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Tag Archives: Social Networking

03.26.09 / Anchor Tweets: A Good Deal, or Too Much Information?

According to Howard Kurtz, writing in the Washington Post, NBC’s Meet the Press moderator David Gregory tweets in real time with his Twitter followers.  Nightline co-anchor Terry Morgan offered Twitter updates on the day he traveled on Air Force One … Read more »

03.20.09 / Cisco Flips for $590 Million

Cisco, the world’s largest maker of the switches and routers that make up the nerve system of the internet, has taken another step towards becoming a major player in the consumer electronics department by buying Pure Digital Technologies, the maker … Read more »

03.18.09 / Hulu Amps Up Social Networking Features

Now the number two video sharing site behind YouTube.com after a year in existence, Hulu has embraced the social networking paradigm fully with Hulu Friends, a feature that Hulu hopes will increase the “community aspects” of watching television programs online.  … Read more »

03.13.09 / Boston Police to Experiment with Twitter Dispatches During St. Patrick’s Day Parade

As if a crackdown on public drinking during this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston wasn’t a radical experiment enough, the Boston Police Department announced that it will be conducting a trial of using Twitter to communicate with … Read more »

03.5.09 / Meetup Goes from Grass Roots Social Organizer to Big-Time Brand Builder

Meetup is making a play to become a major brand-building medium, reports Ad Age, and the direction seems to be a change in strategy. As a forum for organizing meetings of like-minded people, Meetup was one of the first great … Read more »

03.4.09 / H&R Block Reach Out to Younger Customers Via Mobile Advertising

In a pilot program starting last month, tax preparer H&R Block is advertising a free online tax preparation service through ChaCha, an ad-supported mobile “answer” service with a core audience of 18-to-34-year-olds, reports Ad Age.  The ChaCha service permits users … Read more »

02.23.09 / Indian Culture War Takes to the Web

In what some claim to be a response to the “talibanization” of their country, liberal-minded Indians are taking to social networks like Facebook to combat a rising vigilantism against activities certain groups feel are not in keeping with the spirit … Read more »

02.23.09 / Twitter: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Business Model

Or not yet, anyway. “We’ve got a ton of cash.  We have far more cash than we need, so I’m not in any hurry,” said Todd Chaffee, General Partner at Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), according to Wired.  Twitter is so … Read more »

02.17.09 / What's All the Fuss About Twitter?

I first joined Facebook in 2004 when the social networking site was opened up to colleges in the Boston area.  I learned about the site from friends and created an account to see what Facebook was.  At first I didn’t … Read more »

02.6.09 / Keeping an Eye on the Battle of the Social Networking Titans

In a fantastic piece written for Social Media Insider, Catharine P. Taylor notes that according to an interview with Charlie Rose, MySpace co-founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson view Facebook—arguably MySpace’s biggest rival in the social networking sphere—as more of … Read more »