links for 2010-06-29
30 June 2010
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As a global service connecting 400 million people, Facebook has helped build and extend communities around the world. As with any community, the benefits of bringing people together are occasionally accompanied by inappropriate or unacceptable conduct by a small number of people. This behavior ranges from thoughtless to criminal and can degrade the experience for others or undermine the community itself.
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LinkedIn, the Facebook for professionals, may look dull, but it means business. And its success proves that social networking sites are useful after all
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The Facebook like button is rapidly becoming ubiquitous over the internet, but despite owning 5% of Facebook Microsoft has its own social network to look after.
Microsoft yesterday announced the availability of Messenger Connect beta, which allows users to communicate, share, and connect with their Messenger friends on other websites. -
According to the Wall Street Journal, Google today mentioned that YouTube will start to allow users to skip pre-roll ads (they’ve been testing this since last November) when those type of ads appear (usually on higher-end content). Google also said that they will start letting users choose what ads to watch when dealing with longer-form content (a la Hulu), sometime later this year.
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Foursquare, the social networking company that lets users “check in” to locations using mobile phones, has taken its first significant round of funding after acquisition talks sputtered.
The $20m series B investment was led by Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capital firm founded by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen. Other investors include Union Square Ventures and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. The deal values Foursquare at $95m.
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Now, at conferences all over the world, audience members connect with one another in real time while speakers are up at the podium. This "back-channel" is truly revolutionary as it allows listeners to discuss content as it is being delivered. What’s more, it brings a new virtual audience into the room—sometimes from the opposite end of the Earth.
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When it comes to social media for business, there’s no one-size-fits-all strategy. But to ensure results, you must align it with your overall business objectives and avoid falling for “shiny new objects” simply because they are trendy or hyped.
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