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Retailers Try Twitter - Still Prefer Facebook, YouTube and MySpace
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 26, 2009 9:38 AM / 2 Comments
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Social networking sites are quickly becoming one of the most important places where retailers can meet potential customers and interact with their current customer base. According to a new report Continue reading »


Facebook's New NewsFeed: A Big Shot Fired in The War Against Information Overload
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 23, 2009 12:05 PM / 43 Comments
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Facebook just made one of the biggest changes to the site's user experience since the introduction of the News Feed three years ago. News Feed was the place in the Continue reading »


Mozilla's Raindrop: An Open Conversation Aggregator
Written by Dana Oshiro / October 22, 2009 4:24 PM / 7 Comments
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While most conversation aggregators are concerned with harnessing your river of data, Mozilla is breaking it down into manageable raindrops. According to a morning blog post on the Mozilla Labs Continue reading »


Can Music Save MySpace?
Written by Sarah Perez / October 22, 2009 6:50 AM / 11 Comments
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Yesterday, amid all the news of Twitter's arrival into both Microsoft's Bing and the Google search engine, another major announcement was being made. MySpace is giving up on trying to Continue reading »


LinkedIn Hits 50 Million Users; Still a Roach Motel (Updated)
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 14, 2009 9:47 AM / 28 Comments
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Updated at 11:30 PST with comment from LinkedIn. One million new people signed up for LinkedIn accounts already this month, taking the professional social network past the 50 million user Continue reading »


Spiffbox Says it Pays to be Social - No Really, They Pay You with Cash
Written by Sarah Perez / October 6, 2009 7:00 AM / 7 Comments
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When building a new Web 2.0 site, especially a new social network, there's always one hurdle that needs to be overcome - establishing a large enough userbase to make it Continue reading »


More Proof: Facebook for the Rich, MySpace for the Poor
Written by Sarah Perez / September 28, 2009 7:21 AM / 25 Comments
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Oh how the mighty have fallen. The one time king of social networks, MySpace, now has the honor of being the site where the less affluent members of the online Continue reading »


Social Networking Use Triples from Only a Year Ago
Written by Sarah Perez / September 25, 2009 8:00 AM / 14 Comments
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Obsessed with Facebook? You're not alone. The hours you spend logging on to update your status, post photos, and make comments on friends' walls is not simply a "phase" you're Continue reading »


Nokia Buys Dopplr: The Ovi-Based Foursquare?
Written by Dana Oshiro / September 23, 2009 5:46 PM / 7 Comments
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Social networking travel site Dopplr has apparently been acquired by Nokia for somewhere between $15-22 million dollars. A year ago ReadWriteWeb named Dopplr one of the Top 10 International Products Continue reading »


The Dirty Little Secret About the "Wisdom of the Crowds" - There is No Crowd
Written by Sarah Perez / September 17, 2009 7:58 AM / 41 Comments
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Recent research by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) professor Vassilis Kostakos pokes a big hole in the prevailing wisdom that the "wisdom of crowds" is a trustworthy force on today's web. Continue reading »


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