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- A social networking site founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg. It initially targeted Harvard students, but was later opened to other universities and then high schools. In 2006,...
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- Google Maps goes social; Copyright infringement on YouTube exaggerated? Washingtonpost.com to embrace UGC; Facebook Diaries goes live
- The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… Google Maps goes social. Google Maps has launched a new feature called MyMaps which the company says "makes it quick and easy to create your own custom Google Maps...
- Tags: YouTube, The Social Web weekly, Google, Facebook, Video Sharing, Social Networks
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
- Wikia magazines; Facebook gifts; Stumble Video for your Wii; Yahoo "copies" Digg
- The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week... Wikia launches magazine-style wikis. Jimmy Wales company, Wikia, has unveiled three wiki-driven community sites for politics, entertainment, and local interests. Wikia says it plans to roll out additional communities...
- Tags: Facebook, Social Bookmarking, The Social Web weekly, Video Sharing, Wikipedia, Yahoo
- Blog posts 2007-02-16
- Barack Obama launches social network
- Barack Obama, the Democrat presidential hopeful, has launched his own social network which hes calling MyBarackObama.com. The site invites supporters to create a profile, blog their campaign experiences, plan and attend events, find other supporters, and help raise funds for the campaign. Obama already has an official presence of Facebook...
- Tags: Video Sharing, YouTube, Social Networks, MySpace, Facebook, social networking, Barack Obama
- Blog posts 2007-02-10
- MySpace launches movie "mashup"
- MySpace to Facebook: anything you can do, we can do better. With Facebook announcing plans to create a User-Generated television series called "Facebook Diaries", MySpace UK is being far more ambitious. In partnership with Vertigo Films and Film4, MySpace has launched "MyMovie Mashup", a UK only competition to find the...
- Tags: Video Sharing, Social Networks, MySpace, Facebook
- Blog posts 2007-02-08
- Facebook, the TV show; but will advertisers bite?
- The social networking site, Facebook, has teamed up with cable television network, Comcast, to launch a user-generated television series called Facebook Diaries". Kicking-off in late March, Facebook will ask its millions of users to submit videos about their lives through Ziddio.com Comcasts video sharing website, the best of which, will...
- Tags: Video Sharing, Social Networks, Facebook
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
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- How do we address the have-nots?
- I attended a leadership summit on Monday (it was actually pretty good stuff, with concrete plans, goals, and generally more than you get out of your average bit of professional development) and, not surprisingly, a serious focus was on technology. I think people are finally realizing that, while technology...
- Tags: Kid, Productivity, Business Structures, Wireless LANs, Transportation, Leadership, Wi-Fi, Finance, Wireless, Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- The Irregular view of all things 'green'
- One of my Irregular colleagues received a pitch from GreenJobInterview.com describing a new video service but using the 'green' moniker as a way of injecting novelty. He wasn't impressed. The first remark: That noise in the background was me throwing up. A job board now positioning themselves as "green?"...
- Tags: Hiring, Job, Toilet, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Mozilla Ubiquity: Is Mozilla building out a different kind of RIA platform?
- Ubiquity for Firefox from Aza Raskin on Vimeo. I watched the Mozilla Ubiquity video last night and it struck a chord. The crew over at Mozilla Labs is doing some very cool, forward thinking stuff. In the process, I think they're evolving what the browser is into...
- Tags: Ubiquity, Rich Internet Application, Mozilla Corp., Channel Management, Web Browsers, Marketing, Internet, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Review: Palm Treo Pro brings thinnest Treo to the world
- In a bit of a surprising move for Palm they launched a second Windows Mobile Professional device, the Palm Treo Pro, just about a month and a half after the Treo 800w. I expected to see a GSM version of the Treo 800w, but that hasn't happened and we don't...
- Tags: Keyboard, Device, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, Palm Treo Pro, Treo Pro, Display, Earpiece, Palm Centro, Nokia E71, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Virtualization software revives dumb terminals, cuts IT costs
- With computers growing smarter by the day, why would anyone want to step back more than a decade and fill office cubicles with dumb terminals? The answer is simple - to keep cubicle computers in service longer, uncluttered and free of malware, viruses and hacking programs. At...
