Twitter Annotations
Twitter will allow to connect almost any metadata to any tweet when published: Twitter Annotations; http://j.mp/aWimM3
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Gerrit Eicker
Google Buzz: No Original Content
PostRank: The quality of the Buzz feeds is, well, questionable. 89,05% comes from Twitter and feeds; http://j.mp/cZ1gQq
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eBay: Online Auction Patent
11 years after filing the patent application, eBay owns its online auction process model exclusively; http://j.mp/dsHXLi
Gerrit Eicker
Google Places
Google overhauls local offerings: Google Places combines advertising and even business photo shoots; http://j.mp/98KJAf
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Facebook Community Pages
Facebook turns previously static user profile information into 6.5M new Facebook Community Pages; http://j.mp/cHl8oh
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Link Building 2010
Audette: In 2010 link building is about creating great resources, influence, intelligently promoting; http://j.mp/cHy1PO
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Statistik und gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt
Statistischer Beirat: Daten amtlicher Statistik sollen gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt messbar machen; http://j.mp/StBei
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Enterprises Testing the Cloud
NYT: Almost every enterprise is cautiously testing the cloud these days; http://j.mp/9AnNzA
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Payvment
Facebook is turning into a virtual online mall of sorts: the Payvment shopping cart app adds coupons; http://j.mp/aLw5dY
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Female Founders and VCs?
Cameron: Why there are hardly any female founders and VCs; http://j.mp/9TNmBa
Facebook: “Community Pages are a new type of Facebook Page dedicated to a topic or experience that is owned collectively by the community connected to it. Just like official Pages for businesses, organizations and public figures, Community Pages let you connect with others who share similar interests and experiences. … Now, certain parts of your profile, including your current city, hometown, education and work, and likes and interests, will contain ‘connections.’ Instead of just boring text, these connections are actually Pages, so your profile will become immediately more connected to the places, things and experiences that matter to you. … Keep in mind that Facebook Pages you connect to are public. You can control which friends are able to see connections listed on your profile, but you may still show up on Pages you’re connected to. If you don’t want to show up on those Pages, simply disconnect from them by clicking the ‘Unlike‘ link in the bottom left column of the Page. You always decide what connections to make.”
IF: “These move will help Facebook more clearly identify what users care about – and help it achieve higher search engine results for Community Pages on any topic imaginable. – The company has also renamed how users interact with Pages, borrowing the term ‘Like‘ from the action of giving a news feed item a thumbs-up. … Facebook’s new conceptual term for all these Pages, as well as your friends lists, relationship status and other social information, is ‘Connections.’ It has also made a number of corresponding privacy changes on this front, which we’ll get into once we explain the product changes.”
AF: “There are two important aspects of this new distinction. The first is that this new ‘Community Page’ classification reduces the amount of effort Facebook needs to put in to policing the pages. The second is that Facebook continues to reap the SEO benefit of having these Pages created while blocking spam. While your publishing rights will be removed at a certain point, this is the new mechanism Facebook has in place to ensure that you understand what will happen if your Page happens to become popular and you aren’t an official spokesperson for the company or group. … If my own opinion, this new form of ‘Community Pages’ is pretty much identical to the idea behind Ning, except that it’s a different technical platform, and your publishing rights will be removed if the community becomes popular.”
TC: “Conspicuously absent are options to actually add content to the page, aside from updating your status with a relevant keyword. There’s no Wall, and there’s no way to post photos or videos. Instead, Facebook is currently inviting users to apply to add content to these pages later on (it sounds like Facebook is still fleshing out how exactly this will work). Facebook intends to eventually allow users to upload their photos to the page. At this point, though, it seems like Communities have a long way to go before they feel anything like an actual community. Still, it’s clear that these could have a lot of potential in the future.”
RWW: “‘Keep in mind that Facebook Pages you connect to are public. You can control which friends are able to see connections listed on your profile, but you may still show up on Pages you’re connected to.’ – The solution? Never connect to any page that indicates an interest you don’t want the world to know about. If you find yourself connected already, disconnect as quickly as you can. Given the automatism of the profile links, it looks like you will be publicly linked and will have to de-link from each page you don’t want, regardless of how clear you’ve been about your privacy.”