Twitter confirms Summize acquisition
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone confirmed this morning that it has acquired social search provider Summize. Will this help Twitter reach the seemingly unattainable holy grail of stable service?
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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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Hyperlocal social networking: iPhone 3G may be the trigger
If Facebook, MySpace and Twitter do it right, there may not be much room in the hyperlocal mobile social networking market for niche players such as Whrrl and Loopt.
Eating a little crow about Plurk
After backlash from Plurk fans who didn't like my initial review, I spent more time in the community. Now I've eaten a bit of crow and have also signed up to guest panel a Plurkshop on microblogging and security this Monday night.
Buzz Bin podcast - microblogging wars, socnets vs. blogs and Loren Feldman
One of the highlights of my otherwise insanely busy week was spending a small window of time chatting it up with Geoff Livingston on his Buzz Bin podcast. Geoff, in addition to being one of my favorite bloggers, is the author of "Now is Gone", a primer on new media for executives and entrepreneurs.
Sneak Peek - LinkedIn searchable user groups foster connected communities
I've been a member of several LinkedIn user groups for some time, and while the experience has been valuable, finding the groups was like pulling teeth. Thankfully, that changes tomorrow.
Firefox 3 and community -- How Mozilla used social networking to set a world record
Mozilla is celebrating a new Guinness World Record and launch of Firefox 3. But it isn't cheering alone - its enjoying this victory with the community it credits for helping it to succeed.
If Twitter buys Summize now... are its priorities in order?
If this deal goes down, Twitter would be smart to state that the timing goes hand-in-hand with its in-progress back-end reconstruction, rather than merely claiming Summize as a new feature. User loyalty may depend on it.
Twitter's holiday battle with spammers
Guest post by Adam J. O'Donnell, Ph.D., of Cloudmark, on Twitter's holiday weekend spam attack and methods the microblogging site might use to combat it.
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.
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.