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Malaysia deports Saudi blogger behind Prophet Mohammad tweets (Reuters)
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia deported a Saudi Arabian blogger on Sunday, police said, despite fears voiced by human rights groups that he could face execution in his home country over Twitter comments he made that were deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammad.
Hamza Kashgari, a 23-year-old columnist, sparked outrage in the oil-rich kingdom with comments posted on the Prophet’s birthday a week ago that led some Islamic clerics to call for him to face the death penalty.
Kashgari fled the country, but was arrested by police in majority-Muslim Malaysia on Thursday as he transited through Kuala Lumpur international airport.… Continue reading
DC Bloggers Profile #5: Ray Ortega
A big part of the social media scene is blogs.
Whether they be on WordPress or Posterous or Tumblr or Blogger, millions of people are blogging about something.
In this series, I will introduce you to bloggers who live, work and blog in Washington, DC.
You’ll find out where they blog, why they blog, what they blog about and what other sites and social media tools they use.
Here are links to my previous profiles:
DC Bloggers Profile #4: Jay Frost
DC Bloggers Profile #3: James S. Walker
WordPress to Bloggers: ‘You Deserve Better’ Than Google’s AdSense
Blogging and Web site hosting site WordPress.com has long prevented users from allowing third-party advertising on their sites, but the organization seems to have changed its mind. Partnering with Federated Media, the blogging platform will now let anyone with a publicly visible site that has a custom domain (a paid feature) apply to take part in a money-making program, WordAds.
Applying doesn’t guarantee that the user will be chosen, however. WordPress will be vetting participants, at least for now, choosing blogs based on content, traffic, community engagement, and language. Details regarding the percentage of revenue paid to bloggers, WordPress, and… Continue reading
Klout Quietly Adds WordPress to Klout Scores
When Klout announced in mid-September that Blogger and Tumblr would play a role in determining your Klout score, WordPress users immediately asked, “What about us?”
Klout responded by quietly adding WordPress to its scoring system, which already factors in 11 other services: Blogger, Facebook, Flickr, Foursquare, Google+, Instagram, Last.fm, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Twitter and YouTube. Unlike its integration with those services, Klout didn’t publicly reveal the WordPress addition, but we noticed the WordPress button on the Klout dashboard anyway.
“People love WordPress and have put a ton of effort creating their blogs and building and influencing their audience,” Klout… Continue reading
Blogger: Conn. arrest for threats retaliatory (AP)
HARTFORD, Conn. – A New Jersey blogger charged with inciting violence against Connecticut lawmakers told a jury on Friday that he was being prosecuted for exercising his totally free speech rights and never ever intended for anybody to get hurt.
Harold “Hal” Turner, 49, of North Bergen, N.J., wrote a blog posting in June 2009 in response to state legislation, withdrawn 3 months earlier, that would have given lay individuals of Roman Catholic churches a lot more management above parish finances. Turner believed the legislation flew in the face of the constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state.
He… Continue reading
Jury being chosen in ‘take up arms’ blogger trial (AP)
HARTFORD, Conn. – Jury selection started Wednesday in the trial of a blogger who was arrested two many years ago for urging readers to “take up arms” against Connecticut lawmakers and suggesting that government officials “obey the Constitution or die” soon after a legislative debate about Catholic Church finances.
The prosecution and defense started questioning possible jurors in Hartford Superior Court in the situation of Harold “Hal” Turner, a North Bergen, N.J., resident who is already serving a virtually 3-year prison sentence for producing death threats against federal judges in Illinois. Turner insists his comments were protected by the Initial… Continue reading
Internet stocks: Google takes off
Internet stocks are undertaking well for Google. The company’s net stocks rose from $ five.71 a share a year ago to $ 7.68 a share at the finish of the second quarter.
Large quarter from the Googster ($ GOOG) tonight, surely what the Nasdaq necessary to see.
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Joshua M. Brown
Joshua has been managing income for high net really worth customers, charitable foundations, corporations and retirement plans for much more than a decade.
Here’s Bloomberg:
Google Inc. (GOOG), owner of the world’s greatest Net-search engine, reported sales and profit that topped analysts’ estimates, a sign… Continue reading
