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Socialmedian, acquired by social business network Xing last year, becomes Xing News; http://tr.im/l6Ks
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Google Search CO2
Google tries to stop the ongoing CO2 debate definitively: 1 cheeseburger = 15,000 searches; http://tr.im/l6vl
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eBooks: Pirates in Sight
Appetite for eBooks has spawned a bumper crop of pirated editions on sites like Scribd and Wattpad; http://tr.im/l6ri
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Facebook Payment
Facebook is planning a limited test of its payment platform soon; http://tr.im/l6qz
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TC: “The need for a payment platform may not be immediately obvious – after all, there are already quite a few ways for developers to accept payments through third party services like PayPal, and some companies are making quite a bit of money in the process. But for the end-user it is night and day. Users would only have to fill in their credit card information one time, and would also trust the platform more than they would a third party. The lowered barrier to entry would likely result in an increase in the number of transactions across many applications.”
VB: “Meanwhile, other social networks have been getting into the action. Hi5 rolled out its own currency last December. MySpace has also been looking at a sort of payments system for virtual goods, but hasn’t come out with anything yet. However, I’ve recently heard that it also has something big planned on that front for the near future. What’s also not clear is how whatever Facebook offers for developers will compete with the range of the range of payment options that are already in use on the platform, including those from PayPal, Zong, Mobillcash and others. – Still, a single virtual currency has been a top feature request of developers ever since the platform launched. Facebook, like its rivals, appears to be making the right move.“
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CubeTree
The CubeTree offers a social solution for enterprises: elements of Facebook, FriendFeed, Twitter; http://bit.ly/J4g4S
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Funding Through Ads Alone?
Grimshaw, FT.com: “It is impossible to fund an online content business through ads alone“; http://bit.ly/tkPEX
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Cloud Identity
Aspen Institute: Identity in the Age of Cloud Computing (PDF) – Explores a wide range of impacts; http://tr.im/kTDe
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Naming Fails
Incubus, Zyklon, Burrada, Pinto… – Lessons to learn when naming brands or products; http://tr.im/kTsb
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TwitDoc
http://TwitDoc.com: Share documents (PDF, MS Office, …) and pictures on Twitter – no OAuth yet; http://tr.im/kTrE
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Newspapers: Time to Say Sorry?
After some market research the London Evening Standard says ‘Sorry‘ in an advertising-campaign; http://tr.im/kRec
Yumiko Obama 09:34 on 12. May 2009 Permalink |
Hello, this is Yumiko Obama. CO2 reduction is a big issue in Japan too. I wonder how google convert the amout of CO2 with those activities,,,,anyway, google is efficient and useful to get information that I often use in English & Japanese both. We need to think how to use those technologies well to promote alternative energy such as solor power and wind energy, not to picking on trivial numbers,,,,,What do you think?
Gerrit Eicker 09:42 on 12. May 2009 Permalink |
They are referencing several external sources. But of course: this is PR. ;)