louisgray.com
By Jesse Stay of Stay N' Alive (Twitter/FriendFeed)On StayNAlive, I recently wrote about how I was able to change my Twitter username from "JesseStay" to just "Jesse", by a new rule, announced recently by Twitter, allowing anyone to obtain the usernames of people who had not updated their account in a long time, and did not (Read More)
: "The process was so easy that I was able to obtain my first name. Mona Nokamura, who also writes on LouisGray.com, was also able to obtain her first name instead of "@monaaa", and users everywhere were finally able to get the names they have been trying to obtain since they joined Twitter.
Evidently, Twitter's systems must have been overwhelmed with requests, as they appear to be putting the kibosh on the average Joe getting the username they want."
ReadWriteWeb
When you want to know about a domain name, you jump to whois to get all of the information on the person who registered it. But when you want to know more about the person who just started following you on Twitter or FriendFeed, it hasn't been that easy - even though we've tried to provide you with tools to do it. Now, a ne (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
The media world is changing and its jobs are changing too. The rise of the blogger is an often-told story, but are the lucky few bloggers who do it for a living well paid? We did a survey to find out. We asked 20 top-tier tech bloggers and social media consultants to tell us how much they get paid, by the post, by the ho (Read More)
: @billspaced i had the volume turned up in the global financial crisis news network and this story has the topics economics and economy in it so it made it in. Good lesson to learn from.
Submitted by Louisgray
from Google Reader:
Apparently, the number of Tweets on Twitter surprised one billion earlier this week.
One word: stunning.
It really illustrates Twitter’s traction and how quickly it has become an essential online tool. Wait until the mainstream starts to embrace it!
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Submitted by Magitam
from Google Reader:
By Corvida Raven of SheGeeks.net (FriendFeed/Twitter)For me, social media is one of the greatest things to hit the web since RSS. I love using tools and services like Twitter, FriendFeed, LinkedIn, Brightkite, Toluu, Disqus, Tweetburner, ReadBurner, RSSMeme, and tons more. The vast amount of connections I've been able to ma (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider
Facebook's common stock is now changing hands in private sales at about a $4 billion valuation, a source says (unconfirmed). And Facebook CFO Gideon Yu is indeed trying to raise money in Dubai, the source says (also unconfirmed).As we all know, Microsoft, Li Ka-shing, and some German investors paid a $15 billion valuation f (Read More)
: "Facebook's revenue this year will be about $265 million, the source says, which is less than the $300 million expected. The source estimates that this is composed of about $180 million of ad revenue, $50-$60 million of virtual gifts, and some smaller revenue items. (unconfirmed)"
Submitted by Robdiana
from blog:
Recent releases have shown that the line between the desktop and the internet is officially blurred. Yahoo, Google and now IBM all have browser platforms to aid in the development of richer internet applications that run somewhere in between the desktop and the internet.A few weeks ago, Yahoo released an update to their Bro (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider
Everyone knows Facebook is having a hard time selling ads. But did you know how badly it's being outsold by less popular social network MySpace? Jessica Vascellaro laid it out in this morning's Journal:[Facebook] says 70 of the U.S.'s 100 largest advertisers have advertised on its site since 2007. But its share of total num (Read More)
: @thomaspower It's because they are like Germany and France that they are being compared. Same economic region, depending who you might ask they border/overlap each other. They have history. Maybe your analogy is poor, but the analogy between Facebook and MySpace is pretty clear.