GigaOM
Identi.ca’s plans to build an open-source alternative to Twitter got a vote of confidence this week with an investment from the VCs at Montreal Start Up. While the amount of the financing wasn’t disclosed, Montreal Start Up Managing Partner John Stokes said the firm invests between C$150,000 ($120,135) and C$400,000 ($320,3 (Read More)
TwitLinks
As part of its Open Strategy, Yahoo starting today is letting users add updates from their friends based on their activities on 20 other services across the Web.These updates will appear in a FriendFeed-like fashion on Yahoo members’ profile pages and in Yahoo Mail. Already, Yahoo users can get updates from friends who use (Read More)
: Friendfeed, SocialMedian, Twitter and in that order are becoming the new Power on the Internet and everyone is trying to copy them rather than acquire them - FF+SM+TW = Power and Influence PI
ReadWriteWeb
Twitter...what is it good for? It turns out this little service is good for a whole lot of things, despite the loud objections of people who've never really tried it. Even among true believers, though, it's been hard to figure out how this much loved company was going to afford to stay alive. How will Twitter make money? (Read More)
: Selling friend connections is a business model? Come to think of it, selling connections (i.e. direct marketing lists) is a huge business. I don't see why it wouldn't work. It's better than selling lists, as the recipient is opting in and can opt out at any time. Bring it on.
TwitLinks
This morning's great news came from TweetDeck author Iain Dodsworth, who managed to start a round of funding that when completed could be as much as $500,000. The popular Twitter application, which has only been around for just six months' time, spent very little time in obscurity, jumping out of the gate and racing to the (Read More)