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If you’re in D.C. and looking for an event to attend this evening, you should definitely drop by TechCocktail. Tonight will be the 7th occurrence of TechCocktail DC, since it first started here back in March of 2007. While it’s now only 3 hours away, if you don’t have ...
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This morning Clearspring officially announced that they will soon deprecate the company’s Launchpad widget platform, integrating features directly into AddThis which will become Clearspring’s central platform. The shift makes a ton of sense, as the concept of ...
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Last week Social Times reported on the impact of the Twitter backchannel on dana boyd’s presentation at the Web 2.0 Expo. If you’re speaking to a tech or social media conference soon, you’re probably thinking how you can avoid getting roasted by the backchannel. Here are some tips: ...
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gWallet, one of the newest monetization services for social applications, announced a new round of funding today, which brings the total amount of funding raised to $12.5 million. The service is run by Gurbaksh Chahal, who previously sold two startups at the peak of the internet bubble ...
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It’s all too often that I see a new company unleash a new design and I immediately think to myself “What the hell they were thinking?” The page may look good from an aesthetic standpoint but when it comes to usability, it’s clear that the company could have ...
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The Ad Council unveiled their latest project last Thursday, My Ad Council , which essentially posts the organizations public service announcements in a single place. Conceptualized by New Media Strategies and JESS3 , the site was built to “encourage advertising agencies, media ...
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A Twitter backchannel caused quite the stir at the Web 2.0 Conference this week in New York. As Danah Boyd, social media researcher at Microsoft Research New England, spoke about “Streams of Content, Limited Attention: The Flow of Information through Social Media,” the crowd ...
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Offerpal is one of the primary targets of the recent complaints about aggressive offers on the social web. However following those criticisms, the company brought in a new CEO, and today is releasing a new set of advertising policies which holds the company “to the highest standard of ...
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As a journalist, former programmer and senior editor at Fast Company, Lynne D. Johnson is a social media maven. She was also a general manager for Vibe and Spin magazines with an award-winning blog. She’s been fusing technology, community and journalism since back in the days of online ...
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Every morning I wake up and click through my blackberry to see what messages I’ve received. For the most part, I don’t receive anything important between 2 AM and 8 AM but there are still large numbers of messages that I sift through. The most annoying of those messages are ...
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There have been rumors circulating over the past
month about Playfish, the second largest Facebook Platform developer,...
being acquired by Electronic Arts. This morning the news was confirmed via a press release stating that: EA has acquired ...
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Electronic Arts Acquires Playfish For Up To $400 Million
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Bebo Games has officially launched this week, with the company reporting successful numbers for developer and user interest. Bebo Games are offered through several partnerships with game developers, and the top-down approach taken by AOL-owned Bebo means a more uniform game experience for end ...
