Submitted by J Deragon:
How open a social media platform is (e.g. MySpace and Facebook), is fast becoming extremely important. This is because what people who participate in social media are looking for in any social media tool is best of breed. People could use their Facebook status to keep their friends up to date on what’s going on, but instead (Read More)
: Argh! I *hate* places that make you register to read. I'm registered at more than 400 (literally, I've got 'em in a spreadsheet) places already. Sorry, MediaPost, you don't make "best of breed".
ReadWriteWeb
Adobe AIR, the Rich Internet Application framework that brings together the responsiveness of the desktop, the connectivity of the web and the dazzling good looks made possible by working in conjunction with other Adobe apps, has hit an important milestone this week. The company announced last night that the software has n (Read More)
Mashable!
Out of the hundreds of articles and posts out there on how companies should utilize social media and Web 2.0, CNN seems to be one of the few major corporations out there that have paid attention. CNN is one of the few broadcast networks with an expansive line of shining examples in the Web 2.0 space, from basic RSS and book (Read More)
: Ironic, I guess, considering that many people think of CNN as yesterday's news. Yet they're the first to adopt social networks. Hmm. I gave up on CNN a long time ago, when they started devoting coverage to people rather than news (Paris Hilton isn't a story, no matter what she does. Neither is Lindsey Lohan. That stuff belongs on E, not on a news network.)
: I think that while Rick promoted Twitter on the air, there was very little proof of that real interaction. I think.
For real interaction, http://twitter.com/gustavreporter was on the ground, providing live Twitter updates. Rick, ultimately, was in a studio, (and didn't experience power outages!)
Silicon Alley Insider
We've seen TV news networks make quite a few forays into social networking. Conspicuously left out have been CNBC and LinkedIn, but today they're announcing a partnership that actually makes some sense.LinkedIn is the social network for careerists; basically everyone's resume on the Web. Presumably a larger percentage of Li (Read More)
Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
Are you an avid Google Reader user? We're looking for 20 people who meet that description to help us test a new feature on socialmedian as soon as Thursday August 28th. please identify yourself by adding a comment here. (Read More)
TechCrunch
If there is any type of site that screams for a mobile edition, it is real-estate. Why print out all of those search results when you can have them on your mobile phone or in your Dash GPS car navigation device? Today, real-estate search site Trulia rolled out mobile versions of the iPhone and the Dash. (There are also ne (Read More)
BizReport
As a business marketing to a business, is there a better place to be than a social network, even if that social network is a niche area? According to a recent eMarketer report, social networks are increasing their profile among B2B marketers. The report finds that in 2008 nearly $40 million will be spent on social network a (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
ReadWriteWeb is a partner with Defrag, a conference about web innovation. Defrag's Eric Norlin has lately been blogging about enterprises and organizations starting to move beyond mere 'cost containment' (although that's still a big driver) and into using web technologies to boost productivity. Eric points out that "taming (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
Google has just announced that it will sell its Performics search marketing business to Paris-based Publicis Groupe. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2008. Google acquired Performics when it bought DoubleClick and after this deal closed in March, Google had already announced that it was going to split u (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
ShareThis reports that it is now. How do website readers prefer to share stories they find with friends? According to the company behind the widely used sharing widget ShareThis, after emailing a link, the most popular method of sharing is now Facebook. The numbers are interesting - but there are also some big caveats to (Read More)
: It would be interesting to know which method "Other 19%" is since it is more popular than Facebook. Facebook and Myspace may be outdoing the regular social bookmarking sites due to apps that now allow you to automatically share it with your friends on those sites, something that until recently, had to be manually done.
Submitted by Eristoddle:
It feels almost redundant to say that I’ve written some best advice about social media. I write pretty much all the time about social media. So maybe this is just a collection of ten posts about it. (Read More)
Profy.Com
Now that Beijing is almost ready for the opening ceremony, I guess for all the sports fans (or those of us who only turn into sports fans for the Olympics) it is time to get ready and prepare our feed readers for The Games. While Wired offers a selection of places to watch the Games online, I am sure that not everyone has t (Read More)
Submitted by Vincent Wright:
The Rapid Rise of FriendFeed and Plaxo’s PulseAugust 8, 2008 in Uncategorized | Tags: Facebook, FriendFeed, Iminta, MySpace, Plaxo, SocialThing |There is a sea change underway in social networking. If there were any doubt that we are moving from the “walled garden” phase to a new era defined by interoperability between aggr (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
Jeff Bezos clearly thinks there is a future in casual gaming. Just this May, he invested $3 million in Kongregate. Today, Bezos invested an undisclosed amount in the Social Gaming Network (SGN), which develops games like Jetman and WarBook for social platforms such as Bebo and Facebook.This investment from Bezos comes just (Read More)