Facebook Announces Top 25 fbFund Recipients
There’s a heck of a lot of bad economic news out there, but for a group of Facebook application developers, it’s a great day. A full 25 teams were named as fbFund recipients, and they’ll receive $25,000 each as a result.
MySpace Redefines Karaoke Amusement
Earlier this year, MySpace launched its Karaoke service, but has now upgraded it in a big way including adding video so we can actually watch people humiliate themselves without going to the bar (I’ve certainly been on both sides of that). I have to wonder if the lack of that alcohol-fueled bar element will take away from some of the enjoyment of watching people sing popular songs, but when I think about the user-generated content of YouTube, something tells me there will be plenty of entertainment value to this.
FTC Shuts Down Globe
The Federal Trade Commission has shut down one of the largest global spam operations that promoted prescription drugs and bogus male-enhancement productsThe FTC says it has received more than three million complaints about spam messages connected to the operation known as HerbalKing. It estimates that it may be responsible for sending billions of illegal spam messages.
Discussing Issues On Poverty, Through Blogs
"Remember the poor, it costs nothing" — Josh Billings…
iTunes Killing The Album? Or Is It White Noise?
From the Billboard to The Wall Street Journal, the debate rages on. Has iTunes killed the album? Would Kid Rock have sold more or less if he’d gone on iTunes. (LESS) Was Atlantic smart to pull the Estelle single off iTunes just as it was climbing the chart?
What’s Good for Users is Good for Advertisers/Content Providers
A new YouTube channel shows not only how the site itself can better compete in the online video industry, but also serves as an example of how other businesses can layout engaging video blogs.Google is producing more original content for YouTube following the success of the hit "Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Comedy", which was exclusive to the video site. They started running a channel/show called Poptub last month, but it has not received much attention until now.
Flock 2.0 Has Arrived
Flock, the social Web browser built on Mozilla Firefox is now out of beta and can be integrated with the MySpace Data Availability platform.Flock 2.0 includes support for Media RSS and offers access to any social network with a Media RSS feed.Social networking users can have access to MySpace, Facebook, Digg, YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket and Twitter via Flock’s sidebar. Flock’s Media Bar feature, at the top of the browser allows users to drag and drop pictures and videos into a MySpace user’s profile.
Hitwise Issues Online Retail Warning
Common sense says that online retailers are in a better position than their brick and mortar counterparts; consumers will be able save time, gas, and possibly the money that would go towards sales taxes by just shopping from home this season. Still, according to a new Hitwise report, the winter is shaping up to be pretty harsh.
The Value Of A Link
Pricing a Link When trying to understand the value of a link a variety of factors can be considered, including:
Usability Troubles for Yahoo OpenID
On the Yahoo Developer Network Blog, Allen Tom discussed the findings of a study conducted regarding the use of Yahoo!’s OpenID service. While the users who participated were enthusiastic with the concept of OpenID, the results weren’t great.