Comcast really does care (aka how Twitter helped save Nick at Nite)
It's a little embarrassing for me to admit this, but I go to sleep every night watching Nick at Nite. Loser, right?
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Eileen Brown delivers news on social media tools and trends and deep dive into business strategies.
Eileen Brown
Eileen Brown is a social media consultant and advisor who has been working with collaborative technologies for over 20 years.
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FriendFeed redesign - win; Twitter redesign - 'lipstick on a pig'?
Social networking got an extreme makeover yesterday when two very popular sites -- Twitter and Friendfeed -- introduced fresh new designs. While Twitter's redesign was slightly sprung on its users FriendFeed only surprised its users by going live with a beta that power users had been testing for some time.
Pandora opens up: Q&A with Tim Westergren
Pandora founder Tim Westergren shoots down rumors and socialsphere speculation about why the Internet radio station is facing potential extinction.
Social networks more popular than porn, research says
A Reuters article published today reports that Bill Tancer, a global research manager at Hitwise, has analyzed data from more than 10 million Internet users to determine some of the most relevant Web search trends. In addition to finding intricacies in people's behaviors related to natural disasters, fears and buying behaviors, Tancer states that searching for social networking sites has overtaken the search for Internet porn.
And in this corner... Present.ly packs a solid punch against Yammer
Present.ly is a solution that enables microblogging across several technologies and could, if managed and implemented correctly, meet enterprise demands for integration, collaboration, security and privacy.
Social networking enhances career growth -- only if used correctly
Top three ways to use social networking tools to enhance your brand and your career -- and what pitfalls to avoid.
Mozilla Firefox 3.1 alpha allows users to access 'old' Facebook
If you still want to use the old Facebook you can -- for the time being, anyway.Dhanik Modi, a student at Virginia Tech, discovered this weekend an issue that causes Facebook to revert to the old version under Firefox 3.
Yammer wins TechCrunch50; enterprises lose
While I do believe there is a better business model out there for corporate microblogging, Yammer is not it.
Warning - Feedburner can be hazardous to self-esteem
On one very dark day in August I noticed a significant drop to 61 subscribers. I gasped. What happened? Did I upset my readers?
New Facebook goes live, old Facebook dies
Facebook announced that today is the day that it will start rolling out its new site to all of its 100 million users. According to the social network more than 30 million people are already using the new layout, which has brought about protests from other users.