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Lonelygirl15 gets some "exclusive" MySpace company

The season finale of the hit web video series, Lonelygirl15, is to be available exclusively on MySpace. Lonelygirl15 already has an ad-revenue sharing deal with YouTube and Revver, so this is a major coup for the News Corp-owed social networking site. And in an interesting and innovative twist, the final...

Tags: YouTube, Video Sharing, Social Networks, MySpace, Bebo

Blog posts 2007-08-02

Vator.tv: YouTube for the elevator pitch

Bambi Francisco, a former tech reporter with MarketWatch, has taken the wraps off her new startup, Vator.tv. The name is a play on the words 'elevator' and 'innovator', as the site aims to be a social network / marketplace for startup ideas. Central to Vator.tv is the ability for startups...

Tags: Video Sharing, Social Networks

Blog posts 2007-06-07

Open source movie project moves forward

A Swarm of Angels, an ambitious open source movie project that I wrote about in March, is about to move into its next phase, which should see the community grow to 5,000 paying members from just under a thousand. The aim of the project is to create a UKP 1million...

Tags: Net culture, Social Networks, Video Sharing

Blog posts 2007-06-06

Lonelygirl15 spinoff to be exclusive on Bebo

The production team behind Lonelygirl15, the video blog of 15 year-old Bree, that turned out to be a fake, are to launch a spinoff called "KateModern" which will be premiere exclusively on the social networking site, Bebo.From the press release:"KateModern" will expand from the original storyline to that of a...

Tags: Video Sharing, Social Networks, Bebo

Blog posts 2007-04-16

YouTube spotlights presidential candidates; CBS excludes YouTube/MySpace from content deals; Can YouTube Hear Me? (update); and more

The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week…YouTube invites presidential candidates into the spotlight. YouTube is putting each of the US presidential hopefuls into the Spotlight; a weekly event on the video sharing site where each candidate...

Tags: YouTube, Widgets, Video Sharing, Social Networks, Politics 2.0, MySpace, Joost, Friendster

Blog posts 2007-04-13

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

Digg gets more political; USA Today disowns readers; Wordpress supports OpenID

The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week…Digg gets more political. Not sure how I missed this, but the social news site, Digg, has added a new section dedicated to stories covering the 08 US presidential election....

Tags: Social networking, Blogging, OpenID, USA Today, Wordpress, Digg

Blog posts 2007-03-09

Ning v2: another do-it-yourself MySpace?

Need more proof that social networking sites are becoming a commodity? Look no further than Ning version 2, dubbed: "Your Own Social Network". Its the companys latest iteration of its service which is designed to allow anybody to create and run their own social web site -- with little or...

Tags: Social Networks, MySpace, Video Sharing

Blog posts 2007-02-27

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

The Social Web weekly: MySpace mobile in Europe; Joost on Mac; White label SNS faceoff; OpenID; and more

The Social Web weekly is a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week, in the social software and media space.MySpace goes mobile in Europe. Following similar deals with Helio and Cingular in the US, Vodaphones European customers will soon be able...

Tags: Video Sharing, Social Networks, MySpace, Microsoft, The Social Web weekly, OpenID

Blog posts 2007-02-08

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

YouTube on the campaign trail

Theres no doubt that much of the 2008 US presidential election is going to be fought out on the Internet -- and specifically through online video. For example, Democrat potential candidate Barack Obama has a channel on Brightcove, along with Republican Sam Brownback, while others such as Chris Dodd Democrat...

Tags: video, YouTube Inc., voter

Blog posts 2007-01-30

Dare Junkies: Jackass meets YouTube

Dare Junkies, which will launch a public beta on Tuesday, combines the video sharing and social networking aspects of YouTube/MySpace, with the challenge-based formula of reality TV. Users submit challenges or dares, and those who choose to accept, respond by capturing their efforts on video. The top ten videos (as...

Tags: Dare Junkies, Social Networks, Video Sharing

Blog posts 2006-12-08

Additional Resources

Forrester fuels the SAP maintenance price hike debate

The last few days I've been exchanging email with R 'Ray' Wang, VP and principal analyst at Forrester about the kerfuffle over SAP's unilateral decision to apply a price hike to its maintenance and support fees. Ray specializes in the enterprise market and has special experience of SAP going back...

Tags: Customer, SAP AG, Forrester Research Inc., Ray, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Investment, Business Structures, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Antitrust suit against Apple, AT&T moves forward

A federal judge has ruled that an antitrust suit against Apple and A&T over exclusivity deals for the iPhone may move forward, Ars Technica reports. Apple and AT&T signed a five-year exclusive deal but only told consumers they would have to sign up for a two-year...

Tags: Antitrust, Consumer Protection, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Trying to increase productivity? Send your employees home.

Companies that give their workers the option of telecommuting are seeing greater productivity, lower costs, improved employee health and greater employee retention, according to a survey released today by the Computing Technology Industry Association. Case in point: I'm typing this from this from my own home office...

Tags: Phone, Telecommuting, Telecom & Utilities, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Google is your friend

I know there are those among us who lack my love for all things Google. Sure, it shows our kids ads, keeps track of the searches coming out of our buildings, displays naughty thumbnails that only the best of content filters can block, most kids don't look beyond the...

Tags: Google Inc., Web 2.0, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Samsung Rugby put to the extreme at the Renaissance Faire

While most of the phones I use now are higher end smartphones, there are also some very compelling feature phones out there that you may want to consider. A few weeks ago, AT&T and Samsung announced the ruggedized Rugby (a837) military-grade handset. My buddy Michael just posted a very entertaining...

Tags: Phone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., MicroSD, AT&T Corp., microSD Card, Video, Napster Mobile, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Online ad revenue strong first half of 2008: What about the second half?

Internet ad revenue surged in the first half of 2008, up 15.2 percent to $11.5 billion compared to a year ago, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Unfortunately, that duo left their crystal balls at home when it comes to the second half outlook. Simply...

Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Online Advertising, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-07