Archive for September, 2008
Facebook to Buy Twitter? Not Likely.
2 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford September 25th, 2008 in Facebook, twitter.Is it just me or has anyone noticed how often people are using their twitter tweets to update their facebook status? This is a growing trend that we have noticed. There is actually a facebook application that ties your accounts together here: http://apps.new.facebook.com/twitter It goes down frequently; kind of like twitter. Facebook has put a [...]
And the Facebook Fb Fund Finalists Are?
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford September 24th, 2008 in Facebook.More than 600 people/developers have entered the latest round for the facebook fb fund. Facebook should be reviewing the videos, plans, applications and announcing the finalist any day now. In some ways I wish I had the job of looking over 600+ ideas for applications. This is an arduous task for sure. They clearly defined [...]
Checking Out 72 Startups at DEMO
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford September 8th, 2008 in business.I always look forward to DEMO. Companies have exactly 6 minutes to pitch their new product or service to the audience. It sure can be exciting as disruptive and innovative ideas come flying at you in such a rapid fire environment. Seventy-two new digital technology products from 11 countries will be introduced at DEMOfall 08 [...]
Google Chrome Gets 2 Million Brand Impressions Via Twitter in 1 Hour
2 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford September 2nd, 2008 in Google, twitter.Google Chrome Launches with Loud Twitter Back Channel. Conversations, brand building and influence attain more velocity very quickly when twitter becomes the back channel and conversation channel that discusses that product, brand or service. As an example, today Google launched Chrome which is a new tabbed browser that competes with Firefox and Internet Explorer. They [...]
Facebook Finds New Friends for Socially Challenged
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford September 2nd, 2008 in Facebook.The algorithms that run under the hood at facebook are pretty sophisticated. Facebook is able to interpret my social graph interactions and friends of friends connections to make effective recommendations for people that I might know (or should know). For the socially shy or people that are new to facebook this feature is pretty cool. [...]
Facebook Virtual Gifts Make Big Bucks
3 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford September 2nd, 2008 in Facebook.Facebook Virtual Gifts Make Big Bucks: It has long been known that virtual gifts are fairly popular on facebook. A solid feature that has been on facebook for quite some time is the virtual gifts. Every day there is a new virtual gift that you can send someone for a real world price of $1.00. [...]
