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SMM » How 'follower spam' infiltrated Twitter — and how to stop it - socialmedia
Recently on PBS's MediaShift blog: Mark Glaser: How 'Follower Spam' Infiltrated Twitter — and How to Stop It. (Photo of Biz Stone.) Mark Glaser: Current TV's 'SuperNews' Comedy Gauges Success on Web Views. A Q&A with the animator behind SuperNews. (I blogged the parody of social networking sites back in … [Link]
SMM » Selling Ads on Your Twitter Background? You'll Love Magpie - readwriteweb
While Twitter has been less than forthcoming on how they plan to monetize their service, there is no shortage of ideas from third parties on ways to get paid for spending time with Twitter. From pay-to-tweet to selling off the real estate on your Twitter background, there are any number … [Link]
SMM » Errors By Bloggers Kill Credibility & Traffic, Study Finds - readwriteweb
Blogging is fast, informal and easy to do. Spelling, grammar and factual errors happen - but do they make a material impact on the success of a blogger? A small but interesting survey run by crowdsourced copy editing service GooseGrade concludes that they do. Approximately 200 respondents told GooseGrade that … [Link]
SMM » Buy My Second Book Today (And Save The World)
Ok, before I get into too much trouble - let me explain. Today is the release of a project that I am honored to be involved in, and you could arguably call my second book, though I am sharing author credit with 236 other authors I highly respect. The book … [Link]
SMM » 6 Reasons Virtual Events Are Getting So Popular
I just spent the day today at the Future of Social Media Conference in London. It was an event put on by a leading trade show group here in the UK responsible for what most consider the largest Internet trade show in the UK, Internet World which is held annually. … [Link]
SMM » Google Clarifies Its OpenID Implementation - readwriteweb
Update: We've been contacted by members of the OpenID community who argue that we've mischaracterized the controversy in this post. Additional complications not discussed here include the now-ceased process of whitelisting domains that could use Google OpenID. After we wrote about Google becoming an OpenID provider yesterday, a number of … [Link]
SMM » Lifestreaming Evolves with Storytlr - readwriteweb
Straight out of Belgium comes a really interesting life streaming service, yes another one, but this one brings a few unique and much needed features to the market. The service is called Storytlr (a play on story teller) and it allows members to create their own lifestreaming service at their … [Link]
SMM » Microsoft Updates Live Mesh: Worldwide Availability, Mac and Windows Mobile Clients - readwriteweb
Today, Microsoft will release a major update for Live Mesh, its consumer oriented cloud storage and synchronization service. Among these updates are more granular permissions for sharing folders, better support for large monitors during remote connections, and support for drag and drop between the online desktop and local devices. Live … [Link]
SMM » How to Use the New Google Web Search RSS Feeds - readwriteweb
Google's been the lone hold out among major search engines on RSS but the company quietly enabled feeds for web search results this week. The offering is pretty limited and frustrating, you have to go through Google Alerts to get an obscure RSS URL, but we offer a tutorial and … [Link]
SMM » Bid, buy and help nonprofits on eBay - socialmedia
eBay Giving Works from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Here's a 9-minute conversation I had earlier this month with Kristin Cunningham, general manager of eBay's Giving Works program, about how you can help nonprofits through your purchases on eBay (and how nonprofits can help themselves). Giving Works is about to celebrate … [Link]
SMM » AOL Redesigns and Opens Up a Little Bit More - readwriteweb
When Google radically changed its iGoogle homepage a little while ago, many of its users were up in arms about these changes. By updating its homepage today, AOL ran a similar risk, but instead of making radical changes to the design of the page, AOL managed to include a lot … [Link]
SMM » Google Releases Third Beta of Chrome: Better Security and Performance - readwriteweb
Google just released a new beta version of Chrome, Google's first web browser, which addresses a number of issues we had noticed in earlier releases. Besides improving the performance and stability of a number of plugins, including Flash, Sliverlight, and Quicktime, as well as fixing some security issues, Google also … [Link]
SMM » Read It Later Comes To Google Reader - readwriteweb
Popular Firefox addon Read It Later has just introduced an updated version of their plugin which adds new functionality to Google Reader. With the new extension, which now works in both Firefox and IE, you can now get through your RSS feeds faster by checking off the items you want … [Link]
SMM » LinkedIn, Stop Hiding People Behind Links - readwriteweb
Last week LinkedIn announced an additional infusion of capital from strategic investors. The company has been around since 2003 and Bernard Lunn recently wrote an in-depth analysis of the LinkedIn business here on ReadWriteWeb. Most of us use LinkedIn a few times a week, yet almost no one is emotionally … [Link]
SMM » A social network for those researching journalism - socialmedia
UK educator Paul Bradshaw writes: I’ve created a social network for anyone researching news and journalism. It’s at http://onlinejournalismresearch.nin~ It’s an attempt to provide a way for journalism students and academics to get in touch with others researching the same area, exchange ideas and tips, and ask for help on … [Link]
SMM » Hulu: Ugly Duckling No More - readwriteweb
It's hard to believe that it's been a year since Hulu - the joint online video venture between NBC Universal and News Corp. - began streaming content. Its initial reception, after months of anticipation and a good helping of ridicule, was less than warm. Old media companies trying to take … [Link]
SMM » The New Stack: SaaS, Cloud Computing, Core Technology - readwriteweb
During the PC era, the technology stack was controlled by Microsoft Windows and Wintel - the "Wintel" era. We are now entering a new era, called variously 'Cloud' or 'SaaS' or 'Enterprise 2.0'. In this era everything is different - the stack, the players and the potential for value creation. … [Link]
SMM » Win a Free Ticket to NewTeeVee Live - readwriteweb
Our friends at Gigaom are running the second annual NewTeeVee Live conference in San Francisco on November 13, 2008. It's an event focused on the online video arena and we have one free ticket to giveaway. To be in to win, all you need to do is leave a comment … [Link]
SMM » Highlights from BlogWell - socialmedia
I enjoyed word-of-mouth marketing firm GasPedal's BlogWell program yesterday afternoon in San Jose. The focus was: "How big companies use social media: 8 great case studies on the best social media programs at large corporations." I attended, wearing my social media in the enterprise consulting hat, to get a feel … [Link]
SMM » Flickr: Public vs. Private Around the World, A Map - readwriteweb
Guess which US state has Flickr users most likely to post their photos with privacy restrictions turned on? Utah. Think you can guess relative emphasis put on privacy by Flickr users in South America vs. South East Asia? How about Hawaii vs. Alaska? (That one might surprise you!) I'm here … [Link]
SMM » Google is Now an OpenID Provider - readwriteweb
