avc.com - 7/7/2009
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This week we saw the release of Chris Anderson's book Free and reviews from the New Yorker (Malcolm Gladwell) and the Financial Times . I'd like to talk a bit about the firestorm that freeconomics (fed by Chris' book) has unleashed but first we need to clarify something. The FT piece says: ...
scriptshadow.blogspot.com - 7/8/2009
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scriptshadow.blogspot.com —
No script link today. Sorry. :( Genre: Drama
Premise: A look at the rise of Facebook and...
the effect it's had on its founders. About: Aaron Sorkin was commissioned by Sony and producer Scott Rudin to write a movie about Facebook. Interestingly, ...
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The Social Network (Facebook Movie)
reuters.com - 7/6/2009
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reuters.com —
David Lawsky SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook will
likely be posting billions of dollars in revenue in...
five years, up from about $500 million this year, according to Silicon Valley entrepreneur Mark Andreessen who sits on Facebook's board. ...
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Facebook revenue to be billions in 5 years: board member
readwriteweb.com - 7/7/2009
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readwriteweb.com —
How fickle are kids these days? Just when
all the grown ups started figuring out Facebook ,...
college and high school users have declined in absolute number by 20% and 15% respectively in a mere six months, according to estimates Facebook provides to ...
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Facebook's Own Estimates Show Youth Flight From Site; ...
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Free: It Works, It Cries, It Bites
ReadWriteWeb —
... on TechDirt with an insightful post in which he attributes some of Gladwell's confusion to the way that Anderson wrote the book. Masnick says that the book does not provide enough details on the mechanics and applications of Free. (I haven't read the book, so I can't comment on that.) Fred Wilson joined the conversation with a sharply delivered post on Freemium and Freeconomics. He gives examples of the kinds of Free that actually work. ...
Weekly Wrapup: Tim Berners-Lee Interview, Google Chrome OS, Social Network Stats, And More...
ReadWriteWeb —
... on TechDirt with an insightful post in which he attributes some of Gladwell's confusion to the way that Anderson wrote the book. Masnick says that the book does not provide enough details on the mechanics and applications of Free. (I haven't read the book, so I can't comment on that.) Fred Wilson joined the conversation with a sharply delivered post on Freemium and Freeconomics. He gives examples of the kinds of Free that actually work. ...
Will Our Twitter Free Ride End or Will Targeted Advertising Subsidize Us?
Technology Liberation Front —
... Again, thank you VCs! But, like them, I do wonder when and how Twitter will bring in some cash. Is there a “freemium” model that could work? Perhaps. “Pro” or corporate accounts ...
Will Our Twitter Free Ride End or Will Targeted Advertising Subsidize Us?
The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog —
... Again, thank you VCs! But, like them, I do wonder when and how Twitter will bring in some cash. Is there a "freemium" model that could work? Perhaps. "Pro" or corporate accounts ...
Facebook’s Big Advertising Experiment Drives New Revenue
Inside Facebook —
... and investor-blogger Fred Wilson both said they’d heard revenue was growing even faster, to around $550 million. Both reported revenue being broken down along these lines: ...
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