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FileRide: A Different Kind of Social Network

Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 25, 2008 10:32 AM / 6 Comments

FileRide is a Stockholm-based social network with a twist: FileRide creates a social network for you, based around the files that are already on your computer. FileRide, for example, lets Continue reading »

Motrin Bows to Social Media Pressure From Moms - Removes Controversial Ad

Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 17, 2008 11:56 AM / 14 Comments

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One would think that few ads could be less controversial than ads for painkillers, but over the weekend, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, the maker of Motrin, found itself in the middle Continue reading »

OpenSocial: One Year Later

Written by Rick Turoczy / November 14, 2008 3:00 PM / 2 Comments

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It's been a little over a year since Google announced OpenSocial, a common API for social applications across multiple websites. It's an aggressive undertaking: an underlying technology designed to help Continue reading »

MTV to MySpace: Post Our Content, Please

Written by Rick Turoczy / November 2, 2008 9:11 PM / 3 Comments

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From the moment people had the ability to upload video content to the Web, they took the liberty of posting anything and everything they could find - whether they owned Continue reading »

LinkedIn Applications: Your Resume Just Got More Dynamic

Written by Rick Turoczy / October 28, 2008 9:22 PM / 15 Comments

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LinkedIn has always served a very specific purpose in the business community: helping you find a new job. That utility came in a variety of flavors: posting your resume, looking Continue reading »

MySpace Profile 2.0 Takes Visual Cues From Facebook

Written by Corvida / October 26, 2008 11:00 AM / 41 Comments

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Earlier this month we asked if Facebook was becoming more like MySpace. We noted that there were new apps cropping up that were making Facebook look a lot more like Continue reading »

Africans and Their Mobiles, Part 2: Using Mobile Phones For Social Good

Written by Jason Harris / October 25, 2008 6:00 PM

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This post is the second in a two-part series based on: 1) the African mobile marketplace and how Africans utilize their mobile phones; and 2) how organizations are using social Continue reading »

BrightKite iPhone App Goes Live (Finally)

Written by Corvida / October 25, 2008 12:55 PM / 2 Comments

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Brightkite is one of the hottest mobile social networks on the scene. With a vast array of offerings and an active network of users to boot, you're bound to Continue reading »

LinkedIn: $75.7 Million in Series D with Follow-on

Written by Rick Turoczy / October 22, 2008 9:58 PM / 6 Comments

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LinkedIn, a social networking juggernaut by anyone's standards and one of the few successful social sites targeted at business users, announced today that the company had secured an additional $22.7 Continue reading »

MySpace MyAds: Target Ads to "Drinking" and "Partying"

Written by Rick Turoczy / October 12, 2008 11:53 PM / 3 Comments

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When in doubt, follow the leader. That's what MySpace seems to be doing with the release of MySpace MyAds, a service that - on the surface - appears to have Continue reading »

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