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Compete acquired by Taylor Nelson Sofres
via David Cancel by dcancel on March 02, 2008
Compete the company I co-founded with Reed Cundiff was acquired today by Taylor Nelson Softres [LON:TNS].Reed and I started Compete in the post-apocalyptic, post-bubble fall of 2000. It was a very strange time to start a company and an even stranger time to try and raise venture capital. Reed and I were lucky in finding an investor that was ready to stand with us during the darkest of days.That...
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Chris Pirillo on CNN.com
via Social Media by JD Lasica on March 05, 2008
Chris Pirillo of Lockergnome/Gnomedex fame makes his debut in a regular webcast starting Thursday at 5:30 pm ET/2:30 PT on CNN.com. Check it out, if only to take a technology break from all the politico-talk.
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I twit
via Pure Danger Tech by Alex on April 27, 2008
So, I finally succumbed to the pressure and joined Twitter. Follow me if you dare. :) Fun stuff people sent me or I stumbled over today:Twitterific - Mac clientTwhirl - another Mac client (using this one for now)Twitt(url)y - top links culled from twitsTwitter Fan WikiHashtags - topic searching by #keywordTwubble - expand your Twitter circle
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Twitter and more disconnection
via ASP.NET Weblogs by Jeff on April 29, 2008
It's weird how bloggers, gossip types and"Web 2.0" company founders and execs have developed into this strangepseudo-celebrity sphere, where many of them are constantly strokingeach other. What's unfortunate about it is that the podcasts, blogs andother media I've consumed from the tech world are becoming hopelesslyout of touch.I know I've previously blogged about this with...
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FriendFeed Adds Flickr Favorites to Your Feed
via Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection by Thomas Hawk on April 29, 2008
I just spotted a fantastic enhancement to FriendFeed via Raoul Pop. Raoul requested that FriendFeed include the photos that you fave on Flickr along with the photos that you upload yourself and it looks like FriendFeed has added this functionality. This is going to make FriendFeed a much more visually beautiful place.I fave a *ton* of photos on Flickr so it will be interesting how this shows up...
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Zappos Shows How Social Media Is Done
via ReadWriteWeb by Marshall Kirkpatrick on April 30, 2008
What's more stereotypically trivial than shoe shopping? Using Twitter, of course! Online shoe retailer Zappos does shoes and social media remarkably well. Scores of bloggers, lots of video blogging and 198 employees on Twitter help keep the company's profile high and humanize the folks behind the shoe sales.Of all the different types of social media the company uses, none are as...
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Comcast Cares on Twitter
via Conversation Agent by Valeria Maltoni on April 30, 2008
It looks like Comcast is learning to have customer conversations. That is extremely good news. I found Frank Eliason (yes, he is real) on Twitter last night as I was catching up with my network. I added Frank's stream to the ones I follow because I was curious to find out more. What I have seen so far is pretty bold: specific troubleshooting email resources - helping people with some...
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Adobe Open Screen Project - Open Specifications and Open Technology to Help Expand Flash Player Reach
via Ryan Stewart - Rich Internet Application Mountaineer by Ryan Stewart on April 30, 2008
TodayAdobe is announcing the Open Screen Project, something that continues our steady march to being more open and at the same time should help foster the community around the Flash Player by freeing up how and where people use it. (Info for developers is here) Here’s the news from the press release:Removing restrictions on use of the SWF and FLV/F4V specificationsPublishing the device porting...
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Chinese Facebook Clone Xiaonei Raises $430 Million
via TechCrunch by Duncan Riley on April 30, 2008
Chinese social networking site Xiaonei has raised $430 million in funding from Softbank, according to a report from VentureBeat.Xiaonei was founded in December 2005 by Qinghua University graduates Wang Xing, Wang Huiwen, Lai Binqiang and Jacky, then was acquired by Oak Pacific Interactive in 2006 for an undisclosed sum. As of November 2007, the site was said to be the most popular social...
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Some Differences Between Pitching Mainstream Press and Bloggers
via chrisbrogan.com by chrisbrogan on April 30, 2008
Meet the next generation of people who put stories out on the web. I say “next,” but blogging has been around for years and years. Someofus are making decent money at it, hiring and employing staffs, etc. Those types seem like mainstream press. But they’re not. One difference? We blog based on what drives our passion, plus in the case of some folks, what drives revenue. Blogs have reach....
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