Why the Blog Post Is the New Ad Unit

  I noticed this post and had to curate it. I actually think even curation is the new ad unit, which incidentally has many of the same benefits as a blog post. The author of this post lists 13 great reasons to think about. Back at the turn of the century, blogging was in a [...]

It’s Not Easy Being Facebook These Days

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Man, there is not a lotta love out there for Facebook these days. To start with, for the past couple of months, brands have been up in arms about their decline in the visibility of their standard posts since the social giant launched Promoted Posts. Ars Technica went so far as accusing Facebook of being [...]

How Many People Use the Top Social Media? [Nov 2012 Update]

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This month’s additions to the list include some of the larger email (the original social network) platforms: Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail. Other new listings include: Netflix, Fab, Songza, Glassdoor, Glympse, ooVoo, Wix, WeChat, Waze, MeetMoi, Fancy and the Chinese social networks QQ, Qzone, Sina Weibo, WeiXin, Douban and Renren. Here you go… Facebook: 1 [...]

Cover Story: Kanye West Remixes Rihanna, Glee Performs Gangnam Style and More

  There’s nothing better than a good cover tune. Luckily for you, we’ve collected all the coolest, weirdest and most interesting covers from the past week. Some are live, some are recorded, some work and some, well, not so much. Let us know who does your favorite band justice in the comments. This week we [...]

Mark Cuban: Facebook Is Driving Away Brands – Starting With Mine

  Tech billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says he is fed up with Facebook and will take his business elsewhere. He’s sick of getting hit with huge fees to send messages to his team’s fans and followers. Two weeks ago Cuban tweeted out a screen grab of an offer he’d received from Facebook. [...]

Facebook, You’ve Failed Us

  There is an unsettling buzz about the future of Facebook. Some analysts report that Facebook usage is declining, or at least slowing in some parts of the world and if that is true, it is a problem of Facebook’s own making. The company has made two critical mistakes: It stopped focusing on core customer [...]

Facebook’s MySpace Moment: Why Twitter Is Already Bigger Than Facebook – Forbes

Twitter has always grown up in the shadow of Facebook (FB). Facebook was started in 2004 in the dorms of Harvard. Twitter was started when Jack Dorsey sent an SMS message at 9:50pm PT on March 21, 2006. Facebook got more early venture capital money. It saw bigger growth. It attracted more “mainstream tech” managerial [...]

New LinkedIn feature adds another layer of professional validation

See on Scoop.it – Social Media Tips and News LinkedIn continues cementing its status as the top social media platform for business professionals. On Monday, the team announced the introduction of Endorsements. The article also talks about the relaunch of former giant social network MySpace. A video teaser is included for those interested in learning [...]

Imikimi.com – Sharing Creativity

See on Scoop.it – Photos4Share IMIKIMI…. Sharing Creativity animations, bebo, blogger, card, comments, custom, customizable, drop-in, editor, facebook, frame, free, friendster, generators, graphic, hi5, images, multiply, mySpace, orkut, photo, photos, photoshop, share, touchup, upload, ecard, iphone, ipad… Imikimi is all about sharing. If you see a Kimi you like, use it and improve it. When [...]

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City Scapes Myspace Graphics, City Scapes Myspace Comments, City Scapes Graphics For Myspace

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Happy 9th Birthday ReadWriteWeb!

See on Scoop.it – internetbillboards Today, April 20, marks the 9th birthday of ReadWriteWeb. Much has changed since 2003! The World Wide Web was not very mobile or social back then. There were no smartphones or mobile Internet (and no I don’t consider WAP as proper Internet!). There was no Facebook, or even MySpace. Twitter [...]