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Facebook Eats Away at Email Usage on Today's Web
Written by Sarah Perez / September 17, 2009 6:35 AM / 17 Comments
According to recent analysis by the Online Publishers Association (OPA), more people than ever are spending their time online visiting content sites which provide news, information, and entertainment. Despite the Continue reading »


On Twitter: What's Valuation Got to Do With Revenue?
Written by Dana Oshiro / September 16, 2009 6:09 PM / 12 Comments
While it's unlikely that Twitter CEO Evan Williams was wearing a Dr. Evil costume when he delivered the news, he had the pleasure of announcing his company's $1 billion dollar Continue reading »


5 Easy Steps to Stay Safe (and Private!) on Facebook
Written by Sarah Perez / September 16, 2009 8:05 AM / 28 Comments
When the President of the United States warns schoolchildren to watch what they say and do on Facebook, you know that we've got a problem...and it's not one limited to Continue reading »


Facebook's Userbase to Pass US Population Numbers
Written by Dana Oshiro / September 15, 2009 3:02 PM / 5 Comments
Facebook just announced passing the 300 million active user mark. In early April ReadWriteWeb asked about the size of Facebook with the answer being - "bigger than the population of Continue reading »


@Mentions Are Now Live on Facebook
Written by Frederic Lardinois / September 14, 2009 12:23 PM / 9 Comments
Facebook announced that it would soon support Twitter-like @mentions a few days ago. Today, Facebook actually enabled this functionality. Now, when you type a status update and type '@,' an Continue reading »


Facebook Lite Goes Live - More Twitter Imitation
Written by Richard MacManus / September 10, 2009 3:27 PM / 7 Comments
A month ago we reported that Facebook was beta testing a 'lite' version of its popular social networking site. http://lite.facebook.com has just become available to U.S. users. The lite version Continue reading »


Facebook's Twitter-Like Tagging: Useful or Tiring?
Written by Dana Oshiro / September 10, 2009 1:31 PM / 6 Comments
Facebook just launched status tagging for friends, pages, events and groups. The company has torn a page out of the Twitter playbook and plans to increase search functionality via the Continue reading »


Facebook Open Sources FriendFeed's Ultra-Fast Real-Time Web Framework
Written by Frederic Lardinois / September 10, 2009 10:40 AM / 4 Comments
Facebook just announced that it has released Tornado, the real-time web framework that powers FriendFeed, as open source code. According to Facebook's David Recordon, Tornado is one of the core Continue reading »


How Facebook Beat MySpace: From College Dorm to Platform
Written by Dana Oshiro / September 9, 2009 7:03 PM / 9 Comments
Two years ago Danah Boyd's article "Viewing American Class Divisions Through Facebook and MySpace" mesmerized marketers and tech journalists. Facebook was described as tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_facebook_beat_myspace_from_college_dorm_to_platform.php'; tweetmeme_source = 'rww'; "hegemonic" Continue reading »


Latest Facebook Scare: The Cure May Be Worse Than The Disease
Written by Dana Oshiro / September 7, 2009 8:49 PM / 6 Comments
It's seems like every virus produces a list of capitalistic charlatans. During the Bubonic plague, thousands spent their hard earned savings on worthless talismans in the hopes of avoiding the Continue reading »


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