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Social Networking

Lookout MySpace, here comes Facebook

November 15, 2007

This is the first article of a series I’ll call GoogleTrending, where I use Google Trends to compare search terms and come to usually preposterous conclusions based on the trend charts. I hope you enjoy it. Share your favorite trend comparisons -or suggest ideas for new posts- using the comments form below. MySpace seems to [...]

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5 Observations on the State of Digital Media

November 9, 2007

I wrote this as the introduction to a report I presented a year ago, after attending the Forbes MEET conference, and was surprised at how relevant it still was… so I decided to share it with my blog readers. 1. Universal access to media distribution. The traditional media outlets were used to managing an industry [...]

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Now also in Spanish

November 5, 2007

Starting today, I’ll be posting a Spanish-language column at Aaron Brazell‘s Technosailor blog. My first post is about Facebook, Google’s OpenSocial and the social network nightmare we all face when joining a new network and having to recreate all our existing relationships. Click here to read the post and practice your Spanish!

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NBC Drops YouTube

October 23, 2007

Last week, NBC pulled the plug on its very successful YouTube channel. The following TubeMogul chart, shows NBC’s views dropped to zero on October 19th. NBC’s YouTube page no longer exists. The reason? NBC is launching their own video distribution network, Hulu. Is this a smart move? I understand NBC wanting to control (read: monetize) [...]

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Flock 1.0 looks very promising

October 16, 2007

If you’re a social network junkie, following twitter, facebook, flickr, youtube… If you’re constantly sending urls, photos and videos to your online friends… If you like having multiple tabs open at the same time with your favorite websites… If you blog… If you use del.icio.us or ma.gnolia to save your favorite urls… Basically, if you [...]

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Tracking conversations with Twitter

October 9, 2007

Twitter just unveiled a new feature that allows you to track any word when it comes up in a public Twitter conversation. You could, for instance, instruct Twitter to let you know every time your name comes up in a conversation, or your hometown, favorite band, or latest trend you’re tracking. Currently, tracking only works [...]

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Using Twitter as a Marketing Tool

October 8, 2007

A friend recently asked me about ways his clients could use the power of social networks. As I was explaining to him the nuances of socnets as marketing tools, it occurred to me that Twitter could be used as a powerful marketing weapon. Imagine being able to immediately reach your clients with breaking news at [...]

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Facebook to Allow Contact Grouping. Is LinkedIn history?

October 1, 2007

Facebook has announced that it’ll let users organize their friends into groups with different privacy settings for each group. This is one feature I’ve been waiting for since joining Facebook and that would allow me to add even more friends and acquaintances. Currently, I keep most of my professional friends/acquaintances on LinkedIn and my personal [...]

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33 Fun Things to Do With Your Photos Online

September 25, 2007

Now that you’ve got yourself a digital camera, what can you do with all those wonderful photos? Here’s a list to get you started: Organize and share them: These services allow you to upload your photos, share them with friends and family, tag them, make slideshows and send them out for printing: Flickr – Owned [...]

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Content-centric Communities

September 18, 2007
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