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AOL to sell Bebo?
January 28, 2009 – 11:37 am | One Comment
AOL to sell Bebo?

Just a year after acquiring the social network for $850 million, AOL is now considering a sale, according to Mike Butcher writing for TechCrunch.
“AOL is indeed quietly pondering a sale after watching Bebo perform much …

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LinkedIn gets big business into the swing of social networking
January 22, 2009 – 11:19 am | 3 Comments
LinkedIn gets big business into the swing of social networking

LinkedIn has taken further strides to embed itself in the enterprise social networking space with the introduction of a plugin for IBM’s Lotus Notes application. Jason Kincaid at TechCrunch reports:
“For users who spend much of …

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Twitter-based news alert service morphs into public news wire
January 9, 2009 – 10:49 am | One Comment
Twitter-based news alert service morphs into public news wire

Back in November 2008, we brought you news of BreakingNewsOn, a Twitter-based news alert service known for breaking news before mainstream channels (it famously once broke news of a bus crash even before the emergency …

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Facebook and LinkedIn face competition from Xing
December 19, 2008 – 11:19 am | No Comment
Facebook and LinkedIn face competition from Xing

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 …

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Google Friend Connect vs. Facebook Connect – the nerd fight commences
December 5, 2008 – 3:31 pm | No Comment
Google Friend Connect vs. Facebook Connect – the nerd fight commences

Without a doubt, the hottest news of the moment is yesterday’s launch of Facebook Connect and rival service, Google Friend Connect. The ensuing brouhaha is easily understood — these guys are changing the shape of …

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YouTube and Ning crack down on sexually suggestive content
December 3, 2008 – 10:56 am | No Comment
YouTube and Ning crack down on sexually suggestive content

In unrelated stories, we hear that YouTube and roll-your-own social network site Ning will be imposing restrictions the type of content that can be uploaded by users.
YouTube will now apply a stricter standard for mature …

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Facebook Connect sparks debate over the future of the social web
December 1, 2008 – 11:12 am | No Comment
Facebook Connect sparks debate over the future of the social web

A year after the Beacon privacy debacle which left its execs totally feeling the *facepalm*, Facebook has begun its publicity push for Facebook Connect, announced in May.
Seen as the next iteration of the Facebook platform, …

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Six laid off at Technorati, everyone else takes a pay cut
November 26, 2008 – 12:39 pm | No Comment
Six laid off at Technorati, everyone else takes a pay cut

Technorati has joined the long list of tech companies tightening their belts in anticipation of a long hard year ahead. The company’s laid off six staff and implemented pay cuts across the board, as CEO …

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Obama Does YouTube
November 16, 2008 – 8:13 pm | No Comment

The future of political conversation…..that would be by bypassing the media.

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NYT deconstructs Obama’s social media savvy
November 10, 2008 – 2:10 pm | No Comment
NYT deconstructs Obama’s social media savvy

The New York Times carries a fascinating look at the social media campaign that began with a conversation between the President-elect and Marc Andreessen and ended as the unstoppable force that carried Barack Obama to …

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