This is turning out to be quite a good week for OpenID, an increasingly popular mechanism for creating and managing a single identity across the Internet. On Monday, Microsoft announced that it would give every Windows Live user an OpenID account, and today, Google announced a very similar plan. Google … [Link]
SMM » Featured Hire: Sam Whitmore on IDG's Loss is Sega's Gain - readwriteweb
One of our first posts on the new RWW Jobwire site was about the hiring of Kellie Parker as the new community manager for gaming company Sega. Jobwire guest editor Sam Whitmore chose Parker's story as our first Featured Hire because of its significance to her former employer, tech publisher … [Link]
SMM » Five Ways to Keep Your Momentum After A Big Announcement - readwriteweb
Congratulations! You made a big announcement and got great reviews, feedback and an influx of people to your website. Yesterday. Today, any number of other organizations and individuals are having the same experience and except for (hopefully) a long tail of residual late bloomers stumbling through your door - you … [Link]
SMM » SearchWiki: Google Experiments With Customizable Search Results - readwriteweb
Last week, we highlighted Microsoft Research's URank, an experimental search engine interface that allows users to rearrange their search results from Live.com. Now, Garett Rogers reports that Google is slowly releasing a very similar product called SearchWiki, which will allow users to modify their search results in Google Search. Judging … [Link]
SMM » Seven Must-Have Offline Apps For Your iPhone/iPod Touch - readwriteweb
If you have an iPod Touch, then you know the benefit of finding apps that work offline. But some iPhone owners, too, need offline access from time-to-time. Maybe you spend your commute in an underground subway or perhaps your office building has shoddy cell coverage, or maybe you just want … [Link]
SMM » Six Must-Have Offline Apps For Your iPhone/iPod Touch - readwriteweb
If you have an iPod Touch, then you know the benefit of finding apps that work offline. But some iPhone owners, too, need offline access from time-to-time. Maybe you spend your commute in an underground subway or perhaps your office building has shoddy cell coverage, or maybe you just want … [Link]
SMM » Buy My Second Book Today (And Save The World) - rohitbhargava.typepad
Ok, before I get into too much trouble - let me explain. Today is the release of a project that I am honored to be involved in, and you could arguably call my second book, though I am sharing author credit with 236 other authors I highly respect. The book … [Link]
SMM » links for 2008-10-29 - micropersuasion
Announcing the Movie Reviews API - Open - Code - New York Times Blog (tags: API media newyorktimes movies) Announcing a Major New ReadWriteWeb Project: The Jobwire - ReadWriteWeb Just what we need today - good news about people hired, not fired. (tags: careers) The Monitor Ends Daily Print Edition … [Link]
SMM » Yahoo! Opens Y!OS to Developers - readwriteweb
In spite of - or perhaps due to - its ongoing trials and tribulations, Yahoo! has done an admirable job of remaining on track with plans to open its platform to the developer community - plans that could mean the survival of a company that is among the old guard … [Link]
SMM » At Digital Hollywood: the evolving media ecosystem - socialmedia
Spoke Monday at Digital Hollywood at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica, then returned late last night, so missing the next three days of panels and speeches. (Try typing Loews into your iPhone, and it keeps miscorrecting it to Loess. Weird bug.) The topic of our 80-minute panel was "Personalized … [Link]
SMM » LinkedIn Applications: Your Resume Just Got More Dynamic - readwriteweb
LinkedIn has always served a very specific purpose in the business community: helping you find a new job. That utility came in a variety of flavors: posting your resume, looking through job listings, answering questions in hopes of highlighting your intellect, or getting in touch with former co-workers in hopes … [Link]
SMM » Who is Not Afraid of the SaaS Wolf? - readwriteweb
Recently we noted that some large enterprise software companies were calling SaaS a fad that would soon pass away. We theorized that they were doing this not because they actually believed it, but because SaaS is a fundamental threat to the old way of doing business that they dominate. In … [Link]
SMM » Google Announces Labs for Google Apps - readwriteweb
Lately, Google has rolled out new features for its experimental Google Labs functionality in Gmail at a rapid pace. Today, Google announced a similar product that will bring experimental features to enterprise and small business customers: Labs for Google Apps. These apps are built on top of the Google App … [Link]
SMM » Can Google and Yahoo! Respect Human Rights Internationally? - readwriteweb
We've long been critical of concessions that the big web companies make to authoritarian governments around the world, but today Google, Yahoo and others announced that they're going to do something about it. Some time tomorrow a new website will launch at www.globalnetworkinitiative.org where we'll be able to see the … [Link]
SMM » Put The Social Web In Context With Glue's New Browser Plugin - readwriteweb
Do you like to know what sort of music, movies, books, and other things your friends like? If so, you have a couple of options for following your friends' interests on the web today. You can either join a social network dedicated to sharing this information (think Goodreads, Flixster, Last.fm) … [Link]
SMM » 6 Reasons Virtual Events Are Getting So Popular - rohitbhargava.typepad
I just spent the day today at the Future of Social Media Conference in London. It was an event put on by a leading trade show group here in the UK responsible for what most consider the largest Internet trade show in the UK, Internet World which is held annually. … [Link]
SMM » Announcing a Major New ReadWriteWeb Project: The Jobwire - readwriteweb
We're excited to introduce today the launch of a new content channel here at ReadWriteWeb. It's called the ReadWriteWeb Jobwire and it's a site dedicated to reporting on people who have been hired for new jobs in tech, new media and related companies. We've been working on it for months, … [Link]
SMM » The End of Snippet View: Google Settles Lawsuit with Book Publishers - readwriteweb
Google today announced that it has reached a deal with book publishers to settle two copyright lawsuits over potential copyright violations in its Google Book Search product. This $125 million settlement, which still needs approval from a U.S. district court, will be used to establish a Book Rights Registry that … [Link]
SMM » Microsoft Office Comes to the Browser (Finally) - readwriteweb
Microsoft announced this morning at its PDC conference that the next release of Microsoft Office will include browser-based versions of some of its main office software products - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. These will be "lightweight versions", but Microsoft told us yesterday that they'll still have rich functionality and … [Link]
SMM » Zimbra Heads Into the Cloud - readwriteweb
Given yesterday's cloud computing announcements from Microsoft, it only seems reasonable for Yahoo to make at least some announcements about cloud computing as well. Today, Yahoo announced that it will offer the Zimbra collaboration suite as a hosted solution for educational institutions. According to Yahoo, over 400 schools are already … [Link]
SMM » New Media Is Only New If You’re Old - searchengineland
I recently had the dubious honour of being told that I looked a lot younger than one of my closest friends, who was in the same year as me at school. It’s a dubious honour because no matter how well I may be fighting off the wrinkles and laughter lines … [Link]
