Why would a Fox News SVP call Facebook “the leading social network”?
Weird news item #1: Fox News is expanding its presence on Facebook Fox News Channel, which is part of the same company (News Corporation) as MySpace, is expanding its social networking presence on...
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Why I Still Prefer Twitter and FriendFeed to Facebook
I spent the last three years managing the production of a number of social networking websites. During 2006-2007, I produced ZonaZoom, an ambitious (and now defunct) attempt to grab market share of...
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Social Networks For 2009 That Web Workers Need To Pay Attention To
For web workers, some social networks matter more than others. What I mean by that is while MySpace is still one of the most popular web sites on the planet (Alexa has it ranked No. 9 currently), it’s...
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Facebook Pages Now Supported By Status Update Services Ping.fm, HelloTxt
We recently covered status update services Ping.fm and HelloTxt, competitors in the growing market for tools and services that help social media fans and online marketers manage communication using...
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Blog Focus: Xbox Live Goes Super Social Media
You’re blasting monsters back to the depths of hell, or watching seasons 8-14 of South Park straight through, or doing some kind of special black ops mission behind the beaches of Normandy circa late...
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Blog Focus: Xbox Live Social Media Users in the “Millions” Already
In a recent Blog Focus column, I focused on the buzz surrounding Xbox Live’s addition of social media applications such as Facebook and Twitter. Quoting myself, I wrote that “this is a significant...
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Blog Focus: Yahoo’s “Project Rushmore” and Facebook Connect
We hear a lot these days about the distributed web, the interconnected web, the social web, this kind of thing. It really hits home though in the real time real world when a mammoth web entity like...
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Facebook Connect Bores Deeper Into MySpace, Web
Facebook Connect: on route to becoming the one ring to rule them all? Inside Facebook reports that "MySpace is planning to make [Facebook Connect] a key part of the site, rolling out a number of...
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