On Monday, 1st Ward Alderman Manny Flores took his new website live. In spite of a few initial hiccups, (I couldn't get the website to take my email address for updates), the site seems to be a nice interface for a high-profile city alderman. Separate from his official ward website, mannyflores.org pulls together the alderman's social networking portals, linking users back to YouTube, Facebook, Flickr and Twitter. As of now, there are no links back to Wooxie. more ›

Last week's Twitter defamation suit turned some heads and now we'll have a chance to see if a similar suit involving Facebook will do the same. The Daily Herald has reported that The Salon Professional Academy of Elgin has filed suit against Nicholas Blacconiere and a John Doe for using the Facebook page Tspa Robinhood to make defamatory statements about the school while using the school's logo. The school is seeking $50,000 in damages. The logo has since been taken down and a posting dated June 11 refers to the logo being taken down after complaints. In the page's "About Me" section, the author has written: more ›