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BusinessWeek
September 4, 2008
Jon Fine |
A Rush to Bundle Light Topics on the Web The fall promises a slew of major new sites that are longer on sizzle than substance.   |
The Motley Fool
September 3, 2008
Tim Beyers |
How Did Facebook Do That? Virtual gifts -- those little $1 on-screen doo-dads you can give to your friends -- may be producing $34.5 million in annual revenue for the social-networking superstar. |
Search Engine Watch
August 28, 2008
Ron Jones |
Leveraging Social Media to Educate A look at the basics of social media and how to get started using it to help spread that awareness you seek. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2008
Tim Beyers |
The Mob Rules Facebook Beacon or no, social applications pull in profits. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Amazon Gets Social Booklovers have another reason to warm up to Amazon.com. The world's leading online retailer is buying Shelfari, a social network for reading fans, for undisclosed terms. |
Information Today
August 25, 2008 |
Northern Light Launches Government Procurement Resource Northern Light launched the first hosted market research portal specifically geared to help companies identify sales opportunities with federal, state, and local governments throughout the U.S. |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Classmates to the Rescue Classmates has spent the past year ramping up its site to appeal to more than just the handful of people -- 3.8 million of its 50 million members -- who are willing to pay for premium access. |
Entrepreneur
September 2008
James Park |
Funny Business Webcomics are picking up where print comic books and newspaper strips have left off. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Expedia's Widening Hammock The company's popular TripAdvisor website is taking a majority stake in FlipKey, a website that features user reviews on 50,000 vacation rental properties. |
Information Today
August 18, 2008 |
WebJunction Launches New Social Learning Site OCLC announced that WebJunction, the online learning community for librarians and library staff, has launched a new social and learning experience |
Fast Company
September 2008
Ellen McGirt |
What's New at MySpace With Facebook surging, co-founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson have gone back to their roots -- music, pop culture, and a proven cash-flow ad model -- to spur a next phase of growth. Will that be enough for boss Rupert Murdoch? |
Fast Company
September 2008
J.L. August |
Facebook vs. MySpace: The Facts The statistics of Facebook and Myspace, compared head-to-head. |
Fast Company
September 2008
Anne C. Lee |
These Brands Are Made for MySpace The social portal uses music to connect marketers with the audiences they crave. |
Fast Company
September 2008
Carlye Adler |
Who Will Be the Godfather of Comedy Video on the Web? Well-funded, big-studio-backed comedy-video Web sites have taken more hits than they've made. |
Fast Company
September 2008 |
Web Video's Most Hilarious Moments Online video's greatest hits, and the companies sponsoring them. |
Fast Company
September 2008
Robert Levine |
The Success of Kayak.com Steve Hafner has built Kayak into the most popular Web 2.0 travel site. How does it fly as the airline industry suffers? |
Information Today
August 14, 2008
Barbara Quint |
Amazon Expands `Traditional' Book Business With Acquisition of AbeBooks Despite all the fuss and furor about Amazon's push into digital book sales, the tried and true sale of print books remains the core of Amazon's book sale business. |
Information Today
August 14, 2008 |
LibraryThing Offers One Million Free Book Covers LibraryThing, the social network book cataloging site, is now offering 1 million book covers free for libraries to enhance their online public accessing catalogs. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2008 |
Fantasy Wall Street A social-networking platform called Wall Street Survivor allows participants to manage a fantasy stock portfolio, and compete against friends and colleagues with the chance to win cash prizes. |
Search Engine Watch
August 6, 2008
Kevin Ryan |
Woohoo for Yahoo Even after the vote re-count, a majority of shareholders voted Yahoo's board in, and Carl Icahn settled for the right to propose two board seats and a spot for himself. At the end of the day, what's more important than rebuilding the Web's biggest brand? |
Information Today
August 4, 2008
Paula J. Hane |
Options, We've Got Search Engine Options! With Ask.com scaling back and Yahoo! in disarray, will it come to a web search showdown between Google and Microsoft? |
Inc.
August 2008
Jason Del Rey |
Priority: This Couple Just Made $500 Million Bebo's founders talk about selling their three-year-old company to AOL for a princely sum - and what they plan to do next. |
U.S. Banker
August 2008
Anthony Malakian |
Visa's Online Community Taps Social Network Visa has teamed with Facebook.com to reach out to new customers. |
Information Today
July 28, 2008 |
The New York Times Co. Links Up With LinkedIn This relationship pairs two online brands that share a professional and engaged audience. |
Bank Systems & Technology
July 23, 2008
Orla O'Sullivan |
Visa, Facebook Target Small-Business Owners With Social Networking Facebook has the potential to become a crucial advertising medium by allowing users to become 'fans' of the business and serve as a referral to all of their friends. |
Home Theater
July 24, 2008 |
YouTube and Amazon Invade Your TiVo TiVo will enable YouTube video clips to be viewed through everyone's favorite DVR. Also, TiVo has also signed an e-shopping deal with Amazon. |
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