Filed in archive MySpace
by Mark Brooks on September 29, 2006
MySpace seems like Lake Wobegon gone horribly wrong: a place where all the women are fast, the men are hard-drinking, and the children take an above-average interest in imitating them. In August...
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Piczo's traffic has grown 393% in one year (comScore Mediametrix) and now boasts 4 million unique visitors in the UK, reaching 60% of the young teen demographic in the UK. FULL ARTICLE @...
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Cingular has teamed up with YouTube for an online promotion allowing independent musicians to submit videos that the YouTube community can then vote for. The four winning bands will appear on good...
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"A letter to the community from the employees of Tribe.net" Thanks to recent management changes, we, the employees, are taking back the site and are happy to announce some real improvements...
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Facebook is in serious talks to sell itself to Yahoo for an amount that could approach $1 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Facebook also held discussions with Microsoft and...
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Filed in archive MySpace
by Mark Brooks on September 21, 2006
MyDeathSpace makes you feel lucky to be alive. The site reveals the profiles of MySpace users who have been mentioned in the press as recently deceased.......
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Filed in archive Event Software
by pete on September 18, 2006
So, the secret is out. Jonathan Abrams new startup, Socializr, is in Gamma. Whatever that means. Liz at GigaOm has the scoop. But, Steve Poland discovered a way into the site. The site itself looks a...
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Ha? Yeah. The title of this post piqued your curiosity, hopefully. The chances of me covering news that hasn't been covered somewhere else - is low. But, I do read a lot of smart bloggers and...
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Filed in archive MySpace
by Mark Brooks on September 13, 2006
Repeating MySpace's success in the big, fragmented European market won't be a cakewalk, analysts say. MySpace's competitors in Europe already have established themselves with local...
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Filed in archive MySpace
by Mark Brooks on September 07, 2006
MySpace will be selling music starting this fall, allowing bands and labels, no matter their size, to sell songs online at whatever price they wish. MySpace is partnering with Snocap, a tech firm...
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Filed in archive LinkedIn
by pete on September 05, 2006
Scott Allen sent me a note: I'm writing to let you know that I've launched a new blog exclusively about LinkedIn, www.LinkedIntelligence.com . For the mainstream LinkedIn user, LinkedIn's...
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Researchers at USF plan to conduct a study on the psychosocial effects of Internet social networks on youth. Suicide is the third most common cause of death among those 15 to 24. The team hopes that...
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YouTube is going up against Facebook by launching Colleges on YouTube, offering students and staff closed networks through which they can contact each other and watch videos. The service launched...
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