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MySpace Closes App Profile Forums Due to Spam Overload (3)
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Rhonda from MySpace says the network has had a spam infestation in its application profiles. So much so that it shut down the forum display. Complaints were coming in like crazy. Now users interested in “more exciting forums” are advised to carry on their conversations elsewhere for the time being. Free bulletins are suggested. How’s that suit you? At the risk of making an irate user base even more angry and loud, perhaps this is ...Contribute comment - LiveUniverse Buys Another Loser: Peerflix (4)
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How Search Will Revolutionize Social Networking (31)
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Social networking is on fire. eMarketer predicts that in the US the category will reach 44.3% of Internet users by year's end. According to Google Insights, related searches are up 3,000% over the last four years. It has a ways to go before it's truly mainstream on a global level. (More than half of adults in 17 countries don't know what social networking is, according to Synovate.) Still the phenomenon is a sure thing, even ...Shared by ahg3 (7) ArrivaSoft (30) Aspi (13) atul (96) Ben Shoemate (26) dobata (441) DOCBook Howto (126) drew shobbrook (8) Hooman Radfar (9) J. Phil (55) Joe (108) John (17) John Klem (2) Kenny Stoltz (17) Kevin Sablan (36) louisgray (165) Marshall Sponder (24) meriksen (6) Mike Coulter (10) Mike F (487) onlythoughtworks (46) Ray Grieselhuber (10) Rich Miller (7) Romina (13) Sante J. Achille (10) Sean Carmody (25) Seth (12) Stu Andrews (22) Sue (34) xrx (39) Zack (5)- Sue said: Obviously the proof of this is in how it is implemented and managed. As of now there are limited tools to allow that.
- Kenny Stoltz said: Oh, steve you crazy cat. Every few months you randomly combine web business models to generate some stupid hybrid. What's next?
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Like It Or Not, Here Comes the New Facebook (110)
onDespite statistics indicating that many users who migrate over to the new Facebook design are reverting back to the old, all signs point to the imminent launch of redesign. Yesterday, the company wrote on its developer blog that “over 30 million people have checked out the new profile, and many are using it as their profile full time. We’re nearing the time where we’ll switch over remaining users by default. We expect most of this ...Shared by Abdullah Cetin CAVDAR (64) Aelle (51) Alexander13 (493) alyssa (22) Amy (97) Ananya Walia (771) Anders Nicolaysen (6) Andrew Schott (83) Avi (795) Ayelet (24) Benedict Lee Zhi En (235) Bill (10) bittin (219) Brian Schwartz (14) Bryan Irrera (7) Bryan Webster (28) Cam (27) Ch (132) Chabarred (79) Chris Grayson (6) Christy (32) Corey (7) damned viper (156) Daniel Matthews (22) Dave (51) Dave Keffler (83) Dave Tremel (4) Dean Burge (13) Dean Clark (181) Dennis Gonzales (20) Dion Rodrigues (69) Doug Funny (73) Dragos Pirvu (715) Drew Olanoff (148) Elizabeth (49) Eric Daams (292) Eric Marden (39) Gonzalo Hernández Araujo (3) H. Duthel (119) harry07 (39) Hassan (37) Hens Zimmerman (12) Hooman Radfar (9) Humberto Gonzalez (45) ilias Charis (78) Jacob (31) James Fuller (20) Jason (15) Jay (59) Jay Springett (23) jayce (60) Jimmy Buck (17) Joe (108) Joey Foxenberger (22) Joffrey (24) John Storer II (49) Josh (13) Joy O'Hare (223) Jrod (68) Kai (450) Kishor (62) Krazy (188) LeapsandBounds (16) Leximo (528) Mark Raymond (27) Matt Dickman (11) Matt Mueller (23) maxyRO (535) Michael Schultz (7) Mikael Johansson (24) Mike (68) Morton Fox (76) Nikollas Ordway (75) nok (15) Orkun (8) Patty (264) Paul Spoerry (72) Rachel Leibowitz (1) Rami Taibah (533) Rex (170) richard (48) Rick Butterfield (43) Riley (35) rmg7344 (18) Robert Sefer (8) robert steburg (49) rOckY (171) Romey (34) Ryan Brodkin (27) Ryan Draga (11) Ryan Parker (30) Sander Epker (34) Sarah Snoddon (115) Sean (16) Sean Victory (36) siwaporn (494) Sonia (14) Steve (19) StreetForce1 (111) Stuart (35) Tape (2) Timothy (445) Tom Davies (173) Tyson Williams (65) Uzair (229) wcaw (76) William Termini (13) xxdesmus (74) Zak M. (690) ZayneHumphrey (14)Contribute comment
