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MySpace + Google >= Facebook?
The much expected, joked about and pre-announced MySpace developer platform is finally here. Well, not quite: As Aber mentioned, we’re currently in a sandbox phase. Here are the important points to understand about this phase: Your application profiles are private … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Media, Facebook, Google, MySpace, social media, Web 2.0
Tagged Digital Media, Facebook, Google, Industry News, MySpace, social media, Web 2.0
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OpenSocial: The Lowest Common Denominator?
Google’s OpenSocial is becoming the lowest common denominator for application integration in the social media space. That’s actually not that great for Google as it is rarely the case that the most successful applications run on the lowest common denominator … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Media, Facebook, Google, MySpace, social media, startups, Web 2.0
Tagged Digital Media, Facebook, Google, Industry News, MySpace, Social computing, social media, social networking, startups, Web 2.0, Web Services
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Community Service Representatives
As I was reading this WSJ article on Facebook marketing, I kept wondering about what would the the title and job description of people who will engage community members online in near real-time. In the Web 2.0 world, communities have … Continue reading
Facebook SocialAds Market Size
An entrepreneur and I were talking about startup opportunities in the social advertising space. We ended up wondering about market size, which is an impossible question to answer on Net scale so instead we talked about Facebook’s SocialAds network. We … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Facebook, Social Advertising, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0
Tagged Advertising, Facebook, Social Advertising, Social computing, social networking, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0
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MySpace vs. Facebook : Apple vs. Orange
Although some love to throw MySpace and Facebook in the same bucket, the two companies continue to evolve in different directions to the point where it is probably better to talk about meta-competition than direct rivalry. The latest example is how they … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Digital Media, Facebook, MySpace, Social Commerce, Web 2.0
Tagged Advertising, Digital Media, Facebook, Industry News, MySpace, Social Commerce, Social computing, social networking, Web 2.0
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Google Addressing the "Facebook issue"
I’ve been slammed with two financings but this news merits taking time on a Sunday night to blog… Ever since word got out that Brad Fitzpatrick (previously chief architect at Six Apart) had joined Google people had a pretty clear idea what Brad’s … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Google, SaaS, startups, Web 2.0
Tagged Facebook, Google, Industry News, Polaris Venture Partners, SaaS, Social computing, startups, Web 2.0
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Making Money on MySpace
It’s always been possible to make money on MySpace if you didn’t pay much attention to the terms of service. The site has never consistently enforced its ban on commerce. That’s partly due to technical reasons–from a content filtering standpoint, … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Digital Media, Facebook, MySpace, Social Commerce, startups, Web 2.0
Tagged Advertising, Digital Media, Facebook, Industry News, MySpace, Social Commerce, Social computing, social networking, startups, Web 2.0
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Facebook’s Secret Plan
I’ve figured out Facebook’s secret plan and I love it. Everyone gets everything for nothing. The everyone is truly everyone since Facebook is no longer about highschool and college kids. Most of the friend invites I get these days are … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Media, Facebook, startups, Web 2.0
Tagged Digital Media, Facebook, Industry News, Social computing, social networking, startups, Web 2.0, Web Services
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