SMM » links for 2008-10-28 - micropersuasion
Snack Size Communication: Texting on the Rise | PSFK - Trends, Ideas & Inspiration "Recent data from Nielsen indicates that “snack-size” communication is becoming the new default mode for many people. They report that as of Q2 of 2008, Americans are sending or receiving more text messages than phone calls." … [Link]
SMM » 'Twitter terrorists' - socialmedia
Federation of American Scientists: Army Intelligence on the Twitter Threat. Could terrorists use Twitter, the instant messaging and micro-blogging service? Presumably so, just as they could use credit cards and can openers. The potential use of Twitter and other communications technologies by terrorists is considered in a new draft Army … [Link]
SMM » Google Labs Adds More Gmail Goodness: Gadgets for Calendar, Docs - readwriteweb
If you use Google's apps, you likely find yourself spending an inordinate amount of time in Gmail. And with good reason. Gmail is where the majority of the activity is happening, so it tends to be where you live. That said, you're likely still interested in keeping tabs on your … [Link]
SMM » Google Reader Adds Attention Statistics - micropersuasion
Google Reader added some additional per feed statistics that help you measure where your attention goes. If you click on details for each feed Google tells you the number of subscribers, posts per week and the update time. These were there before. However, they now also offer a chart that … [Link]
SMM » Microsoft Azure Aims to Re-define the OS - readwriteweb
I'm at the Microsoft PDC in Los Angeles, where I was among a small group of bloggers and analysts who had a roundtable today with Microsoft executives Ray Ozzie (Chief Software Architect), Bob Muglia (Senior Vice President of the Server and Tools Business) and Amitabh Srivastava (Corporate Vice President, Cloud … [Link]
SMM » Microsoft Windows Live Supports OpenID - readwriteweb
OpenID - the "free and easy way to use a single digital identity across the Internet" - has rapidly gained traction as a login credential for Web 2.0 apps and sites. Its adoption by more mainstream technology properties, however, has occurred at a slower rate. But all of that could … [Link]
SMM » Vanno Brings Digg-Style Voting to Company Reputations (500 Invites) - readwriteweb
We have surely seen our fair share of Digg-style social news sites over the last few years. The latest entrant into this market is Vanno, which puts an interesting and novel spin onto the social news experience. Unlike other social news sites, Vanno's focus is exclusively on news stories about … [Link]
SMM » Online Image Editing Suite Aviary Comes Out of Private Beta (Discount for RWW Readers) - readwriteweb
Aviary, an impressive suite of online image editing tools, just launched after an extensive private beta test. The suite consists of the Phoenix image editor, the Peacock image laboratory, which allows you to create very nifty special effects through a Yahoo Pipes-like interface, and the Toucan color management application. Subscribers … [Link]
SMM » B2B Marketers Struggle With Social Media - feeds.feedburner
Business-to-business marketers’ interest in social media continues to grow according to a new study from Forrester Research, but they still struggle with how to measure it. MediaPost reported on the Forrester survey of 189 marketing professionals in seven different industries which showed that less than 31% of survey respondents use … [Link]
SMM » Memiary: Save Your Life From the Oblivion of Forgetfulness - readwriteweb
I don't remember what I did last Monday, do you? I'd have to think pretty hard to remember what I did even on my last birthday, and that was only two weeks ago. That's depressing. Enter Memiary, a startlingly simple diary service that prompts you to enter up to five … [Link]
SMM » Social Media Now Mainstream - feeds.feedburner
New research from Forrester shows that 75% of Internet users now participate in some form of social networking, up from 56% in 2007. The number of people starting a social network profile increased 39% over 2007. According to Adweek, the Forrester Research showed found large growth in participation among those … [Link]
SMM » Google Earth Comes to the iPhone - readwriteweb
Google just released an iPhone version (iTunes link) of its popular Google Earth desktop mapping application. We have seen a wide range of interesting iPhone applications lately, but few have been as impressive as Google Earth on the iPhone. Google has taken the basics of the Google Earth interface and … [Link]
SMM » Ray Ozzie Announces Windows Azure - "Windows in the Cloud" - readwriteweb
Ray Ozzie opened the Microsoft PDC '08 this morning with a keynote speech. In it he announced Windows Azure, Microsoft's "Windows in the cloud". It is a new service based operating environment. He described it as a massive highly scalable service platform. What is being released today is just a … [Link]
SMM » Some of The Smartest Companies on The Internet Sponsor ReadWriteWeb - readwriteweb
Here at ReadWriteWeb, we work hard to provide you with the smartest Internet news and reviews each and every day. The sponsors that give us the opportunity to spend our time writing are companies that appreciate the thoughtfulness of the whole community here, including our readers. Once a week we … [Link]
SMM » Go Virtual Window Shopping at Amazon's New Windowshop.com - readwriteweb
Amazon's Windowshop.com is a new site introduced late last week which allows you to virtually browse through the best-selling Amazon.com products in various categories. You can scroll through the content and zoom in and out on product previews in a style that very much reminds of how the Cooliris browser … [Link]
SMM » Join Us In the Pepsi Cooler on Friendfeed - micropersuasion
The web is a magnificent communication platform. It's efficient, effective and scalable. However, now that the social web is here, it's become even more. The web is now a platform for global collaboration between brands and their stakeholders. Over the last several months I have been working closely with a … [Link]
SMM » links for 2008-10-27 - micropersuasion
Drilling Down - Perhaps iPods Aren’t Replacing Radio - NYTimes.com "Paragon Media Strategies, reports that 14- to 24-year-olds mostly say their radio listening has increased over the last year or two, while they said the opposite last year." (tags: teens Stats Radio iPod) PingWi-Fi — Full Bodied, Yet Unpretentious New … [Link]
SMM » Qik Teases BlackBerry Users with Alpha for Pearl and Bold - readwriteweb
Qik, the service that turns mobile phones into handheld streaming video cameras, is pushing to make mobile streaming video accessible to the masses - no matter what handset they're carrying. Earlier this month, Qik announced that it had added support for consumer-focused phones - generally falling outside the "smart phone" … [Link]
SMM » RWW Predictions: Facebook Music Coming Soon? - readwriteweb
Last month we witnessed Myspace launch its long awaited Myspace Music service. Users of Myspace can now assemble playlists from a vast collection of music from four major labels and one independent distributor. Users can also stream these songs for free or purchase them free of DRM restrictions thanks to … [Link]
SMM » Mahalo Launches Incentive Program to Spur Use - micropersuasion
Mahalo, a hybrid web directory/zeitgeist/search engine with wiki capabilities, has quietly added a Loyalty Program that tracks the number of pages people view and rewards the most loyal visitors with prizes. The site, which was founded by Jason Calacanis, has been in the news lately because it laid off 10% … [Link]