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Apple Puts One More Nail Into the CD Coffin (35)
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Apple will release an application next month that will provide users with interactive albums, which will include lyrics, behind-the-scenes images, and exclusive artwork. According to Music Week, Apple will make the app available to users in tandem with the release of Snow Patrol’s upcoming album, A Hundred Million Suns. The app will add the extra features to more iTunes albums over time, but because it will be made available through the company’s App Store, it ...Shared by aaron (126) AaronTN (36) Amihai (24) Andrew Ruess (125) Apostolos (11) Benedict Lee Zhi En (235) Brad Davis Seal (28) C.K. (137) CampMaster (22) Chantal (61) DigitalMike (63) DOCBook Howto (126) Elroy (22) Hooman Radfar (9) Jason Bryant (15) Jeff Schmidt (29) Joe (108) Juls (7) Kristen Teffeteller (21) Mario Hemsley (9) Matt Bickford (13) morgan180 (41) Nick Nogueira (20) noel (16) ntrtek.clipboard (20) Pat (7) Paul (29) Rob (25) Role (54) Shawn (19) Sid (19) Sigalon (36) Steve (19) Tibor (41) Tom (24)Contribute comment -
Google Killer Strikes Again But Kills Everybody But Google (107)
onAn anonymous tipster wrote to us this morning to tell us that Cuil, the ill-fated “Google Killer,” has unleashed its Twiceler indexing bot on websites across the globe and in the process, has brought many sites down. “I don’t know what spawned it, but when Cuil attempts to index a site, it does so by completely hammering it with traffic,” the tipster wrote. “So much, that it completely brings the site down. We’re 24 hours ...Shared by Abhishek Kumar (40) Adam (36) Adrian (33) Alex (102) Alex (24) alex lines (3) Aman (7) Andrew (47) Andrew Schott (83) Artem (52) Athar (7) Avi (795) Ben (8) Brian Cuban (1085) Brome (7) brownpau (47) Bryan (8) Cai Chen (1112) Caleb Brown (10) CannonGod (257) cbsmith (42) Chantal (61) Chris Coleman (63) Christophe Maximin (17) crazyjaf (47) DarkBls (78) Darren Isbrecht (77) David (64) Dean Burge (13) dedrick (10) Derek Edmond (88) DigitalMike (63) Doug Funny (73) Dragos Pirvu (715) Drew Olanoff (148) Emil Kaiser (8) Fenng (57) Floris (11) Frank (11) Garnett (10) George (6) GilesVG (20) haggaret (30) Hisham (23) Hooman Radfar (9) hunikal (23) iAlja (35) Ilias (6) James (18) Jawad Shuaib (11) Jay (8) jayce (60) Jeff (59) Jim Schmidt (3) Jojo (49) Jordan (411) Josh (17) Kevin Federline (329) Kristen (254) Leena (1187) Leobardo (40) mabisa (49) Mani Karthik (125) Matt (6) Matt Mueller (23) McBilly Wilford Sy (37) Michael Bartnett (46) Mr. BabyMan (373) MV (23) Nagraj Sambrani (30) Nick Cobb (497) Nihar (25) noel (16) Ooble (27) Paul Capestany (4) Phil (55) Philip V. (4) Razzu (12) Reid (4) rkalajian (48) sarahintampa (98) Shankar Ganesh (69) Sigalon (36) Simon (23) soupireland (5) Steve Nimmons (78) Steven (15) stvalentine (37) Sumesh (107) Tim (7) TJ (48) Toby (29) Tom (24) Tomi (10) Trevor Wermund (166) Tyson Williams (65) Uzair (229) vepa (1) webtime (513) wille (134) xxdesmus (74) Yung-Hui Lim (84) Zack Jewell (3) zer0ck (97) zizzy (32) zuzur (9) 康爷 (15)Explore read four notes
- Chantal said: It's important to Cuil developers that it obeys robots.txt and that it doesn't pwn sites that don't wish to be pwn3d.
