by Claudine Zap Before MP3 players, DVR, and Blu-Ray. Before live streaming and downloads, there were cassette tapes , an analog magnetic tape system for recording, listening, and mixing together your favorite tracks to share and play in your Walkman or boombox . Think of it as a tiny reel-to-reel. The iPod of the '80s was last spotted at your neighbor's garage sale,?the back of your?friend's closet, and the "for sale" table at indie band concerts. Wait, what? That's right,

Shervin Pishevar is the Co-founder and CEO of the Social Gaming Network (SGN), which builds social games on both Facebook and iPhone. We've asked him to post on the Facebook blog today about the evolution of social gaming and the launch of their new game, iFun. New technology has the power to inspire our imaginations; all we require is an entrepreneurial vision for progress. As an entrepreneur and researcher,

After some bucket-testing flirtations with the public , Google has taken SearchWiki live. SearchWiki is a utility in the Google search user interface that lets users edit and compose notes on search results and save them. Basically, you can add, remove or re-order Web pages to the search results for any query, providing more control over your search experience. At least that's the theory according to some who have been briefed and white-listed for SearchWiki. Grrr,

Anyone who missed last week's co-hosted Reprise Media and comScore webinar, Adding Paid Search Muscle to Your Marketing in a Weak Economy , can now watch the full presentation online. ?Some of you may have even seen it once and want to watch it again a la Batman Returns. It's not in IMAX however. I had the pleasure of watching and listening live and was struck once again by the timeliness of the topic. Each passing week seems to bring more economic gloom and/or doom.

Gaming.reddit and a few physicists keep humanity safe for a little longer. As scientists at CERN prepared to turn on the LHC for the first time, the gaming reddit community realized the significance of this historic scientific event: a resonance cascade and dimensional tear, followed by alien invasion. One of our quick-thinking redditors suggested a plan to save mankind. We'd send CERN a crowbar . Just to be safe, we made it a wrecking bar,

You might be tired to see Twitter-related posts every single day but this shouldn't prevent you from using the tool. To network using Twitter or not - is up to you. There are still many people who just don't get the very idea of telling others what they are doing. What's definitely should be taken into account: Twitter is a great marketing tool that can help you understand your audience and keep track of hot trends in your industry . Now, to do that effectively,

For any growing business that is looking to expand online knows that it takes more than just launching a website and hoping people find you. You might be asking yourself, is online PR really that important? The answer is, yes!

We just returned from two solid events on the BOSS Hack Day world tour. Last Monday's event in London drew a range of developers, including a few who were completely new to the platform along with a handful of experienced BOSS hackers (such as the developer from BuildaSearch ). After a successful stop in London, the team headed to Paris to prepare for another event on Wednesday. The Paris event stood out for a couple of reasons. First, we were really pleased with the turnout.

As so many of our friends are constantly on orkut, sending scraps, commenting on photos, and bumping hips on BuddyPoke , we figured it was time to make it easy for you to chat directly with your orkut friends whenever they come online. That's why we are excited to announce a fully integrated version of Google Talk that works seamlessly from within orkut, with no install or separate window required.

Publisher related news bits With the Holiday season approaching, you'll soon be swamped with a massive to-do list. We thought we'd give you a selection of publisher-related news and bits for you, so you can have more time for those seemingly never ending holiday tasks. Does the Internet care about you making money? Publishing 2.0 has an interesting analysis of how the market and your business model may not actually be actually seeing eye-to-eye.