SMM » Graph Your Tweets with Twitter Charts - micropersuasion
Over the last year or so I have become addicted to data visualization and mashup tools. Every day it seems like there's a new one to explore. My current favorite remains PageAddict. Using the Firefox plug-in I have been able to reduce my time on social networks and increase my … [Link]
SMM » Suggestion For John McCain - readwriteweb
Hey, none of McCain's other messages seem to be closing the gap. They might as well try this one. Besides, the new iGoogle interface seems to be an issue that really motivates potential voters. And it's not like there aren't worse reasons to vote against someone. Sponsor More Noise to … [Link]
SMM » Find More Local Users to IM with GTalk Profile - readwriteweb
Google Talk is an instant messaging client by Google with a small but devoted following of users. Just about anyone within the social media and tech realm could tell you great things about Google Talk and a lot of popular services support the use of Google Talk as a Jabber … [Link]
SMM » MySpace Profile 2.0 Takes Visual Cues From Facebook - readwriteweb
Earlier this month we asked if Facebook was becoming more like MySpace. We noted that there were new apps cropping up that were making Facebook look a lot more like MySpace. MySpace has started to open up alpha testing for its Profile 2.0 service. We caught a sneak peek and … [Link]
SMM » P2P Downloading Comes to the iPhone with MewSeek - readwriteweb
The iPhone is one of the few phones that can offer its owners a lot of flexibility and features. With the App Store, iPhone owners have numerous applications at their disposal to get just about any job done. However, developers that can't get their apps into the App Store usually … [Link]
SMM » Africans and Their Mobiles, Part 2: Using Mobile Phones For Social Good - readwriteweb
This post is the second in a two-part series based on: 1) the African mobile marketplace and how Africans utilize their mobile phones; and 2) how organizations are using social marketing to reach this highly mobile population for social change. The series is based on a conversation I had with … [Link]
SMM » links for 2008-10-24
Social Networks Twitter, Tagged & Ning Post Highest Year-over-Year Growth "Twitter.com, Tagged.com and Ning, which racked up 343%, 330% and 251% year-over-year audience growth respectively, were the fastest-growing US online social networking sites as ranked in September, according to rankings from Nielsen Online." (tags: nielsen Stats SocialNetworking twitter ning 2008) … [Link]
SMM » How to Ride the Recession the Steve Jobs Way
Steve Jobs for Fortune Magazine by Tsevis Though he's got plenty of flaws, Steve Jobs is one of my heroes. How could you not admire someone who beat cancer, helped spawn the personal computer revolution, reinvent mobile phones, not to mention nursed Apple back to health? With the iPhone red … [Link]
SMM » links for 2008-10-23
MediaPost Publications - Study: Teens Join Boomers In Searching Health Issues Online - 10/22/2008 "a study that shows that over 50% of young people ages 13-24 are accessing health and wellness information on the Internet." (tags: Health Search Stats GenZ teens) [Link]
SMM » Blogging Journalists Tuned In, Survey Finds
Blogs.com reports on a survey of blogging journalists… Blogging journalists get "story leads from comments on the blog or through private communication initiated via the blog," have "a clearer perception of audience needs and interests as a result of comments and visitor statistics" and find that "the previous process of … [Link]
SMM » I've Seen the Future of News, It's the Newsfeed
In the last week or so I talked about three trends: 1) social media is speeding up, 2) that the attention crash (and not just the financial crash) is being felt by more of us and 3) that the newsfeed - more so than RSS - is the future of … [Link]
SMM » links for 2008-10-22
Tombstone Generator An old favorite of mine. Create a custom tombstone. Great for PowerPoints! Happy Haloween! (tags: fun Tools Photography haloween) Email Marketing Better than Social Network Marketing Interesting study but note who funded it and what their motivation might be. (tags: Email SocialNetworking Marketing Stats research) World Map of … [Link]
SMM » BrightKite iPhone App Goes Live (Finally) - readwriteweb
Brightkite is one of the hottest mobile social networks on the scene. With a vast array of offerings and an active network of users to boot, you're bound to find someone near you or something new to check out. Recently this promising mobile social network released an official iPhone app … [Link]
SMM » Moderate WordPress Comments From Your Desktop With Moderator - readwriteweb
It's been a while since we've had a good Adobe AIR app cross our paths. Today we ran into one that will be a great addition to any WordPress user's collection of apps and tools. If you're tired of the old routine of constantly logging in and out of your … [Link]
SMM » Weekly Wrapup: Platform Blues, Web 3.0, Android Apps, And More… - readwriteweb
It's time for our weekly summary of Web Technology news, products and trends. On the trends side this week, we analyzed why platforms such as Facebook and Open Social have been a let-down, we looked at a new (perhaps under-appreciated) platform from AOL, reported on the latest 'web 3.0' moves … [Link]
SMM » Winners of Excellence in New Communications Awards - socialmedia
The Fellows of the Society for New Communications Research (disclosure: I'm one of them) have announced their choices for the Visionary of the Year, Innovator of the Year and Brand of the Year as part of the SNCR Excellence in New Communications Awards program. The winners are: Charlene Li and … [Link]
SMM » Africans and Their Mobiles, Part 1: Numbers and Usage Patterns - readwriteweb
This post is the first in a two-part series about 1) the African mobile marketplace and how Africans utilize their mobile phones; and 2) how organizations are using social marketing to reach this highly mobile population for social change. The series is based on a conversation I had with Gustav … [Link]
SMM » Questions For The Digital Music Business and The Rise of Band Blogs - readwriteweb
Looking back at the SanFran MusicTech Summit earlier this week, a few notable moments stand out that reflect on the state of the digital music business and how a new crop of startups may shape its future. Perhaps the greatest challenges to companies like MySpace Music and Facebook may not … [Link]
SMM » The Guardian Gives Readers the Whole Story via RSS - readwriteweb
For many of us, our RSS reader - regardless of the particular flavor you prefer - serves as the hub of our daily information consumption, providing a steady stream of news on what's happening in the world. But when it comes to newspaper feeds, that ease of reading "everything in … [Link]
SMM » OMG I Cost Obama the Election - readwriteweb
I don't like to talk about politics too much here on the blog. Oh who am I kidding, I do too. Even if I didn't though this new website from MoveOn would be worth a post because it is hilarious. In a frightening vision of the future, it appears that … [Link]
SMM » Meebo Talks Monetization: Introduces Ads from VideoEgg - readwriteweb
A few months ago, we wrote about Meebo's attempts at monetizing its service through advertising. At that time, Meebo was looking into interactive ads like quizzes and polls, as well as long-form video. Today, Meebo's CEO and co-founder Seth Sternberg wrote a bit more about the company's experience in bringing … [Link]
SMM » Study: Influencers are Alive and Well on Social Media Sites - readwriteweb
