Article Archive for December 2008
Xing, the social network for professionals that has quite a lot of traction in Europe, has announced its purchase of socialMedian, a social news aggregator startup which came out of private beta just a few …
Michael Arrington has thrown a major wobbly over the misuse of PR embargoes and in a related stream of barbed vitriol, has begun publicly denouncing the attention-seeking behaviour bordering on spamming tactics employed by some …
Twitter’s looking for a business product manager. Michael Arrington at TechCrunch sees it as the first step in Twitter’s plan to ramp up revenue, adding:
“Most startups in this position simply sell themselves before it becomes …
Remember how back in the day, the year 2000 was going to be this amazing unimaginable nirvana of science and technology development of almost sci-fi proportions that was going to change our lives forever? Then …
Mahalo, the human-powered search engine launched in 2007 has added another facet to its angle of curated web content – a Q&A feature called Mahalo Answers. What sets it apart from similar services such as …
Days after Yahoo’s job cuts, TechCrunch confirms that CBS Interactive has also laid off around 20% of staff, affecting CNET and Last.fm among other digital media assets. Erick Schonfeld estimates the total number of cuts …
A new tool that’s got some ears pricked is Zentact, a contact-amplifying service co-founded by Eric Marcoullier, known for being a key player in the team that developed MyBlogLog and then sold it to Yahoo …
A question of content: How scantily-clad Heidi Klum scores big with You Tube watchers
Why it’s good to listen to your target audience before creating an ad for them….
