Last month, Bit.ly surpassed TinyURL to become the Web’s most popular URL shortener. This month, the story is about separating from the pack. Ever since Twitter made Bit.ly its default shortener, the 5 character domain’s growth has skyrocketed.

Hello again, music fans! It’s another Free Music Monday for your ears and the brain between them. We’re of course celebrating the #musicmonday tradition on Twitter. Last week’s special Rock and Pop Edition went over well, so we’ll be continuing the genre-specific theme this week.

As Twitter and its 140 character limit has skyrocketed to popularity, another type of service rode grew exponentially as well: URL shorteners . From Bit.ly to TinyURL , the quality and number of link shorteners has ballooned.

We’ve had a weekend of Facebook spam and scams : yesterday “.be” domain names became the tool of choice for what appeared to be a phishing attack aimed at stealing your Facebook login details. Once enough Facebook accounts are under their control, these types of spammers typically use Facebook messages to spread links to their spam sites

One of the reasons people love WordPress so much is its great flexibility. You can change the software’s appearance with themes.