The fact that 10% of users create 90% of user-generated content on any given social media site has become a standard trope in discussions around social media. Because of this gap between mainstream users and the enthusiasts who contribute frequently and tend to dominate the discussion, many companies have decided … [Link]
SMM » MySpace Finally Supports Mobile Photo Uploads - readwriteweb
Short of using a specialized application (or phone) of some sort, users of the social networking service MySpace did not have a way to easily upload photos from their mobile phones directly to their profiles until now. According to a recent entry on the MySpace blog, mobile photo uploads are … [Link]
SMM » links for 2008-10-24 - micropersuasion
Social Networks Twitter, Tagged & Ning Post Highest Year-over-Year Growth "Twitter.com, Tagged.com and Ning, which racked up 343%, 330% and 251% year-over-year audience growth respectively, were the fastest-growing US online social networking sites as ranked in September, according to rankings from Nielsen Online." (tags: nielsen Stats SocialNetworking twitter ning 2008) … [Link]
SMM » Using social media for good causes - socialmedia
Chris Pirillo: Using social media for good causes, with Beth Kanter at Gnomedex. [Link]
SMM » Email Still Matters: WordPress.com Tests Reply Via Email - readwriteweb
Despite the competition and rumors of its demise, email remains a very prevalent part of our daily lives. (That's one reason why Google continues to pour effort into Gmail.) Yet even with its familiarity, we're still discovering new ways we can use email to control other applications and perform simple … [Link]
SMM » Social media news roundup - socialmedia
Social media news roundup: CMS Wire: Where Content Management Meets Social Media. Excerpt: Gilbane announced that the Gilbane Boston 2008 Conference will focus on exploring the intersection between social media and content management. With social media and social networking forecasted by Gartner to be some of the hottest strategic trends … [Link]
SMM » OpenSocial Foundation Announces Elections for Community Directors - readwriteweb
The OpenSocial Foundation has announced elections for its Board of Directors, the governing body that helps the non-profit organization "sustain the free and open development of OpenSocial specifications." Thirteen candidates have been nominated to fill two "Community Director" Board seats. Among the nominees are several familiar names including Chris Messina, … [Link]
SMM » How Technology Can Improve The U.S. Health Care System - readwriteweb
"The United States is far behind other countries when it comes to health care," Deb Levine (Founder, ISIS), told the audience this week at the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, CA. "One of the United Nations development mandates is to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as much as … [Link]
SMM » Gmail Gets Graphic: When 
just won't cut it - readwriteweb
Remember the charge of Google co-founder Sergey Brin from a few years back, "Features not products"? Clearly, the Gmail team was listening. Following closely on the heels of Google Labs releases like Mail Goggles and Canned Responses, the Gmail team has announced another feature, and it's sure to make you … [Link]
SMM » Ariana Huffington Shares 4 Secrets Of Creating A Successful Blog
Yesterday at the MarketingProfs event, Ariana Huffington took the stage for a keynote presentation sharing some lessons she has learned about building a successful blog network with the Huffington Post. Though she definitely ignored my advice to speakers about spending some time at an event to get to know the … [Link]
SMM » Sizing up Social Capital Markets - socialmedia
Sizing up Social Capital Markets from JD Lasica on Vimeo. I conducted a half-dozen interviews at Social Capital Markets conference in San Francisco last week. Here are two more. Jennifer Carter-Scott, former Global Communications Director at Bonnventures, assesses SoCap08 at its conclusion last week. In this 3-minute clip she discusses … [Link]
SMM » Speed Dating on the Oregon Trail: Facebook App Becomes a Dating Service - readwriteweb
Imagine that one day you are playing a game on a social networking site and the next day you discover that this game has been replaced by a video speed dating application. That is exactly what is going to happen to those who have been playing the Oregon Trail game … [Link]
SMM » What We Use: A Tour of RWW Desktops (Mac & PC) - readwriteweb
It's all about the web apps these days, right? Everything important's in the clouds? Not so fast! Spend some time separated from your physical computer and you'll likely be reminded just how much time and care you've put into setting it up like you want it. Even in this era … [Link]
SMM » Yahoo's Inquisitor Makes Your Browser's Search Box Smarter - readwriteweb
While separate search boxes have long been a standard feature of every major browser (except for Chrome), their functionality and intelligence has not gone much beyond autocompleting searches. Yahoo is trying to change this with its Inqisitor plugin for Safari, Firefox, and Internet Explorer. This plugin not only autocompletes your … [Link]
SMM » Erin on the 2008 election - socialmedia
Erin on the candidates from JD Lasica on Vimeo. As part of our ongoing series on the 2008 election, here's a 2-minute conversation with Erin, a participant in last week's Social Capital Markets conference. She'll be voting in her second presidential election on Nov. 4. She discusses the turmoil in … [Link]
SMM » Cruz: A Smart, Multi-Pane Browser - readwriteweb
Think you've found the best browser to surf the web with? You may be selling yourself short. Mac users with Leopard should check out the latest entrant into the browser world, Cruz. Cruz lets you easily set up multiple panes in your browser, with sophisticated controls. That's just one of … [Link]
SMM » Ariana Huffington Shares 4 Secrets Of Creating A Successful Blog - rohitbhargava.typepad
Yesterday at the MarketingProfs event, Ariana Huffington took the stage for a keynote presentation sharing some lessons she has learned about building a successful blog network with the Huffington Post. Though she definitely ignored my advice to speakers about spending some time at an event to get to know the … [Link]
SMM » Amazon's EC2 Comes Out Of Beta - Now Supports Windows - readwriteweb
Just one day after Rackspace announced its challenger to Amazon's suite of cloud computing services, Amazon announced that it is taking its EC2 cloud computing service out of beta and that EC2 will now feature support for Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft SQL Server. Until today, EC2 only supported a … [Link]
SMM » Three Places To Shop For Android Apps? How Confusing! - readwriteweb
Yesterday, T-Mobile stocked their stores with G1 handset, the first smartphone to feature Google's mobile operating system "Android." Along with the device itself, the Google Android Market also went live. There, developers are offering a number of applications for installation on the new phone. However, the Android Market isn't the … [Link]
SMM » Students Competing For Slots At Elite Colleges Resorting To "Facebook Sabotage" - readwriteweb
Students competing to get into the nation's most elite colleges and universities have begun to use sneaky, under-handed tactics involving Facebook, according to a new report from the Chicago Tribune. Via anonymous letters mailed to college admission offices, applicants suggest to admission officers that they check out the photos on … [Link]
SMM » Socialcast: Gritty Yammer Alternative - readwriteweb
