ZulaWorld
Zula launches ZulaWorld: a science-focused kids virtual world, following its education TV show; http://tr.im/o11R
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Facebook Vanity Land Rush
Prepare yourself for Saturday, 12:01 AM Eastern Time, when everyone can grab Facebook vanity URLs; http://tr.im/nZYE
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Wikipedia Goes Google News
Google News is experimenting with displaying Wikipedia articles as a reference and complement; http://tr.im/nZJ9
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Responding ASAP
Meyer: “The social norm is that you should respond within a couple of hours, if not immediately“; http://tr.im/nZxc
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Facebook Gets Closer to Google and Yahoo
The U.S. traffic of Facebook is nearing Google and Yahoo (MSN has been outnumbered in March already); http://tr.im/nTPE
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Twitter’s Growth Stops
Compete: The phenomenal growth of Twitter during the last months suddenly stops; http://tr.im/nTNr – http://tr.im/nTND
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Zukunft des Journalismus
Meise: “10 Sätze zur Zukunft des Journalismus, die ich beim Netzwerk-Recherche-Tag 09 vermisst habe”; http://tr.im/nSyd
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Nethnography of Twitter
Ethnographer Pullen spent a month tracking the top 500 on Twitter: highly insightful interview; http://tr.im/nKKm
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Bing: a Mayfly?
Bing started in early June, but current stats indicate that it might go the way of a late mayfly; http://tr.im/nKdC
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Blind Test Bing, Google, Yahoo
Kordahi offers a blind test on the major search engines Bing, Google, Yahoo: vote on results; http://tr.im/nIOX
Gerrit Eicker 10:04 on 10. June 2009 Permalink |
Facebook: “Your Facebook Page must meet two requirements: it must be live on Facebook prior to the May 31, 2009 cut-off date and have a minimum 1,000 fans as of May 31, 2009. … Only one username is allowed per Page. … Once you have claimed a username by clicking the ‘Set Username’ button, it is not possible to edit it, or to transfer your username to a different account on Facebook. Additionally, when an account is removed from the site, its username will not be made available to other users for security reasons.”
VB: “On Friday, June 12th, at 9:01pm Pacific Time, you’ll be able to register a URL. But if you have a generic name like John Smith (no offense, just saying) you’ll have to act fast to beat the other John Smiths of the world. It’s first-come, first-served.”
Mashable: “There will be an inevitable gold rush for names on June 13th, and thus there will be many disappointments, complaints, and issues to sort out once the system goes live. Nonetheless, this should be a positive step towards making Facebook profiles a more shareable and personal experience.”
TC: “While Facebook had been playing around with the idea of charging users to get these vanity URLs, they will offer them for free. Facebook is also asking people with a trademarked or protected name to email them to avoid the obvious issues.”