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(The Charlotte Observer - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- About 120 people converged on uptown Charlotte Saturday to participate in the Observer's first bloggers' convention. The all-day event featured panels on topics such as Web

- The Burmese regime continues its repression of last year's widespread protests: recently the authorities sentenced 9 monks and 28 pro-democracy activists, believed to be responsible for inciting to the protests. Four monks were sentenced to 8 years

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The late Behram Contractor, the legendary Bombay columnist (as Busybee), used to take a break from writing his daily single-subject column on Saturdays. Instead, he would put down all the many things that had occurred to him in the course of the week

Rough terrain, limited luggage space and extreme heat made updating her blog a monumental task for Lois Pryce 'Get yourself set up with a Twitter account. It's a nice, low-cost way of letting people know if you get into trouble or are kidnapped. You can

The biggest mobile news of 2007 was definitely the Apple iPhone and I think the biggest news of this year is the Google Android. I enjoyed my trip out to see the T-Mobile G1 launch last month and have now had the opportunity to use the T-Mobile G1 for

By: Yakov Fain Of all domestic air carriers, I like Continental the most.? They showed Mamma Mia and the food was bearable.? Last month, I was in the air for 14 hours flying to Japan, and now the trip across the USA is a piece of cake. I have only carry

As the founder of Jewlicious.com, a blog and Web site that caters to young Jewish people, David Abitbol was an obvious choice for the panel of Monday's General Assembly session, 'Social Entrepreneurship: Reinvigorating the Jewish People for the 21st

tten by officials are pretty horrible. They're filled with corporate-speak, public relations-speak, or they're shallow. They're almost always inauthentic. Nothing could be further from this case than the blog written by Wayne Hale Hale is one of the

In Exploring Social Media: Social Media Tools, I featured a list of what other social media sites and experts recommend as their social media tools. Let's take a step backwards and explore the basics you need to have in place as part of your core social media tools for bloggers and businesses as part of this ongoing series on Exploring Social Media. While the concept of social media and social media tools confuses many, the basic social tools are ones you probably already have and use. You might not think of these as social media tools, but they are crucial to today's communication strategies. You probably understand why you need these, but let's review the reasons you should have these basics in place to start your blog, online persona, business, or media campaign. Domain Name You need to have a name for your website. This is usually your name or business name, or brand, or some combination of words that represents your intent and purpose. This used to be the most important part of