Yes there are profitable, self-funded SaaS product companies out there. They're the ones we're celebrating in our Gritty Entrepreneur series. To that end, we recently interviewed Timothy Young, CEO of Socialcast, which is in the "enterprise social messaging" market - otherwise known as enterprise microblogging. The consumer champions are Twitter … [Link]
SMM » How to Ride the Recession the Steve Jobs Way - micropersuasion
Steve Jobs for Fortune Magazine by Tsevis Though he's got plenty of flaws, Steve Jobs is one of my heroes. How could you not admire someone who beat cancer, helped spawn the personal computer revolution, reinvent mobile phones, not to mention nursed Apple back to health? With the iPhone red … [Link]
SMM » links for 2008-10-23 - micropersuasion
MediaPost Publications - Study: Teens Join Boomers In Searching Health Issues Online - 10/22/2008 "a study that shows that over 50% of young people ages 13-24 are accessing health and wellness information on the Internet." (tags: Health Search Stats GenZ teens) [Link]
SMM » Building your brand through social tools - socialmedia
Ayelet Noff at Blonde 2.0: Building Your Brand Through Social Tools. Megan O'Neill at Blonde 2.0: Top 10 Tips for Social Networking Success. [Link]
SMM » Health 2.0: Rules of Engagement - readwriteweb
In the middle of one of the worst economic crises experienced by the US, Health 2.0 Advisor Jane Sarasohn-Kahn confirmed today that US citizens are not as focused on heath care as they were a year ago. "Twelve months ago," Jane Sarasohn-Kahn said, "the most important things on American voters' … [Link]
SMM » Blogwell: A Blog Conference Worth Attending
It is a commonly known fact that CEOs often call one another for advice. In the world at the top, sometimes the only person that can really understand you is someone in the same situation. It's why the happily married tennis stars are married to other tennis stars, for example. … [Link]
SMM » Why Only Stupid Marketers Use Age As A Demographic
Sometimes I can't resist a post that will result in a few irate responses. This is likely going to be one of them. It is essentially about my distaste for something that I have seen far too many marketers blindly rely on … age statistics. Just about every web site … [Link]
SMM » LinkedIn: $75.7 Million in Series D with Follow-on - readwriteweb
LinkedIn, a social networking juggernaut by anyone's standards and one of the few successful social sites targeted at business users, announced today that the company had secured an additional $22.7 million in Series D funding. The investment brings its grand total for Series D to $75.7 million. During these uncertain … [Link]
SMM » Report: Social Web Usage Tipped in 2008 - readwriteweb
A new report by Josh Bernoff of Forrester Research states that usage of social technologies increased markedly in 2008: three in four US online adults now use social tools to connect with each, up from 56% in 2007. According to the report, the largest growth came from ratings and reviews, … [Link]
SMM » Why Platforms Are Letting Us Down - And What They Should Do About It - readwriteweb
In good times everyone wants to be a platform. But when times are bad and platforms are just an expense, the resources suddenly shift away. The recent re-design of Facebook, the slow down of Google's Open Social, and Flock closing its extension site - these are all part of the … [Link]
SMM » Pelotonics Integrates Evernote into Project Management - readwriteweb
Three weeks ago we wrote about the release of the new Application Programming Interface (API) of sophisticated note taking system Evernote. We said we were excited to see what outside developers were going to do with it. Today we saw our first Evernote integration and it is awesome. Group collaboration … [Link]
SMM » Health 2.0 and The New Economics of Aggregation - readwriteweb
Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations, considers Health 2.0 to be the new economics of aggregation - both information and people. Speaking to a standing-room-only audience at the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco this morning, Shirky explained that in going forward, we … [Link]
SMM » OpenID Day Coming Soon for MySpace - readwriteweb
This summer MySpace announced that it would implement OpenID and a number of new user data hooks for developers to build mashups with. That announcement was made in July and there's been no MySpace OpenID seen in the wild…until now. As pointed out by intrepid explorer of the interwebs Chris … [Link]
SMM » Rumor: Imeem Laying Off Staff and Looking for an Exit (Updated) - readwriteweb
According to PaidContent, Imeem, one of our favorite streaming music services, is starting to feel the pressure of the economic downturn and is planning to lay off a quarter of its workforce. According to this report, Imeem is also looking for a potential candidate to buy the company. Imeem is … [Link]
SMM » Utterli Launches Free Group SMS via Facebook, Bebo - readwriteweb
In the US, sending SMS messages can get spendy. In the rest of the world, however, texting costs can be downright oppressive. As such, finding cheaper ways to send SMS messages has a broad appeal - especially with the younger, and often cash-strapped, set. With the release of Utterli Free … [Link]
SMM » Bill Gates Has Started a New Company, bgC3 - readwriteweb
Bill Gates has started a mysterious new company, called bgC3, possibly to be focused on creating catalyst business ideas to spin off to Microsoft, the Gates Foundation or elsewhere. Little is known about the company, which doesn't appear to have a public web page, but a fair number of details … [Link]
SMM » Caspio: Gritty and Profitable In a Tough Market - readwriteweb
As part of our Gritty Entrepreneurs series, we interviewed Frank Zamani, Founder/CEO of Caspio. Their pitch is "no more programming for custom web applications". That is a tough market, which we will explore in this post. But Caspio is bootstrapped, profitable and can point to some real case studies. So … [Link]
SMM » Blogging Journalists Tuned In, Survey Finds - micropersuasion
Blogs.com reports on a survey of blogging journalists… Blogging journalists get "story leads from comments on the blog or through private communication initiated via the blog," have "a clearer perception of audience needs and interests as a result of comments and visitor statistics" and find that "the previous process of … [Link]
SMM » I've Seen the Future of News, It's the Newsfeed - micropersuasion
In the last week or so I talked about three trends: 1) social media is speeding up, 2) that the attention crash (and not just the financial crash) is being felt by more of us and 3) that the newsfeed - more so than RSS - is the future of … [Link]
SMM » Rackspace Acquires Slicehost and JungleDisk: Challenges Amazon's Cloud Computing Services - readwriteweb
Rackspace, one of the world's largest hosting providers, announced two major acquisitions today: SliceHost and JungleDisk. Slicehost is a popular cloud computing and hosting provider with about 15,000 users, while JungleDisk is one of our favorite online backup services. JungleDisk used to rely on Amazon's S3 storage solution, but it … [Link]
SMM » Audio Indexing: EveryZing's New Video Player Points Towards the Future of Online Video - readwriteweb
While online video is a great tool, automatically indexing these videos and making them searchable is still a very hard task. EveryZing, a Massachusetts-based company that focuses on media indexing through speech-to-text and natural language processing, released a new version of its media player today that allows users to search … [Link]
SMM » Google Launches U.S. Voter Info Site - readwriteweb
