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The Future of Social Media: The Walls Come Crumbling Down
wired.com - 6/13/2009
The Future of Social Media: The Walls Come Crumbling Down
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The social web trend is more or less complete. Oprah's gone Twitter, your co-worker has a MySpace problem, and if your parents aren't bugging you with Facebook movie quiz invites, they probably will be by the time you're done reading this. People are flocking to these sites in record numbers, ...
Against real-time: Facebook to sort of bring back the old site design
venturebeat.com - 6/12/2009
Against real-time: Facebook to sort of bring back the old site design
— venturebeat.com — Facebook is backing away from its March site redesign , a source tells me. The one that... has focused users’ homepages on a quickly updating “stream” of status updates — and was trying to take on microblogging service Twitter , ... (more) Against real-time: Facebook to sort of bring back the ...

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Hands Down, The Best Facebook Vanity URL
techcrunch.com - 6/13/2009
Hands Down, The Best Facebook Vanity URL
— techcrunch.com — As you no doubt heard last night, the whole Facebook vanity URL grab thing was big. Within... seven minutes of the service being available last night, 345,000 users grabbed one. Within 15 minutes, over a half million had, Facebook spokesperson Larry ... (more) Hands Down, The Best Facebook Vanity URL

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assetize.com - 6/12/2009
Assetize: Buy and sell Twitter, Gmail and other online accounts
— assetize.com — Recently Added Accounts Account Followers Amount Twitter Account ');" onmouseout="tooltip.hide();"> Twitter ryanklesko 2 Best Offer Bid Now... Twitter Account ');" onmouseout="tooltip.hide();"> Twitter jeffbagwell 0 Best Offer Bid Now Twitter Account ... (more) Assetize: Buy and sell Twitter, Gmail and other online ...

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WWD Weekend Reading List [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network — ... “Facebook usernames and the battle over your digital identity“ Dave Fleet: “Five Levels Of Social Media Responses“ Bella Buzz Blog: “Social Media and ‘The Flight Attendant Effect’” TIME: “How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live“ TheAppleBlog: “Value Shootout: White 13″ MacBook vs. Unibody 13″ MacBook Pro” Wired: “The Future of Social Media: The Walls Come Crumbling Down” ...

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