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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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Will ‘Foursquare Lists’ Attract Users, both New and Old?

August 15, 2011

via blog.foursquare.com New feature by Foursquare allows you to “share the places you love” with Foursquare lists. Sounds similar to Twitter lists, but is it? What do you think? Will this attract new and old users to Foursquare? Will it be a top feature? Will it only be used by everyone, or just anyone on [...]

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Beyond Google+: From Circles to Echo Chambers

July 31, 2011

One of the most fascinating aspects about the launch of Google+ is the way it reframes how we, as individuals, interact with our communities. As Brian Solis so rightly points out, the initial Facebook model of creating a single social graph of up to 5000 friends must now be compared to a series of what [...]

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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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Twitter Update 2011 | Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project

June 1, 2011

13% of online adults use the status update service Twitter, which represents a significant increase from the 8% of online adults who identified themselves as Twitter users in November 2010. 95% of Twitter users own a mobile phone, and half of these users access the service on their handheld device. via pewinternet.org Check out the [...]

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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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FRONTLINE: Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier [Watch Online]

February 4, 2010

via pbs.org I love Frontline. They produce some of the best journalism and each episode is always on a strikingly relevant topic. Their February 2nd episode digital_nation is no different, which poses the question, “Is our 24/7 wired world causing us to lose as much as we’ve gained?” In Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual [...]

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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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