When microblogging keeps you cozy (aka "My holiday with Plurk and Kwippy")
A quick holiday evaluation of microblogging services Plurk, Kwippy and even Identi.ca. Invites for the Kwippy closed beta are available via TalkBack.
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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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Cool Tools - Plan a festive Fourth of July with social apps
The Cool Tools feature is taking a long weekend with the rest of us so it's making its holiday splash today. This week in Cool Tools I explore ways that we can leverage the social Web to plan for a fun and festive Fourth of July celebration.
ReputationDefender opens alpha for enterprise reputation management
One of my first questions when speaking with co-founder and executive vice president Owen Tripp about the flagship MyReputation service was, "How about something like that for companies?" Imagine my surprise when Tripp said that such a service is in "super secret alpha."
Marc Andreessen connects to Facebook team
Facebook confirmed today that Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Ning and perhaps best known for his co-founding Netscape, has joined the social network's board of directors.
Lithium Technologies raises $12 million; social network for enterprises will invest in innovation
June appears to be the month for social networks to announce new funding. The latest is Lithium Technologies, which today announced that it has closed a $12 million series B round. Lithium is in good company this month, with LinkedIn, Twitter, Jaxtr and others creating a splash with their respective financial news.
Cool Tools Friday - Pandora and The Hype Machine
Music lovers, lend me your ears. I've discovered what I personally consider the ultimate social music experience. Pandora + The Hype Machine = aural bliss.
Q&A with LinkedIn's Allen Blue: Post-funding plans, Company Groups and corporate intranets
Last Tuesday LinkedIn announced that it had closed a $53 million round of funding. Yesterday I chatted with Allen Blue, LinkedIn's co-founder and vice president of product strategy, about its plans to grow the company's feature set, as well as its potential as a corporate intranet and my nitpicky concerns about its Company Groups beta.
FriendFeed is not a killer, says co-founder
The notion of social media tool "murder" seems to be rampant. But FriendFeed, while it may steal some mind share, is not killing anything -- nor is that its goal.
Twitter closes another funding round, backed by Bezos and Sabet
Jeff Bezos and Bijan Sabet invest in Twitter's newest funding round. Does this mean that users can expect better reliability?
Is Microsoft accessible without Bill Gates?
Bill Gates cannot escape the perception that he is still Microsoft’s sole visionary. The company is going to have to seriously step up its branding efforts – perhaps through social media – to prove that Microsoft has innovative vision and community staying power without Bill at the helm.