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As this Internet thing becomes more popular, so change the habits of its users. According to a recent Pew Internet and American Life Project study, Internet users are shifting their media consumption habits to downloading podcasts for later use.

JupiterResearch, a research and analysis firm focusing on Internet trends and technologies, has been trying to get a grip on the present and future state of social networks and cell phones. With the increasing popularity of mobile social networking, the cell phone industry is struggling to keep up. As more and more social networkers are using their cell phones to stay active, the majority of handheld devices aren’t yet ready to meet high demands. On the bright side, there’s a potential for social networks to become killer apps for cell phones.

Aaron Sorkin, the creator of “The West Wing,” broke the news on Facebook, when he opened an account and announced his desire to write a movie script about the founders of the popular social networking site. The word on the street has it that Scott Rudin (“There Will be Blood,” “The Other Boleyn Girl”) will produce the film for Columbia Pictures.

Not to be left in the shadows of Marketwire, CNW Group, a Canadian news and information distribution provider -- read media release -- has jumped into the social media game with the introduction of the Social Media Release.

Any site whose mission claims to harness the "power of the web to restore credibility in news media" is worth a closer look. Especially when they claim to be apart of the social media revolution. Especially when its plans includes news aggregation. NewsCred, a news aggregator that ranks stories by the credibility of their source, has launched its public site. Instead of relying on popularity, NewsCred allows users to rate each story, author and publication’s credibility, which is then plugged into an algorithm to determine the site’s prominent headlines. But isn't rating a biased measurement? Nevermind.

Last night I was scheduled to fly from New York's JFK to Seattle on JetBlue. As the storm clouds gathered and a crazy thunderstorm gathered over the NY region I called JetBlue's automated flight status service and was surprised to hear my flight was still on time. That was at 6:10pm. read more

Social Media moves so fast, its hard to keep up. Here's the week's top stories from around the blogosphere, in scan-friendly format. This Week: * Twitter Cuts SMS Access * Movable Type Goes Social * AOL to Acquire Socialthing * ReplyFeed.com : Social Media Conversation Management * Google's Failed Acquisitions in Social Media * Facebook Launches New Social Ad Unit, and Gets Sued... Again

Chris Brogan posted a fantastic list of 20 free eBooks about Social Media on his blog. Learn everything from the New Rules of Viral Marketing, Podcasting, Google Adwords, Marketing Plans, SEO, Analytics, Twitter, and more...

One danger of reviewing a book is the reality that the reviews ultimately say more about the reviewer, and the book he or she wishes had been written, than they do about the book which actually was written. It’s in that context that I offer this review of Groundswell, by Forrester Research analysts Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff, published by Harvard Business Press (note: disclaimers at the end of the post).

Social Media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Have a look at the big stories over the past week (...and a bit), in scan-friendly format.

KickApps has expanded the service offering of its on-demand social media platform by partnering with Userplane to add Live Chat, instant messaging and presence awareness functionality.

What do you do after signing big agreements with the likes of UK-based Guinness World Records and Endemol UK? Why you open an office in Europe to service those major clients and a few more. At least that's what social media platform provider KickApps is doing.

Yesterday while waiting at the Cancun airport with Aaron, Henry, Mirasol, Nedjo, Owen and Justine, a few of us got to talking about FriendFeed, Twitter and del.icio.us. Aaron and I are avid del.icio.us users, tagging all sorts of interesting sites. And we follow numerous lists and feeds thus pulling together some great information and redistributing it through the company. read more

Editor: We asked self-described social media junkie Steve Rubel for his tips on how to participate in online social sites like Twitter and FriendFeed without losing your entire workday. Here's what...

Analyst Jeremiah Owyang is Forrester's man at the bleeding edge of social media and web communities. He is building a dedicated 'Wave' (Forrester's vendor database and recommend-engine) for Social Web products and community platforms, aimed at helping organizations decide which solutions in the space are right for them. The Wave will also help CMS, ERP and other developers figure out which 'White Label' services are worth pursuing for partnerships or investment.