Microblogging: What Is It Good For?
The microblogging concept isn’t one that settles neatly among a myriad of more intuitive platforms. Regardless, microblogging platforms like Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, and PlaceShout are gaining steam in the social media realm with or without you.
Automattic Doesn’t Sell Out For $200 Million
People who are trying to sell a house might make all sorts of small upgrades as they attempt to offload the property. And Automattic made the “small upgrade” of acquiring Gravatar just two weeks ago. Automattic’s owners apparently aren’t looking to sell, though – a report indicates that they turned down a $200 million acquisition offer.
Clearspring Launchpad Sends Widgets To All
If you have content on a website, all it takes to make that content an embeddable widget is a little bit of code, which Clearspring happens to have available for free.
Real Estate Blog Raises $1.5 Million
So what if the real estate market is tanking? I think that’s much more interesting to read about than a break-even or everybody-gets-rich scenario, and some investors may feel the same way; Curbed.com, a blog that covers real estate, just received $1.5 million in funding.
Guess what? Google's working on phone software
We’ve been speculating on this for some time, but now the really big dogs in the media have picked up on it.
eBay Expresses Interest In Southeast Asia
Like Google and Yahoo before it, eBay is eyeing Asia and the best ways to succeed in that region. And although eBay is focusing on a slightly different group of countries, it, like Google, intends to concentrate on the mobile market.
Obama Pledges Net Neutrality Support
During a live dialogue with MTV viewers, Presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged to support Net Neutrality if elected president, and to appoint a pro-neutrality Federal Communications Commission.
Google Takes Aim At China’s Mobile Market
We’ve discussed cultural differences, censorship, and the lack of a home field advantage – these have all posed challenges to Google in China. It’s now becoming clear that Google will also need to overcome its unfamiliarity with the mobile market to succeed in this country.
Dell To Make More Acquisitions
The CEO of Dell recently discussed his company’s future, and things are not going to be business as usual; “acquisition” and “innovation” were two of the talk’s main themes.
A Strategic Approach to Social Media Marketing
A Strategic Approach to Social Media Marketing Social media marketing is more than just implementing social bookmarks on your site in hopes that your content spreads like a virus. It’s more than seeding your content in sites like Digg; and/or trying to game their voting algorithm.