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Facebook To Be Partnering With Eventbrite March 10, 2010

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Facebooklogofresh dalsi verze TECH CRUNCH - Mar 8 - Facebook looks to be partnering with Eventbrite to let users sell tickets to the 3.5M events added to Facebook each month. And even though only a small percentage of events need ticket sales, lots of them want to give out free tickets. Eventbrite does

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Mochi Media Launches $10 Million Investment Fund March 9, 2010

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Mochi logo TECH CRUNCH - Mar 8 - Flash game advertising network and payments platform Mochi Media is launching a social gaming platform and a $10M fund to invest in game developers. Mochi Social allow developers to build social features into their games such as inviting friends, sending gifts, or posting to an activity stream. The

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Top Search Engine Ranking Isn’t Everything March 9, 2010

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Larry BraunerI obsess over my website search engine ranking and check my keyword search engine rankings more often than once a week. After all, who doesn’t want to achieve higher search engine rankings and get more web site traffic?

However, top search engine ranking isn’t everything. There… Continue reading

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The Top Viral Video Ad Campaign, Updated Mar 2, 2010 March 8, 2010

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Brand: Bud LightCampaign: Bud Light Super Bowl 2010Agency: Cannonball / DDB / Palm + Havas / MomentumSource: VisibleMeasures.com

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China’s Twitter Clones March 6, 2010

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Fanfou_logo READ WRITE WEB - Mar 4 - The popularity of Twitter has produced a number of clones in China, just as there are Facebook clones. Fanfou, Jiwai and Digu were some of the first Twitter clones to become successful in China. However all three - plus Twitter itself - were blocked

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Facebook CEO In No Rush To ‘Friend’ Wall Street March 5, 2010

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Facebooklogofresh dalsi verze WSJ - Mar 4 - The eventual IPO of Facebook could make its founder the world's richest twenty-something. "We're going to go public eventually, because that's the contract that we have with our investors and our employees," Mr. Zuckerberg said during a recent interview. But, he added, "we are definitely in no rush." Mr

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HI5 To Support Facebook Games March 4, 2010

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Hi5 logo NEW CNET NEWS - Mar 2 - Hi5, a social network that changed its focus to gaming relatively recently, that it has built some code so that Facebook app developers can transport their creations to Hi5's platform with minimal effort. It's specifically targeting game developers. Beb announced a similar plan to accept

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Sex Offenders Out Of Social Networks March 3, 2010

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Sexual offenders out of social networks CBS NEWS - Mar 2 - Sex offenders in California will have one more roadblock in their efforts to lure young victims if lawmakers in Sacramento have anything to do with it. Norma Torres introduced the bill in January, which would make it a crime for California's 63,000 registered sex offenders to

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myYearbook Revenue At $20 Million Annually And Growing March 1, 2010

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Myyearbook logo MASHABLE - Feb 27 - myYearbook remains one of the most popular social network, with 20M members and a place in the top 30 most trafficked websites in the U.S. According to CEO Geoff Cook, the company ended 2009 with an annual revenue run rate of $20M, up 70% from 2008. Most of that

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Life After Twitter Slap March 1, 2010

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Larry BraunerHave you ever been slapped by Google or by one of the major business networking sites?

I have — more than once.

I recently received a Twitter slap, and I’m not embarrassed to admit it. If you’ve never… Continue reading

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Hulu Investor Injects $50 Million Into Baidu’s Online Video Venture February 27, 2010

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Qiyi logoTECH CRUNCH - Feb 26 - Hulu investor Providence Equity Partners is pumping $50M into a new online video company set up by Chinese Internet search giant Baidu. The news comes 7 weeks after Baidu confirmed plans to established a new independent company to provide licensed, advertising-supported online video content to Chinese Internet users. According

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Chatroulette Offers Random Webcam Titillation February 26, 2010

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Chatroulette screenshot CNN - Feb 25 - On Chatroulette, a new and controversial site, every click lands you in a face-to-face video conversation with a random stranger. Use of the site has grown quickly since its launch in November. ~35,000 people are on Chatroulette at any given time, according to a traffic count published on

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Currensee Raises $8 Million February 24, 2010

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Currensee logo  TECH CRUNCH - Feb 23 - Currensee has raised $8M in Series B funding led by prior backer Northbridge Venture Partners and joined by new investor Egan-Managed Capital. Currensee allows members of its trader network to see each other’s trades and positions, strategies and performance in real-time, enabling them to make more

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Social Media Use Up 82% Worldwide February 23, 2010

Posted by admin in : Social Networking , add a comment Nielsen online logo nove CNN MONEY - Feb 21 - According to The Nielsen Company, time spent on social networking sites by internet users worldwide has increased from 3 hours per month to 5.5 hours per month. This is an impressive 82% increase. Nielsen also concluded that people spend the most Internet… Continue reading

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The Top Viral Video Ad Campaign, Updated Feb 18, 2010 February 22, 2010

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Brand: DoritosCampaign: Crash The Super Bowl 2010Agency: Goodby Silverstein & PartnersSource: VisibleMeasures.com

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7 Tips for Utilizing Blog and Website Widgets February 22, 2010

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Larry BraunerAre you using website widgets effectively?

I listed 10 Types of Widgets for Your Blog or Website. Now, I discuss strategies for employing widgets on your site.

While using website widgets is not rocket science, here are some important concepts worth keeping in… Continue reading

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DST Has $1 Billion For Social Media February 21, 2010

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Digital sky technologies logoBUSINESS WEEK - Feb 19 - Digital Sky Technologies, investor in Facebook and Zynga, intends to make big investments in social Web startups over the next five years. Yuri Milner, the owner of the company said: "We monitor close to 50 companies globally

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Social Networking Now More Popular On Mobile than Desktop February 19, 2010

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Facebook_iPhone_feb10 READ WRITE WEB - Feb 18 - More people are using the mobile web to socialize (91%) compared to the 79% of desktop users who do the same according to a recent study from Ruder Finn. During the 2.7 hours per day that people in the U.S. spending on the mobile web, 45% are

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Microsoft Announces Facebook, MySpace Partnerships For Outlook February 18, 2010

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Microsoft outlook logo EWEEK - Feb 17 - Microsoft announced partnerships with Facebook and MySpace that would see social-networking information from those services ported into Outlook, as well as the release of LinkedIn for Outlook beta. LinkedIn for Outlook will enable users to view their contacts’

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Can Twitter Replace Online Dating Sites? February 16, 2010

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Twitter_birdsMIAMI NEW TIMES - Feb 15 - "No," according to Mark Brooks, an analyst and consultant for the online dating industry. Brooks presented a panel at the iDate2010 conference in Miami Beach. He recapped the past year's successes and failures in the online dating industry, but barely mentioned the potential of Twitter

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