New initiative will bring futuristic virtual reality effects to the web surfing experience.

The Electronic Freedom Foundation takes on the spy economy with new Privacy Badger extension. 

Community managers, professional marketers, and active social media users want to know the effect their messages have on followers. ThinkUp can help.

HTML technology will enable new video editing and playback options.

The YouTube to MP3 downloader provides some convenient features and a nice intuitive interface.

You don’t always need a full-fledged YouTube or Flickr clone to share videos or images. Sometimes all you want is a quick place to upload, so you can link to your media or share it online. MediaCrush gives you just that, as well as some more interesting perks.

The same way that “ease of use” usually equates to less flexibility, “convenience” is nearly always synonymous with less privacy. And, YouTube nowadays is very, very convenient, if you catch my drift. So, if you just want to share a video and not all of your personal data, or you want to avoid rude users from commenting on your kids’ videos, MediaGoblin is what you need.

Blogs have evolved from private diary to professional tool, and if you manage more than one WordPress installation, administration support would be useful. Three tools can help.