03-07T17:22:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898876-pro-cuba-protesters-halt-dissidents-brazil-event.html FEIRA DE SANTANA, Brazil (AP) — Boisterous protesters backing the Cuban government blocked the Monday screening of a documentary featuring Cuba's best-known dissident, the blogger Yoani Sanchez, who was in attendance after being allowed to leave the communist island for the first time in nearly a decade. Small groups of protesters met Sanchez when she arr... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:59:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898876-pro-cuba-protesters-halt-dissidents-brazil-event.html 2013-02-19T01:59:13Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1898012-cuban-dissident-blogger-starts-world-tour.html HAVANA (AP) — Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez set off on a three-month, dozen-nation world tour Sunday, after a new law eliminated the exit permit that had been required of islanders for five decades and was denied to her around 20 times in recent years. Pulling a blue rolling suitcase emblazoned with the logo of her "Generation Y" blog at Havana's ... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:38:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1898012-cuban-dissident-blogger-starts-world-tour.html 2013-02-17T19:38:14Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1895634-facebook-unwelcome-hackers-dark-side.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is getting an unwelcome look at the shady side of the hacking culture that CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrates. Intruders recently infiltrated the systems running the world's largest online social network but did not steal any sensitive information about Facebook's more than 1 billion users, according to a blog posting Friday by t... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:54:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1895634-facebook-unwelcome-hackers-dark-side.html 2013-02-16T00:54:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1887378-seattle-barista-fired-snarky-blog.html SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle barista says it was all satire, but his anonymous blog that made snarky comments about his boss and the customers he didn't like got him fired. Matt Watson was exposed as the author of the blog "Bitter Barista" this week by another coffee site called Sprudge.com, which led his boss at All City Coffee in Seattle's Georgetown neighb... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1887378-seattle-barista-fired-snarky-blog.html 2013-02-12T23:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1879454-ap-exclusive-mysterious-china-blogger.html BEIJING (AP) — For weeks, a mysterious microblog has been lifting a veil from around China's new leader, Xi Jinping, with candid snapshots from his travels that defy the typically stiff and staged images of the leadership presented in state media. Ordinary Chinese, foreign reporters and even China's own state media have speculated over who or what might b... Sat, 09 Feb 2013 11:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1879454-ap-exclusive-mysterious-china-blogger.html 2013-02-09T11:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1875060-chinas-leader-urges-sharp-party-criticism.html BEIJING (AP) — China's new leader said the ruling Communist Party should tolerate "sharp" outside criticism, in comments that are being viewed skeptically by a public accustomed to pervasive censorship. State media said newly installed party General Secretary Xi Jinping made the remarks Wednesday at a gathering of non-Communist Party groups. Members of th... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1875060-chinas-leader-urges-sharp-party-criticism.html 2013-02-07T14:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1868490-live-action-twitter-grabs-super-bowl-spotlight.html NEW YORK (AP) — Beyonce's splashy show, a freak power outage, and —oh, yeah— a captivating game of football combined to generate a record 24.1 million posts on Twitter during Sunday night's Super Bowl. That's up from 13.7 million last year — and that doesn't even include chatter surrounding the ads. Twitter said in a late Sunday blog post that about half ... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1868490-live-action-twitter-grabs-super-bowl-spotlight.html 2013-02-04T22:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1841576-blogger-contests-ex-cheerleaders-libel-suit.html COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A gossip website operator defended himself Wednesday against a defamation lawsuit by arguing that a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader featured in posts on the site is a public figure. Hooman Karamian, who goes by the name Nik Richie, testified in a northern Kentucky courtroom that cheerleader Sarah Jones was on national televisio... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1841576-blogger-contests-ex-cheerleaders-libel-suit.html 2013-01-23T21:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1819324-blind-russian-girl-criticizes-adoption-ban.html MOSCOW (AP) — A blind Russian high-schooler's impassioned criticism of the ban on adoption by Americans has added a new and compelling voice to the chorus of condemnation of the law. Since her Jan. 6 blog entry complaining about the ban, written as an open letter to President Vladimir Putin, Natasha Pisarenko has attracted the wide attention of Russian me... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1819324-blind-russian-girl-criticizes-adoption-ban.html 2013-01-14T16:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1787946-china-tightening-controls-internet.html BEIJING (AP) — China's new communist leaders are increasing already tight controls on Internet use and electronic publishing following a spate of embarrassing online reports about official abuses. The measures suggest China's new leader, Xi Jinping, and others who took power in November share their predecessors' anxiety about the Internet's potential to s... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1787946-china-tightening-controls-internet.html 2012-12-27T10:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1776286-developments-scandal-bbc-savile.html LONDON (AP) — The BBC has published an internal review into the decision to shelve an investigation by its "Newsnight" program into allegations that its late host Jimmy Savile was a serial child sex abuser. Here are key developments in the scandal: Oct. 29, 2011: Longtime BBC children's television host Jimmy Savile dies at the age of 84. The eccentric, pl... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1776286-developments-scandal-bbc-savile.html 2012-12-19T13:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1774974-instagram-users-photos-wont-appear-ads.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Instagram, the popular mobile photo-sharing service now owned by Facebook, said Tuesday that it will remove language from its new terms of service suggesting that users' photos could appear in advertisements. The language in question had appeared in updated policies announced Monday and scheduled to take effect Jan. 16. After an outcr... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1774974-instagram-users-photos-wont-appear-ads.html 2012-12-18T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1766404-internet-restrictions-world.html DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Envoys in Dubai signed a new U.N. telecommunications treaty Friday that a U.S.-led delegation says endorses greater government control of the Internet. The U.S. and more than 20 other countries refused to ratify the accord by the 193-nation International Telecommunications Union. Here is a look at Internet restrictions a... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1766404-internet-restrictions-world.html 2012-12-14T13:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1750768-rights-group-uae-detains-teen-blogger.html DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A human rights group says authorities in the United Arab Emirates have detained an 18-year-old blogger as part of a widening crackdown on perceived dissent. UAE authorities have taken dozens of people into custody in the past year over Internet postings or alleged links to an Islamist group that officials consider a thre... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1750768-rights-group-uae-detains-teen-blogger.html 2012-12-07T13:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1748068-foxs-correspondent-front-lines-with-obama.html NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Henry's assignment covering the White House would be a challenge for any journalist, no matter his employer. Yet Henry works at Fox News Channel, home base for viewers who longed for President Barack Obama's defeat. More than anyone, he understands how the natural adversarial role of reporting on the highest level of government has beco... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1748068-foxs-correspondent-front-lines-with-obama.html 2012-12-06T13:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1740888-the-daily-doomed-dull-content-isolation.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was too expensive. It lacked editorial focus. And for a digital publication, it was strangely cut off from the Internet. That's the obituary being written in real time through posts, tweets and online chats about The Daily, the first-of-its-kind iPad newspaper that is being shut down this month. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. said Monda... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1740888-the-daily-doomed-dull-content-isolation.html 2012-12-03T22:48:00Z