By admin on May 3, 2010
The more I listen to the conversations about the Facebook privacy and Open Graph changes, the more I wonder if there is an opportunity for another service to come along and possibly steal a share of Facebook’s pie. Strike that. I’m not wondering at all…there is an opportunity. We’ve all logged into Facebook and been [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged facebook, opportunity, privacy
By admin on May 2, 2010
Five articles I liked/thought were important/found interesting this past week. Linking Customer Loyalty With Social Networking by Stephanie Clifford, NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/business/media/29adco.html A Troubling Precedent: NJ Court Says Bloggers Are Not Journalists The American Culture http://stkarnick.com/culture/2010/04/28/a-troubling-precedent-nj-court-says-bloggers-are-not-journalists/ N.J. student protests showcase Facebook’s role in mobilizing social movements By Kelly Heyboer, The Star-Ledger http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/facebook_student_protest_mobilize.html Senator calls on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged articles of the week, bloggers, Boy Scouts of America, cnet, customer loyalty, facebook, foursquare, FTC, gaming, journalism, mashable, NY Times, privacy, social change, The American Culture, The Star-Ledger
By admin on April 27, 2010
Five articles I liked/thought were important/found interesting this past week (slightly late edition). Facebook’s Open Graph Personalizes the Web by Samuel Axon, Mashable http://mashable.com/2010/04/21/facebook-open-graph/ SCARY: Blippy Publishes User Credit Card Numbers by Nicholas Carlson, Business Insider/SAI http://www.businessinsider.com/scary-blippy-publishes-user-credit-card-numbers-2010-4 Nielsen: Facebook’s Ads Work Pretty Well by Jack Neff, Advertising Age http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=143381 Boxee, Roku Announcing Deals for Streaming [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged advertising, articles of the week, blippy, boxee, Business Insider, cnet, F8, facebook, geolocation, mashable, nielson, open graph, roku, Silicon Alley Insider, WSJ
By admin on April 11, 2010
Five articles I liked/thought were important/found interesting this past week. Finding a Kidney Donor on Facebook by Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, WSJ http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/04/08/finding-a-kidney-donor-on-facebook/ Yahoo Considers Buying Foursquare For ~$100 Million by Nicholas Carlson, Silicon Alley Insider http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-considers-buying-foursquare-for-100-million-2010-4 FarmVille user runs up £900 debt by Jill Insley, The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/apr/07/farmville-user-debt-facebook On foursquare, cheating, and claiming mayorships from your [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged articles of the week, facebook, farmville, foursquare, NY Times, Silicon Alley Insider, The Guardian, twitter, WSJ, yahoo, zynga
By admin on April 5, 2010
Five articles I liked/thought were important/found interesting this past week. Business Schools Respond to Demand for Use of Social Media By Fiona Mackay, NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/education/31iht-riedmba.html Rita’s Italian Ice Uses Free Treats, Peeps, to Grow Facebook Page By Sara Inés Calderón, Inside Facebook http://www.insidefacebook.com/2010/03/30/ritas-italian-ice-uses-free-treats-peeps-to-grow-facebook-page/ Travelocity Gnome Moonlights On Chatroulette by Jennifer Van Grove, Mashable http://mashable.com/2010/03/31/travelocity-gnome-chatroulette/ [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged android, apple, articles of the week, chatroulette, education, Engadget, facebook, google, Inside Facebook, iPad, mashable, Mobile Behavior, NY Times, Rita's Italian Ice, travelocity
By admin on March 21, 2010
Five articles I liked/thought were important/found interesting this past week. A little NY Times heavy this week. Telling Friends Where You Are (or Not) by Jenna Wortham, NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/technology/15locate.html Nestle mess shows sticky side of Facebook pages by Caroline McCarthy, cnet http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20000805-36.html How Privacy Vanishes Online by Steve Lohr, NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/technology/17privacy.html Google and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged articles of the week, cnet, facebook, google, LBS, nestle, NY Times, PC World, privacy, tv
By admin on March 17, 2010
Each time I sign up for a new online service I see the same trend popping up…auto posting to your twitter and Facebook streams/feeds. I choose not to enable these options just about 100% of the time. Why? I don’t need to pollute my “main” feeds with updates from every single service I use. I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blip.fm, facebook, flavors.me, foursquare, gowalla, last.fm, pandora, twitter
By admin on March 14, 2010
Five articles I liked/thought were important/found interesting this past week. Restaurant Owner Increases Sales by 110% with Foursquare Swarm Badge Party by Pamela Seiple, HubSpot Blog http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/5697/Restaurant-Owner-Increases-Sales-by-110-with-Foursquare-Swarm-Badge-Party.aspx Austin Or Bust: 25 Entrepreneurs, Five Ideas And One Bus by Tomio Geron, WSJ http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2010/03/09/austin-or-tech-bust-25-entrepreneurs-five-ideas-and-one-bus/ Why do we ignore ‘real-time’ results from Google search? by Charles Arthur, The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged articles of the week, China, facebook, foursquare, google, hitwise, HubSpot, real time, sxsw, The Guardian, VentureBeat, WSJ
By admin on March 7, 2010
Five articles I liked/thought were important/found interesting this past week. Google wins patent for location-based advertising by Kim-Mai Cutler, VentureBeat http://digital.venturebeat.com/2010/03/01/google-location-ads/ Investors Bet on Price of Facebook IPO by Jessica E. Vascellaro, WSJ http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/03/04/investors-bet-on-price-of-facebook-ipo/ Nokia Ovi Store now up to 1.5m downloads a day Music Ally http://musically.com/blog/2010/03/03/nokia-ovi-store-now-up-to-1-5m-downloads-a-day/ Cashmore: Why I’m banking on Facebook by Pete [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged apple, articles of the week, CNN, currency, facebook, google, iPhone, IPO, mashable, Music Alley, netflix, nokia, NY Times, VentureBeat, WSJ
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