social networking
Twitter Scapegoat?
Blaine Cook, lead architect at red-hot, sometimes-down Twitter, has left the company. Blaine describes his departure at an “amicable” one.
I left Twitter just over two weeks ago. It’s an amicable change; Twitter’s architecture is at a good point for them to pursue stability and growth, and I’m looking forward to a new challenge after nearly [...]
iGoogle transmogrifies into a Social Network
Google has long used its personalized homepage, iGoogle, as a launching point for its foray into social-networking applications. Any developer who builds an OpenSocial app, for instance, can make it work as a widget (er, gadget) on iGoogle. So far, it’s been more of a personal home page. But now iGoogle is taking another step towards becoming a full-fledged social network in its own right.
LinkedIn Founder Has Golden Touch
Few Internet entrepreneurs practice what they preach as devoutly as LinkedIn Corp. co-founder Reid Hoffman, whose business revolves around his belief that good fortune flows from good relationships.
SixApart launched BlogIt by TypePad
SixApart launched BlogIt by TypePad last night, a Facebook app that lets you post to SixApart blogs and other blogging software like WordPress, Blogger and Tumblr, to your Facebook Newsfeed and to Twitter all from one place. It’s the kind of app that makes Facebook all the closer to being a one stop social media experience.
New Site Aims To Get Friends Involved In Online Dating Process
Unlike dating in the real world where friends and family provide introductions and serve as wingmen, online dating is usually a very solitary experience. Singles browse through profile after profile (perhaps in addition to filling out tedious questionnaires and compatibility tests) in hopes that they’ll stumble upon someone with a mutual attraction.” Engage “is a [...]
McDonald’s Advertises Dollar Menu On MySpace TV Fashion Site
Advertising Age (4/7, Brodesser-Akner) reported, “The words ‘double cheeseburger’ and ‘haute couture’ don’t often get uttered in the same breath, but high fashion and high cholesterol are making for interesting bedfellows online, thanks to McDonald’s and MySpace TV.” The piece continued, “When MySpace TV started airing the celebrity fashion show ‘Who What Wear’ early in [...]
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