- Tim said: That's totally not cuil. /pun
- soupireland said: mad. is this for real?
- Aman said: shared just for the headline
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Is The US Becoming A Part Of The Internet Backwater? (24)
onFor most of the life of the Internet the United States has played the biggest role in the development and managing of it. At one point all the data that flowed on the Internet went through the US and US companies. I don’t there are very many companies involved with the Internet infrastructure ever imagined a day would come where this wasn’t the case. That day however may very soon be upon us; if it ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (52) Alan Cheslow (63) Ben (19) Bill Anderson (3) Christopher (67) Christopher Gizzi (27) David Risley (16) deusdiabolus (96) Doug aka Nullvariable (4) GP (46) HollowMarkeD (65) Hooman Radfar (9) Jan (5) MCE (34) Mike (19) Morton Fox (76) Quinny (37) Rabid Cow (10) Rob (148) Takumi (2) Tor Erling (142) Ubqtous (25) Veritas Noctis (38) Wismark (12)
- Jan said: Getting a little tired of all these articles. They all strike me as pretty naive. When all the content on the Internet resided on US servers traffic naturally came through the US in droves. But now that there's a huge amount of non-US content out there it really doesn't make sense for all the traffic to flow through the US - that was always an inefficient solution. A lot of worrying over a positive trend...
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Biz Networking on Facebook Could Soon Supersede LinkedIn (23)
onThere’s an analysis report issued by eMarketer looking at the space of time between 2008 and 2012 that takes an educated guess as to what business-to-business marketing spending will look like in four years’ time in the US on social networks specifically. Its research estimates a total of $40 billion in the US this year. In 2012, meanwhile, it predicts more than 500% increase to $210 million. That may be so. And of course there ...Shared by alison (6) baardoa (30) DavidSS (7) Elizabeth (49) Eric B (1) Gauravonomics (57) GP (46) Harold Cabezas (3) Hooman Radfar (9) J.D. Rucker (516) Jake (0) Javed (150) Kristen (254) Kyle (77) Kyle (10) leo (15) Mario (31) Mark Dykeman (30) Mushin (51) pvantees (12) Rob (148) Satya (11) Wayne Smallman (40)
- Mark Dykeman said: Perhaps Generation Y will feel more comfortable with using Facebook as a business networking platform, but I think those of us from Gen X and previous generations will appreciate the more formal contact, referral and recommendation process in LinkedIn.
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Seeds Of A Social Network: Blogger Adds New “Following” Feature (42)
onBlogger has announced a new “following” feature that enables members to list themselves as fans of other members’ blogs. By following a set of blogs, your username and avatar will not only show up among other followers in a MyBlogLog-like gadget that can be placed in the sidebars of these blogs. You can also view the latest posts from the blogs you follow in a special feed reader on the Blogger dashboard. Since Blogger is ...Shared by <Super Stevie> (15) A Librarian (6) Aditi (10) Amir (18) Benedict Lee Zhi En (235) bhc3 (55) Brian Carter (9) Daarxide (12) David (14) Do Quang Tu (16) Elroy (22) Eric Herboso (12) fundament (57) Goktug (16) Haisheng Wu (7) Hooman Radfar (9) Jake (0) Jason Richman (2) Jdorfman (20) Joe (108) Jonathan Washburn (7) Josh (8) Jrod (68) kevan (7) Kluzter (19) Krazy (188) ModernBizzle (6) Neil Godfrey (9) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (21) Pat (7) Paul Dunay (23) puthali (12) Ryan Kellett (15) Satyajeet (0) Sébastien (12) Seth (12) Shuyi (18) spolay (9) Sue B (24) surftheair (9) Tanath (42) سروش رسولی (17)Explore read four notes
- Jonathan Washburn said: I like this implementation
- bhc3 said: "By following a set of blogs, your username and avatar will not only show up among other followers in a MyBlogLog-like gadget that can be placed in the sidebars of these blogs. You can also view the latest posts from the blogs you follow in a special feed reader on the Blogger dashboard."