With the upcoming U.S. elections only 12 days away, Google has released a new web site to help simply and centralize information about voting locations and voter registration. According to a blog post about the new U.S. Voter Info site, Google found it hard to believe that in 2008, this … [Link]
SMM » links for 2008-10-22 - micropersuasion
Tombstone Generator An old favorite of mine. Create a custom tombstone. Great for PowerPoints! Happy Haloween! (tags: fun Tools Photography haloween) Email Marketing Better than Social Network Marketing Interesting study but note who funded it and what their motivation might be. (tags: Email SocialNetworking Marketing Stats research) World Map of … [Link]
SMM » Adobe's Ichabod and The Headless Search of Flash - readwriteweb
While Adobe Flash has remained popular with Web developers who want to deliver fluid user interfaces, database-driven content, and nonstandard typography on the Web, it has suffered from one glaring shortcoming: search engines have been unable to effectively index the content held within the Flash file. With Ichabod, Adobe is … [Link]
SMM » 'Social media gets a sanity check' - socialmedia
ZDNet: Q&A with Chris Brogan: Social media gets a sanity check. [Link]
SMM » Biggest social media mistakes - socialmedia
From David Spark of Spark Media Solutions: Have you made any colossally stupid mistakes in social media? In a guest post today on Mashable, I interviewed many social media gurus on some of the biggest missteps they've made in social media. Here's a quick list of my favorites: Hire a … [Link]
SMM » Gmail Canned Responses: If I've Said It Once… - readwriteweb
You got that email again. You know the one. The one you've answered a million times. And even though you don't have anything more you can add to your response - time after time after time - you dutifully craft the same exact email, each and every time. If only … [Link]
SMM » AdMob Bullish About Mobile Advertising: Raises $15.7 Million Series C Round - readwriteweb
While there has been a lot of doom and gloom around venture capital funding during the current economic crisis in the U.S., some of the more established later-stage companies are still finding it relatively easy to get funding. AdMob, a leading mobile advertising platform, just announced that it has raised … [Link]
SMM » AOL Quietly Launches One of the World's Biggest App Platforms - readwriteweb
AOL announced the new developer site for MyAOL today to almost no fanfare, but at a time when some are declaring the Facebook platform "dead" - AOL's new platform warrants some serious attention. The new MyAOL platform is an OpenSocial container based on the gadgets.*API, meaning developers shouldn't have to … [Link]
SMM » Lala: The Web 2.0 Reincarnation of My.MP3.com - readwriteweb
If you have been on the Internet for long enough, you will surely remember the old MP3.com, which was first geared towards independent musicians, but later also allowed you to listen to your own music collection online. Lala, which launched yesterday, features a similar concept. It is first and foremost … [Link]
SMM » Interview with Google Policy Analyst Derek Slater - readwriteweb
We interviewed Google's Derek Slater at the SanFran MusicTech Summit yesterday. Slater is a Policy Analyst at Google and in our interview he discusses net neutrality, copyright and other public policy issues Google deals with on a daily basis. Derek Slater now runs public policy for Google, but before that … [Link]
SMM » AOL Gives YourMinis Users the Post-Acquisition Blues, Shutters Service - readwriteweb
Grab your OPML reading list and get out now. That was the message in an email sent today to users of the innovative start-page service YourMinis, a years-old startup that was acquired by AOL in February. YourMinis was a start-page service like no other, but its feature richness and happy … [Link]
SMM » ReadWriteWeb Presents: Sramana Mitra's Web 3.0 Roundtable - readwriteweb
Today at 11am PT/2pm ET, ReadWriteWeb is presenting an online product strategy roundtable featuring Sramana Mitra and using Dimdim's open source web conferencing platform. During the 60-minute session, entrepreneurs will pitch Sramana their product ideas in a 3-minute presentation. She will review the material in real-time and provide 3-minutes of … [Link]
SMM » Android Goes Open-Source - readwriteweb
When Google announced Android, its software platform for mobile devices, it released an SDK for developers to work with, but it also promised to eventually release the code under an open-source license. Today, Google and its partners in the Open Handset Alliance did exactly that. You can now download the … [Link]
SMM » Artiklz Wants to Put an End to Comment Fragmentation - readwriteweb
One of the biggest topics in the tech blogosphere at the beginning of this year was 'comment fragmentation.' With services like FriendFeed, SocialMedian, Digg, Reddit, and others often creating unconnected conversations around a single blog post, many bloggers felt that they had lost control of their content and the conversation … [Link]
SMM » Cooliris Comes To iPhone - Now You Can Surf The Mobile Web in 3D - readwriteweb
Cooliris (formerly PicLens) makers of a browser plugin which transforms the web into an immersive 3D experience, has just released their first application for the iPhone. The new Cooliris App brings 3D web surfing to the iPhone. Like their plugin, the iPhone app lets you browse using their unique "wall … [Link]
SMM » Three Ways to Rock the New iGoogle
Google earlier this week rolled out a significant upgrade to iGoogle, its popular personalized home page/widget webtop. The "Canvas View" update has been praised but it's also been equally panned by lots of people. Lifehacker is running a poll that has 55% of readers giving it a Bronx Cheer while … [Link]
SMM » 10 Reasons Why Joost's New Service Fails - readwriteweb
Last week, the internet video service Joost relaunched as a Flash-based online portal, having finally ditched their downloadable player for good. The service, once hyped as the next big thing, has long been overshadowed by the much sleeker Hulu, a joint effort between NBC Universal and News Corp. Joost hoped … [Link]
SMM » links for 2008-10-21
Traditional Media has 5 years left: PWC Analyst (tags: media predictions PwC) Publishing 2.0: Tim Ferriss on Using a Viral Idea to Create a Best-seller | Write to Done Tim's story is amazing every time I hear it. (tags: timferriss Marketing writing) Social media consultants: snake oil or value add? … [Link]
SMM » RSS Adoption at 11% and it May Be Peaking, Forrester Says
Forrester Research today published a new report on the state of RSS. In short, while there are bright spots, it does not paint the picture of a technology that's going mainstream anytime soon. On a positive note, the resarch entitled What's Holding RSS Back?, says that nearly half of marketers … [Link]
SMM » All Your Sites Belong to Us
Three major web site redesigns in the last several weeks - Facebook, iGoogle and Yahoo - have sparked outrage from a small but influential group of users. ReadWriteWeb breaks each of these down. As I read their account it occurred to me that a dramatic shift has occurred. Companies don't … [Link]
SMM » links for 2008-10-20
PalinAsPresident.com I can't stop playing with this. Great viral produced as a side project by an ad guy. (tags: politics sarahpalin fun viral) Free download of Seth Godin???s new audiobook For a limited time, courtesy of Audible, you can download Seth's new audiobook, called ???Tribes." (tags: SethGodin audiobooks Audible free) … [Link]
SMM » Build a Real-Time News Ticker with Friendfeed