- Tags: Software, Dumb Terminal, Virtualization, Network, Information Technology, IT Cost, Virus, Computer, Virtualization Software, Productivity, Cyberthreats, Tools & Techniques, Security, Viruses And Worms, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Cisco buys PostPath: WebEx to compete with Exchange, Outlook, Office?
- Cisco on Wednesday bought email and calendar software maker PostPath for $215 million in a move that may signal bigger plans for WebEx. Simply put, Cisco and Microsoft are increasingly on a software collision course. Cisco said its latest acquisition will be used to "enhance the existing...
- Tags: Microsoft Outlook, WebEx Communications Inc., Microsoft Office, Cisco Systems Inc., PostPath, Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- The enterprise: All fun and 'serious games'?
- Will video games becoming to an enterprise near you? Forrester Research seems to think so as companies cook up new ways to train employees--especially those so-called millennial. I can hear the laughter now. Video games? We're about serious business, you'll say. What's the ROI you'll ask? Video...
- Tags: Forrester Research Inc., Games, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- CIO Sessions: CareerBuilder CTO: Eric Presley
- Eric Presley, CTO of CareerBuilder talks to CNET News' Dan Farber about how the online recruitment site is building new search engine tools to provide more targeted job recommendations. He also discusses technologies to aid the job hunting experience for its users from creating new social networking tools to developing...
- Tags: Job, CareerBuilder, CTO, Recruitment & Selection, Productivity, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- A peek into Silicon Valley and beyond . . .
- I enjoy being a journalist and reporting on the business and culture of Silicon Valley. Most of my reporting is done the traditional way, with a notepad and pencil. Increasingly journalists have to do more, carry a camera, do podcasts, run video. Software engineers have to...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Tom Foremski, Journalist, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Green tech reward program: Intel will recognize innovation that aids environmental cause
- I've had the pleasure of interviewing Intel Chairman Craig Barrett three times in my varied career, so I can say with authority that he is passionate about the environment. And about education. Then again, this is not surprising from technologist who also happens to be a Montana ranch owner. ...
- Tags: Innovation, Green Technology, Craig Barrett, Intel Corp., Registration Deadline, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit?
- Somewhere in the news coverage of Psystar's countersuit against Apple today, I was reminded of the car analogy I use to help friends and family understand how to buy a computer. Under the hood of a car, everything is the same. There's an engine, transmission, battery and...
- Tags: Car, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- How the world watched the Olympics online
- Much has been made of NBC's Olympic numbers, which had the rights for online video in the US, and what that means for Silverlight. I thought the app was solid, the video quality was good, and all in all it was a win for Microsoft and RIAs. In that vein,...
- Tags: China, Olympic Games, British Broadcasting Corp., Video, Flash, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Dems: Broadband policy crucial but so-far nonexistent
- John McCain can't get online without his wife's help, but the storyline is that doesn't matter because as former chair of the Commerce Committee, McCain is intimately familiar with tech policy issues. At panels at the Demo Convention today, Democrats assailed that argument, saying that, ""On McCain's...
- Tags: Broadband, John McCain, Government, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Patent suit alert: This time, Google and Verizon on the hot seat
- Inventor Judah Klausner has settled with the best of them: AT&T, Apple, Comcast and eBay. Now, he's taking Google, Verizon, Cox and LG to court for infringing on his patents for visual voicemail technology. A Reuters story highlights some of his past legal battles, including a June...
- Tags: Google Inc., Patent, Verizon Communications Inc., Inventor Judah Klausner, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- CareerBuilder's partnership with Facebook
- Eric Presley, CTO of CareerBuilder describes its push into social networking through its partnership with Facebook and its own niche networking site, Brightfuse.com. by Andrew Mager
- Tags: Facebook, CareerBuilder, Partnership, Network, Business Structures, Networking, Finance, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
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