May 2008
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links for 2008-05-30
InterPlayCon: Is Facebook Gaming The Next Big Thing?
At the recent InterPlay Conference devoted to social gaming in San Francisco, Charles Yong and Jing Chen from social networking metrics platform Developer Analytics addressed the engagement for social games since Facebook launched as a platform. In partic
(tags: social gaming, Facebook)
Big Blue Embraces Social Media
Let’s say you’re a [...]
links for 2008-05-28
Google, Facebook in stalemate over social data
Google Inc.’s online communities have little traction in the United States, but the search leader continues to seek a spot in the social-networking hierarchy. First, it must contend with Facebook, the No. 2 online hangout behind MySpace.
(tags: facebook, google, OpenSocial, Friend Connect)
In Twitter’s Scoble Problem, a Business Model
Twitter, our [...]
Personality Not Included – a podcast with Rohit Bhargava
What if you placed a call to GM and the CEO answered the phone?
You would think perhaps this company is too small to suit my needs. This is why the bigger a company gets the more faceless they become because they layer on infrastructure to foster a certain perception.
But new media changes that paradigm and [...]
links for 2008-05-27
Facebook expands mini-feed again, announces more changes – Download Squad
The Facebook mini-feed continued its expansion on Friday, adding YouTube, StumbleUpon, Hulu, Pandora, Last.fm, Google Reader, and your personal blog to the list of sites that can share data to Facebook. The import feature already included Flickr, Picasa,
(tags: Facebook, mini-feed)
Local universities consider official uses for Facebook [...]
links for 2008-05-25
Facebook adds more services to Mini-Feed | Tech news blog – CNET News.com
Facebook users can now import YouTube, StumbleUpon, Pandora, Hulu, Last.fm, and Google Reader into the social network’s Mini-Feed.
(tags: facebook)
Facebook Pushes Ahead With Profile Redesign
Facebook will roll out a dramatic redesign of its member profile interface next month and much attention is being paid [...]
links for 2008-05-24
Facebook, BusinessWeek, and Me
I was interviewed last week for an article on BusinessWeek.com, Facebook’s New Facelift. If you didn’t already know, Facebook is in the final stages of a redesign process. BW asked a few designers for their views. I had a few thoughts: First, Facebook
(tags: facebook)
Schools ‘must monitor gang tags, clothing and Facebook’ – [...]
links for 2008-05-22
MediaPost Publications – Widget Company Clearspring Raises $18 Million – 05/21/2008
Widget syndicator Clearspring Technologies has closed financing of $18 million in a third round of funding from New Enterprise Associates, Novak Biddle Venture Partners and other investors.
(tags: Clearspring, widget, venture capital)
Bubble Alert: Facebook Traffic Declines 10% in April
The latest stats from Nielsen Online show a [...]
links for 2008-05-21
Redeye VC: Facebook’s new Fortune 500 Advertiser…
t seems that Google, the Internet advertising superpower, is actually purchasing advertising on Facebook’s Ad Platform.
(tags: Facebook, Google)
Social sites help casual games reach the next level – USATODAY.com
Casual games are making connections with social networks to make a play for even bigger audiences. The reach of online casual games [...]
links for 2008-05-20
Why Facebook Is Even Bigger than You Think | Fast Company
And you thought Facebook was just for getting a date! Stanford Professor BJ Fogg, who is writing a book about the psychology of Facebook, believes the social networking platform is revolutionary because it takes the dynamics of one-to-one persuasion and s
(tags: facebook)
MediaPost Publications – Wetpaint [...]