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Why Netflix is a cautionary tale for newspapers

September 19, 2011

The problem for print publishers — one that Netflix arguably doesn’t share — is that their legacy business still produces the bulk of the revenue they pull in via advertising, and therefore, the incentive to de-emphasize or radically downsize that part of the business isn’t as obvious. Hence, the reason why you see so many [...]

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The Top 100 Google+ Users

July 5, 2011

It’s not even a week old and already there’s a power list out of Google+ users. You know you’re curious – so go on and click. via steverubel.me Hat tip to @SteveRubel for finding this list.

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Facebook Changes Privacy Settings to Enable Facial Recognition

June 8, 2011

Image via cogdogblog Have you heard about the controversey surrounding Facebook’s new (well, kind of) face recognition feature? They’ve had the feature for some time, but now you can be sure that it has been activated on your account—without your permission, of course. The New York Times had one of the better posts about it [...]

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Where are Twitter Users Going?

March 17, 2010

via latimesblogs.latimes.com Interesting take from LA Times about research done by Hitwise. Posted via web from Posterous

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The AP Is Using Twitter To Send People To Facebook. Wait. What?

February 22, 2010

via charged.co.za Posted via web from Posterous

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Defending Twitter: For those who just don’t “get it”

April 22, 2009

Photo by mattyho In response to the recent backlash against Twitter among those in the media and elsewhere who just don’t “get it,” I direct your attention to a great extraordinary article written by Geoff Manaugh over at BLDGBLOG. I wholeheartedly subscribe to the notion that Twitter—the technology/platform/operating system/infrastructure—is separate from how people use it. [...]

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