Compete and ROOT.net are attempting to put advertisers together directly with "consumers" where these "consumers" are more like "users". Yes, these users voluntarily...
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INTERNET WEEK -- Oct 19 -- LiveJournal (10 million users) on Tuesday rolled out internet telephony and instant messaging services from SIPphone as a free download. The Gizmo Project for provides...
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Jonathan Abrams, Friendster's founder was in a spot in late 2003. He could take the safe bet and accept $30 million from Google for Friendster or sell a stake for $13 million and build Friendster...
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One of MySpace's greatest innovations was something ridiculously simple... the "wall": the messaging area of a user's profile page, where any "friend" of the user can post...
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Based on our rough calculations, YouTube was able to grow its valuation by $2.6 million every day since its launch in February 05. FULL ARTICLE @ SEARCH VIEWS BLOG Mark Brooks: YouTube proves out a...
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Rumour of the week is that Google is in talks to purchase Youtube. Everyone has already tossed their two cents into the ring. So, I figured I'd round up all the pennies and see if it adds up to...
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Craigslist, which has been charging for classified jobs ads on its New York and Los Angeles sites since 2004, will begin charging employers a flat-rate fee of $25 per post in Boston, San Diego,...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on October 06, 2006
Brad Greenspan, founder of Myspace.com, today issued an online report at Freemyspace.com that details how Intermix Media's sale of Myspace intentionally defrauded shareholders. Saying it is...
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Yelp (1,5 million uniques/mo) took $10 million in Series B funding from Benchmark. Yelp specializes in local reviews and competes with Judy's Book which raised $8 million from Mobius, Ignition...
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Social networks are becoming an important ingredient of all sorts of consumer experiences. Here are a few social networks worth keeping an eye on: LinkedIn - For business networking. CollectiveX -...
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Piczo (teenage focus) is one of a raft of second-tier social-networking sites. XuQa is run by San Francisco startup iVentster, which lets users play games against their online friends and offers...
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