Sep 23, 2008

Submitted by Jonathank: Clearly, eBay has wasted lots of money paying premiums to acquire businesseses with which it had no real synergies. Worst of all, it is highly unlikely that it will be able to sell them for an amount close to what it paid. (Read More)

Sep 23, 2008

ProBlogger Skellie wrote this post. For more, you can follow her on Twitter.Did you know that some blogs receive over one million visitors each month?Have you ever wondered how they do it?This kind of traffic isn’t easy to attain, but the pay-off for a high traffic blog with hundreds of thousands of page views each month (or mo (Read More)

Sep 23, 2008

Submitted by Jonathank: Ahead of the planned unveiling by T-Mobile of the first Google Android phone, analysts are saying the handset starts with a deficit: brand awareness.“I think the most important point is that although Google is a familiar name for many consumers the brand power is not the same as Apple,” Gartner research director Carolina Mi (Read More)

Sep 23, 2008

Submitted by Jonathank: Available soon only for T-Mobile customers spanning two continents, the T-Mobile G1 combines full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a mobile web experience that includes the popular Google products that millions have enjoyed on the desktop, including Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube and others. (Read More)

Sep 16, 2008

Submitted by Jonathank: Despite the credit crunch, women’s ‘sense of entitlement’ to little luxuries for themselves continues to grow, according to Money Matters research from IPC Media’s Origin Panel. However, profits on the High Street are telling a different story and one brand that isn’t fairing so well in French Connection. (Read More)

Sep 16, 2008

Submitted by Jonathank: Us social media folks have our own way to pick up on girls (or guys). Here’s a list of social media pick up lines that are sure to get you a date with that hot geek, technology lover, or social media guru. (Read More)

Sep 16, 2008

Submitted by Sarahintampa from Google Reader: Podcasts, Netcasts, call them what you want. Every geek out there should be listening to these things. Every single one of you. If ever you see a geek with earphones plugged into his/her ears, I guarantee you they are listening to the latest podcasts. It’s just something most geeks can’t live without. We thrive on the lates (Read More)

Sep 07, 2008

Submitted by Louisgray from Google Reader: When FriendFeed rolled out their new proposed interface in beta, I didn't rapidly adapt to using their most-visible new feature, lists. The list feature lets you essentially group friends you're following into smaller groups, with common examples being "Favorites", "Family", "Business", etc. The lists feature also allows yo (Read More)

Sep 16, 2008

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Sep 05, 2008

Submitted by Islamcrunch: There are a lot of wimpy "Twitter Tip Lists" out there; this is NOT one of them. These 100 Twitter Tips go from insightful Twitter toddler level to explosive Twitter-bomb advanced. Even if you think you're a Twitter social or Twitter business pro, you might want to start from the beginning. (Read More)

Sep 10, 2008

Submitted by Styletime from Digg: The web is full of resources, but they’re often hard to reach. This is the reason why I think it’s important to organize them with a coherent structure and share it with you. (Read More)

Sep 11, 2008

Submitted by Jonathank: Today the shortlist of the Dutch Innovation Awards, organized by Accenture has been announced and 50 Dutch (some from Belgium) companies made it to the list. A professional jury selected these companies out of 200 submissions. (Read More)

Sep 08, 2008

Submitted by Jonathank: Lifestreaming, an idea stemming from the walls of Yale University, is getting more and more attention from the geeks and techies of this world. What’s all the hype about, we wonder.What is lifestreaming compared to news feeds, dashboards and concoctions of random social media widgets? Is the idea still the same: share yours (Read More)

Sep 08, 2008

Submitted by Jonathank: Useful tips for readers new to Twitter and seasoned Twitter users. (Read More)

Sep 08, 2008

Submitted by Robdiana from Google Reader: The NY Times is often considered the US newspaper of record, and it lives up to its reputation with an excellent article in today’s Sunday NY Times Magazine about the ambient awareness enabled by Facebook status updates, Twitter and other microblogging tools. Even readers familiar with both popular microblogging tools and t (Read More)

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