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Google Wave Arrives This Month: Are You Ready To Ride The Wave?

by admin on September 5, 2009

Are you ready to ride the Wave on September 30th – when Google will start sending 100,000 invites for the early test of Google Wave

The real-time communication platform has captured the imagination of countless communication, social media, and tech enthusiasts that want to get their hands on its game-changing features. It can import Twitter, provide real-time chat, play back past conversations, and even allows for drag-and-drop file uploads.

There are a lot of features, but it is unlike any other web product yet and thus takes time to learn. That’s why in July we asked an important question: is the world ready for Google Wave? Will there be widespread adoption, or will the ambitious project fall short of expectations? Will developers jump on the Wave bandwagon and build apps for it like they do for Twitter () and Facebook ()?

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Facebook Paid Nearly $50 Million for FriendFeed

by admin on August 11, 2009

BREAKING NEWS in the world of social media today: Facebook has acquired online activity aggregator FriendFeed. According to the release, “all FriendFeed employees will join Facebook and FriendFeed’s four founders will hold senior roles on Facebook’s engineering and product teams.”

FriendFeed was founded in 2007 by four former Googlers: Bret Taylor, Jim Norris, Paul Buchheit, and Sanjeev Singh. Before leaving Google, the guys helped design and launch several well-known products, including Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Groups. FriendFeed was their vision for a centralized sharing service — kind of like Facebook, only without all the extra stuff. It’s basically a content aggregator:

And so begins the next step in Facebook’s assault on Twitter. Is this a marriage made in heaven?

Mark Zuckerberg and FriendFeed Co-Founders Celebrate Deal

Zuckerberg posted a photo of himself along with FriendFeed co-founders Paul Buchheit, James Norris, Bret Taylor to his Facebook account, with the caption “Photo from our negotiation / signing party last night with the FriendFeed founders.

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Sued for a tweet & The Power of the RT on Twitter

August 1, 2009

Who knew anything about Amanda Bonnen and her alleged mold problem, or anything about Horizon Group Management and their apartments. Now, a local complaint made via a tweet has turned into a national issue – with lessons for both Tweeple and companies targeted by tweets.
Ms. B tweeted in May about mold in her Chicago apartment, [...]

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The Review of Twitter Success Blueprint

July 28, 2009

Your Twitter Success Blueprint.
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This book by Sarah Prout (@sarahprout) will help individuals and small business, avoid costly mistakes and attract more clients. The Twitter Success Blueprint consists of eight chapters and a great bonus section. Forget what you think you know about social media. It’s time to get [...]

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Twitter 101 for Business | Twitter 140

July 25, 2009

To help anyone interested in explaining the value of Twitter to businesses, Twitter has created a simple slide deck version of the Twitter 101 write-up.
Twitter 101 For Business

Learn The Lingo

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Perry Belcher: 3 Big Ways To Monetize Social Media

July 21, 2009

You can start making money starting today with Twitter, Facebook, & YouTube without ever being spammy, tricky or salesy!
But you have to pay attention right NOW!
Grab this free 17 page PDF now and prepare to be shocked by what’s revealed in the short 15 minute read. It will ROCK you!

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