I have written before about how to use Friendfeed's powerful imaginary friends feature as an aggregator. Now that they have real-time updating and lists, you can actually combine these to build a handy desktop news ticker. First, create a bunch of imaginary friends for the different news sources you want … [Link]
SMM » links for 2008-10-19
Pew: Public Worried But Not Panicked About Economy (tags: pew stats publicopinion economy) Jack Myers Ad Spending Forecast 2009 "Overall US ad spending in 2009 will be down 4%. "Online video, social networks, widgets and other??? will be up 70%, plus another 113% in 2010; online overall ??? including search … [Link]
SMM » Daily Links Are Back
When delicious relaunched earlier this year I temporarily lost the ability to post my delicious links to my blog. They fixed that so now they're back. If you want to just get my blog posts and skip the links, you can subscribe to this feed. [Link]
SMM » links for 2008-10-21 - micropersuasion
Traditional Media has 5 years left: PWC Analyst (tags: media predictions PwC) Publishing 2.0: Tim Ferriss on Using a Viral Idea to Create a Best-seller | Write to Done Tim's story is amazing every time I hear it. (tags: timferriss Marketing writing) Social media consultants: snake oil or value add? … [Link]
SMM » Toward a philanthropic Web - socialmedia
I spent this afternoon at a fascinating gathering in San Francisco: Lunch for Social Action Platforms. Hosted by Peter Deitz of Montreal (see my recent interview with him here) and hosted by TechSoup, 33 people got together on two days' notice to discuss how to work together to make it … [Link]
SMM » Blogwell: A Blog Conference Worth Attending - rohitbhargava.typepad
It is a commonly known fact that CEOs often call one another for advice. In the world at the top, sometimes the only person that can really understand you is someone in the same situation. It's why the happily married tennis stars are married to other tennis stars, for example. … [Link]
SMM » Twine Launches 1.0 Version - Eyes Facebook, Google Reader, Delicious, Digg, … - readwriteweb
When Twine announced itself to the world exactly one year ago, it claimed to be "the first mainstream Semantic Web application". However despite raising millions of dollars in its quest to bring the Semantic Web to the mainstream, Twine has been beset by usability and performance issues in its beta … [Link]
SMM » Three Hot G1 Android Apps Already Out - readwriteweb
In June 2007, the world was eagerly awaiting a product that would turn mobile computing on its proverbial ear, the Apple iPhone. Comparisons between the days leading up to that launch and this week are inevitable, as we once again find ourselves anxiously awaiting a groundbreaking mobile product, the first … [Link]
SMM » RSS Adoption at 11% and it May Be Peaking, Forrester Says - micropersuasion
Forrester Research today published a new report on the state of RSS. In short, while there are bright spots, it does not paint the picture of a technology that's going mainstream anytime soon. On a positive note, the resarch entitled What's Holding RSS Back?, says that nearly half of marketers … [Link]
SMM » Microsoft U Rank: Personalize Your Search Results - readwriteweb
Microsoft Research just announced the release of a new experimental search engine interface with a focus on personalization and social networking. U Rank allows you to reorder your searches, add notes, create lists of results, and share your personalized search results with your friends. The search results look like they … [Link]
SMM » Bloglines Returns to Challenge Google Reader - Thank Goodness - readwriteweb
Popular RSS reader Bloglines says it's solved the much publicized recent problems with feed updating that lead smaller services to pursue its users and Google Reader triumphalists to declare the RSS reader market all zipped up. It's true that Bloglines has a lot of problems, but all software does and … [Link]
SMM » 5 People to Watch at The SanFran MusicTech Summit - readwriteweb
The SanFran MusicTech Summit is on today. This event is fast becoming an important hub of conversation about the state of the digital music business. I'm covering the event for ReadWriteWeb, primarily looking at the overall impacts that policy developments and the economy are having on the music industry. But … [Link]
SMM » Music Search and Mixtapes Come to SearchMe - readwriteweb
Visual search engine SearchMe just added music search to its repertoire of search options. That, by itself, wouldn't be very interesting, but thanks to integrating this new search feature with Imeem's ability to play back an unlimited number of full songs and SearchMe's 'Stacks' functionality, you can now use SearchMe … [Link]
SMM » Some of The Smartest Companies on The Internet Sponsor ReadWriteWeb - readwriteweb
Here at ReadWriteWeb, we work hard to provide you with the smartest Internet news and reviews each and every day. The sponsors that give us the opportunity to spend our time writing are companies that appreciate the thoughtfulness of the whole community here, including our readers. Once a week we … [Link]
SMM » All Your Sites Belong to Us - micropersuasion
Three major web site redesigns in the last several weeks - Facebook, iGoogle and Yahoo - have sparked outrage from a small but influential group of users. ReadWriteWeb breaks each of these down. As I read their account it occurred to me that a dramatic shift has occurred. Companies don't … [Link]
SMM » Resisting Change: iGoogle and Yahoo Profile Updates Shock Users - readwriteweb
Our review of the new iGoogle homepage was generally positive. For a large number of users, however, the latest updates, including the stronger emphasis on the full-screen canvas view, were simply unacceptable. Just this weekend, the New York Times reported about the difficulties of making drastic changes to popular web … [Link]
SMM » Social Media Presence - Why You Need One - feeds.feedburner
Nearly six out of 10 Americans who use social media interact with companies on social media web sites, according to a September 2008 study by conducted by Opinion Research Corporation for Cone. “Americans are eager to deepen their brand relationships through social media,” said Mike Hollywood, director of new media … [Link]
SMM » Make Your Own iPhone/Android Apps With New App Generator - readwriteweb
Today AppLoop launched a mobile application generator which lets you turn any RSS feed into a mobile application for either iPhone (available today) or Android (coming soon). The company, who competes with the analytics and advertising solution MediaLets, wanted to provide everyone with the tools to make a mobile app, … [Link]
SMM » Study Confirms Our New "Connectedness" Is A Mixed Blessing - readwriteweb
To all those who feared that technology pulls people apart, a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project on the American family reveals the opposite is true: today's families are more connected than ever. However, this always-on interaction with technology has a darker side too…one which leads … [Link]
SMM » links for 2008-10-20 - micropersuasion
PalinAsPresident.com I can't stop playing with this. Great viral produced as a side project by an ad guy. (tags: politics sarahpalin fun viral) Free download of Seth Godin’s new audiobook For a limited time, courtesy of Audible, you can download Seth's new audiobook, called “Tribes." (tags: SethGodin audiobooks Audible free) … [Link]
SMM » Why Only Stupid Marketers Use Age As A Demographic - rohitbhargava.typepad
Sometimes I can't resist a post that will result in a few irate responses. This is likely going to be one of them. It is essentially about my distaste for something that I have seen far too many marketers blindly rely on … age statistics. Just about every web site … [Link]