The Southern Voice reports: Actor Ashton Kutcher took to Twitter this afternoon to tweet his disgust at people who use “gay” and “fag” as insults. In typical Twitter style, where capitalization and punctuation are optional, Kutcher wrote: “can we just get clear, calling...

According to a press release sent out today by PlanetOut, Inc., it looks as though the company continues to face a doubtful future that might include getting the boot from NASDAQ: PlanetOut Inc. (Nasdaq: LGBT), a leading media and entertainment company exclusively focused on the gay and lesbian mark...

As you probably know, the new Apple iPod shuffle can speak up the name of your songs, artists, and playlists. I initially thought it was a new text-to-speech chip. It is not: As you can see in this flowchart, the trick happens in your computer. Apple patented the process a while back, and it's going...

A journalist recently asked me what had surprised me most about the success of Global Voices. There have been a lot of surprises with this project - the passion with which our volunteer community has embraced the effort, the emergence of translation as central to our mission - but I think Rising Voi...

Minns ni 99? Det känns ganska avlägset, eller hur? Året då Napster gör fildelningen folklig, tidningarna Pop och Sound Affects läggs ner och Curtis Mayfield dör. Det var också året då dagensskiva.com tog sina första stapplande steg. Under februari/mars började redaktionen formeras och i ...

This is the show for our inquiring fans and listeners and their voicemails, emails. We want to hear your comments and feedback… No, really, we do! Pay no attention to how much Mike grumbles about them — you know - that guy sitting in the dark corner with all the knobs and switches. This week the...

Yesterday I was reminded powerfully of my brother Bill, who died on April 6 last year.  Late in the afternoon, I had an unexpected phone encounter with someone who sounded - just - like - him.  The tone, the challenging manner...took me right back to a scared place in my childhood. ...

I am starting to get more requests for “blog love” at a time when I have less and less desire to write. I am quickly coming to the realization that much of the stuff people are asking me to write about just isn’t that interesting. Quite honestly, I don’t want to simply echo w...

And the envelope, please: How many people does it take to run an online-only metro news site? The answer appears to be 22, a number some occultists are said to believe holds psychic powers. Hearst, psychic, who'd a thunk it? That's the number I've heard from outsiders and that's the approximation we...

Wall Street: Less Responsible Than a Coked-Out NFL Running Back. Taibbi peels back the layers of bullshit to reveal what really happened. Here's a taste: The reason I thought it necessary to even write about this at all is that I haven't anywhere seen anyone say what absolutely needs to be said abou...