- puthali said: interesting...
- Kluzter said: I'm gonna try this one for sure.
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Statistics: Online Music Apps - ReadWriteWeb (28)
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To complement the poll we ran this week about streaming music sites, we sourced data from comScore about the Internet Radio industry. comScore's data shows that the big Internet companies still dominate, specifically AOL Radio and Yahoo Music. In contrast, our poll - the second annual time that we've run it - shows that last.fm and Pandora are the favorites of our readers. Is this a case of geek trends being at odds with mainstream? ...Shared by Andrea (7) Andrew Wise (18) Bjoern (36) Cai Chen (1112) Corvida (95) David (8) Felix Bredoteau (56) GP (46) Hisham (23) Hooman Radfar (9) Ivan Brezak Brkan (4) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (30) Juls (7) Leena (1187) marcell (28) Mario (31) Muhammad Saleem (283) Nick Cobb (497) noel (16) ntrtek.clipboard (20) perspikace (26) Rabbit (23) Richard (18) Terence (17) w0lfh0und (782) yoshy (342) Yu (57) Yung-Hui Lim (84)- marcell said: "AOL Music, with 23.9 million unique visitors in July 08, is the strongest. It recorded a 56% increase over the past year, so its growth is very good. Yahoo Music is second with 18.7M uniques in July 08, however it has decreased 19% annually since July 07. Clear Channel Online, the largest operator of radio stations (amongst other things) in the US, is a clear third with 9.4M audience in July 08."
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2 Tweaks to Facebook’s News Feed Today (8)
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Facebook continued tweaking the News Feed in the redesigned Facebook this morning with 2 interesting changes: Status Updates now always occupy the top three story spots “All Stories” has been renamed to the more exciting “Live Feed” The first three status updates also do not have the “show me more/less about this person” feedback options. It appears that Facebook is simply taking the three most recent updates without trying to prioritise. Many users have missed ...Shared by Adam (11) Alex Ryan (17) DOCBook Howto (126) ehu4ever (93) Ethan (20) Hisham (23) Hooman Radfar (9) LANjackal (9)Contribute comment -
Introducing Ubiquity (531)
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An experiment into connecting the Web with language. It Doesn’t Have to be This Way You’re writing an email to invite a friend to meet at a local San Francisco restaurant that neither of you has been to. You’d like to include a map. Today, this involves the disjointed tasks of message composition on a web-mail service, mapping the address on a map site, searching for reviews on the restaurant on a search engine, and ...Shared by _dot_ (0) Aaron (7) Abe Serrano (2) absolutely gorgeous (54) adam (1200) Adam (24) Adam Hoyle (4) Adam Javůrek (17) Adam McDonald (30) ademar (1) Adrius Fortytwo (4) Adrock (0) Agatha (21) Alan (1) Alasdair Watson (1) Alberto (10) Alberto Piccini (29) Aleksander (5) Alex Porter (4) alex yu (15) Alexander Goldovsky (8) Allan Espinosa (4) Allison Kipta (60) Alp Çoker (0) AlvarezVal (1) Alvin (0) Amihai (24) Amr Eldib (0) Anatol Pomozov (6) Andre Figueiredo (6) andrea (21) Andrea Baresi (5) andreas (4) Andreas (7) Andrew (7) Andrew (6) Andrew Cornett (1) Andrew Walkingshaw (14) Andrey (16) Andy (10) Aneel (32) angol (21) Anthony Bowyer-Lowe (6) Antoine Brunel (4) apinkpony (13) Archimedes Trajano (13) Armando (14) Arnaud Fischer (7) Art (36) asblogger (36) ashmex (7) asmarin (2) b (73) baber (0) Babychen Mathew (388) Baldgeekinmd (25) Barbara K. Baker (7) Bart (23) bbpnb (0) beatak (16) Beemer (8) Ben (21) Ben Jacob (27) BenQu (8) berivan (1) Berkay (8) Betula (13) Bill Bradford (0) Bill Hartzer (57) Bill HR (8) Billy (2) Binsento (19) bish (17) Bjarte S. Karlsen (10) bombox (6) Brandy (7) Brendan (5) Brendon (2) Brent (2) Brian (0) Brian Antonelli (28) Brian Chappell (11) Brian Del Vecchio (5) Brian Moore (13) brianwyrick (12) Bruce (7) Bruno Melo (5) Buzzworkers (25) Calado (6) Caleb Kimbrough (6) Calvin Robinson (20) Cameron (21) Carlos (15) Carlos Mestre (2) Carlos Santos (0) Cat Chen (1) CB (13) cgsheldon (159) Chad Ayers (4) chad hutchins (1) chewzer (14) Chrigu (12) Chris Gilmore (13) Christiaan (22) Christian (2) Christian Harrington (10) Chrono (4) cjw333 (42) Clay (41) Clément Simon (2) Colm (4) Compuwizard123 (37) ConcertfreakJJ (6) Corvida (95) Craig (4) D. Shaw (14) Daft (37) Damon (13) Daniel R. C. Filho (0) Danielle Fong (5) Danilo (10) darussol (24) Dave (15) Dave Dash (4) David (12) David (11) David (5) David Cooke (4) David P (16) David T. Cole (3) davidex (7) Dean (15) Dean (4) Dedalus (26) Dennis Hostetler (22) Derek (7) derek (10) Deviant (14) dffrnt (28) dieter (0) Dino Quarin (3) donlbe (23) Dr.Eric Fickes (20) Drew (7) druqbar (5) Dylan Thomas (56) e r a (8) Earle Richards (3) Ed H. Chi (11) Eddie (20) Edgar Gonçalves (16) Eishi Kuroda (7) Eitan Burcat (0) Elmer Thomas (142) Elroy (22) emaynard (3) Eran Lahav (0) Eric (2) Eric (17) Erik Arvidsson (4) Ernesto (1) et (12) Eugene Alvin Villar (13) Eugene Ventimiglia (5) evHa (1) evo (11) fakechris (40) fatmike (0) Federico Giacanelli (13) Federico Pistono (5) Fellipe (0) Fenng (57) ferhmo (13) Fernando Costa de Sousa (1) Florian Wagner (1) Folletto Malefico (4) Foomandoonian (26) frajuto (4) Francesco Bertocci (3) Francesco Lodolo (7) Francois (8) Fred Schechter (75) g9yuayon (7) GarthDB (20) Gautham Pai (9) Gema Terrones (6) Geoffrey Wiseman (17) Giacomo Rizzo (8) Glenn Van Hoof (5) Grace Smith (23) Graham (6) Greg Auld (0) Gyuri (9) hadrien (3) heather (17) Henri Losoi (9) History of Blogging (192) Hooman Radfar (9) Howard Rheingold (1) Htoo Tay Zar (4) iAdramelk (1) Iain Wallace (3) Ian Campbell (1) Ian Hughes (2) iandexter (0) Ihar Mahaniok (5) indigo (12) Iñigo C.Garcia (0) insk (1) ionel (9) Ivan Žužak (12) jackysee (6) Jaemi kehoe (21) James (2) James Fuller (20)
