23Oct08
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Forrester has released updated numbers –what they call Social Technographics — tracking the adoption of social media. The good news is that social activity is way up among 35-to-44 year-olds, especially when it comes to joining social networks and reading and reacting to content. Even among 45-to-54 year-olds, 68% are now Spectators, 24% are Joiners, [...]
5Sep08
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I noted WordPress’s move into the social network platform arena earlier. Movable Type Pro and 4.2 is headed in the same direction with the addition of social networking features like profiles, ratings, user registration, forums, following, and more. Plugins are following, including a News Feed clone. As ReadWriteWeb correctly notes, these additions make the need [...]
4Sep08
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Lightspeed Venture Partners have been estimating the revenue for Facebook from those virtual “gifts” members can send back and forth. Their most current estimated run rate is $35 million, more than double their January estimate. It’s a beautiful little revenue model, with almost zero cost to Facebook. They do a great job of driving urgency [...]
30Aug08
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Mashable reports that Yahoo Mash Has Been Quashed. Deep pockets, gadgets, and a huge customer base from other sites don’t help if you can’t identify — and communicate — exactly what makes your network different than existing ones.
28Aug08
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Some interesting developments in Social Networks being gobbled up. In this case, a couple of Amazon.com acquisitions means it now owns two competing networks: Amazon.com Monday agreed to acquire Shelfari, a social network for book lovers, for an undisclosed sum. Amazon’s acquisition of Shelfari means the site will likely make it a much stronger competitor [...]