Aggregation
Rivera, Techmeme: Aggregation works best for industries where ideas can change views of people; http://j.mp/c7Qd4v
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Web Marketing
Liodice: 10 technological advances marketers can not live without; http://j.mp/bhX3rM
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DPA vs. DAPD
News agencies DPA and DAPD stare each other down in a shrinking German market; http://j.mp/bDRCd9
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Social Networking Becomes Habit
Edison: Social networking becomes habit for millions, 50% use services once or serveral times a day; http://j.mp/bYODZF
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Google Games?
Arrington: Google secretly invested $100+ million in Zynga, preparing to launch Google Games; http://j.mp/b6dg1c
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Second Life History
The virtual whirl: a brief history of Second Life from 1999 to 2010 by @TateruNino; http://j.mp/SLhistory
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Virality vs. Immune Systems
Marks on virality: If you behave like a disease, people develop an immune system; http://j.mp/adIjHA (via @pfandtasse)
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Contact Forms
Reminder: Your contact form should only ask for the information you absolutely need to know; http://j.mp/cQeNh7
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Contact Form Examples:
- Webdesigner Depot: Beautiful Contact Forms for your Inspiration
- Smashing Magazine: Web Form Design: Modern Solutions and Creative Ideas
- Noupe: Beautiful Forms – Design, Style, and make it work with PHP and AJAX
- Inspect Element: Superb Examples of Form Design
- TutZone: 24 Stunning Contact Form-Page Designs
Contact Form Usability:
- UX Booth: Creating a Usable Contact Form
- A List Apart: Sensible Forms – A Form Usability Checklist
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Google China II.
Google: We are very pleased that the [Chinese] government has renewed our ICP license; http://j.mp/bLFs1B
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Google: “We are very pleased that the government has renewed our ICP license and we look forward to continuing to provide web search and local products to our users in China.”
NYT: “The renewal allows Google to continue offering limited services in China and to direct users to the company’s uncensored Hong Kong-based Chinese language search engine, google.com.hk. Hong Kong, a former British colony that is now a special administrative region of China, is governed separately from the mainland. … But Beijing has also signaled its determination to monitor Google. In a media report released on June 30 by Xinhua News, China’s official news agency, a government official said that the local company running Google’s Chinese Web site had pledged to ‘abide by the Chinese law,’ when it submitted its renewal application.”
TC: “Google told Reuters on Friday that Beijing had indeed renewed the license, thus averting a potential shutdown of its search page in the fast-growing Internet market, the world’s biggest with over 400 million estimated users. – The renewal of the license had been in doubt due to the tension between Google and Chinese authorities over alleged hacking of Gmail accounts and censorship of Google search results.”
Guardian: “Google is due to report its second-quarter financial results next week. Google’s search business in China accounts for a tiny slice of the company’s £15.82bn in annual revenue. Analysts’ estimates of Google’s annual revenues in China range from $300m to $600m, but long-term growth prospects are key. – There was no immediate word from China’s Information Ministry about the renewal.”
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Content Farms vs. Book Publishers
Berger: Content farms compete with book publishers, not news sites; http://j.mp/aXcGpr
Massively: “Second Life has just seen its seventh anniversary (called its seventh birthday, only it technically isn’t — the original birthday is in March, but the anniversary is in June. There’s history there). It’s also traditionally a time when Linden Lab and Second Life users most often treat each other as enemies and obstacles; and it is a time for retrospectives and for considering the future.”