Chrome comic book, Economist's social web flop, Google's director investss in teachit, 16 brands using twitter, RD poses loss

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Economist.com's Social Web Flop, Now In Paperback

Economist Group's £100,000 project to think up a social web platform may have flatlined last year - but the publisher now has another long tail to pin on the 10-month affair… a book chronicling the experience

Google MD Burke Invests In Edu Site Teachit.co.uk For US Expansion

Teachit, a nine-year-old web education service that shares revenue with teachers for publishing content they write, has got its first investment of an undisclosed size from one of Google's (NSDQ: GOOG) directors, amongst others. John Burke, who is MD for industry development at the search site, was already a board member in another teaching website, TeachersCount.

16 Examples of Huge Brands Using Twitter for Business

Dell, Starbucks, Jetblue, comcast, homedepot, Southwest airlines, whole foods market, Ford .....

Reader's Digest Association Reports $337M Loss

The Reader's Digest Association posted an operating loss of $337 million for fiscal 2008, according to a 10-K report it filed recently with the Securities Exchange Commission. That's down significantly from the operating loss of $35 million it reported for the same period in 2007.