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What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud Computing is a new phrase that is still in its infancy, but check out the wide variety of answers to get an idea about it in this video. More »

Web Communities Need Transparency (and some tips on how to be transparent)

The last time I saw Chris Pirillo was probably 1998 on TechTV (before they were later acquired by G4TV). That’s a long time, but I encountered an interesting video blog entry (vlog) that he did discussing the transparency of online communities. The principles he discussed are useful for social networking leaders, social media experts and online media mavens to embrace as they build and facilitate online community. More »

Beyond Microblogging, Twitter Facilitates Good Customer Service

Josh Lowensohn from Webware reports that Comcast is doing some good deeds via Twitter. From an innocent rant to a now-satisfied customer, Comcast’s Customer Outreach was there to help. More »

Consumer Advocacy: MySpace AMBER Alerts

I logged into my MySpace account and discovered an AMBER Alert located at the top, center of the dashboard. While it appears they deployed this system earlier this year, I’m glad to see it in action. I’m also pleased to see safety leveraging social media, instead of criticizing it. More »

AOL Discontinues XM Partnership

AOL Radio, a popular free streaming music service for AOL users, has discontinued their partnership with XM Radio, effective April 30, 2008 (today). The announcement was communicated to users of AOL Radio throughout the month, but the ISP boasting more than 20M users did not provide details as to reason for the termination of the partnership. [UPDATED 8:19PM MST] More »

Four Lessons Learned From Twitter

Microblogging service, Twitter, has had its fair share of success and failure. I really love it, and have been tweeting more than I have months ago, only because of the growth of it. No matter whether or not you use Twitter, there are some lessons learned in their growth for everyone to accept.

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The Value of Social Networks

Social Networking is almost cliche these days because it’s often overused, duplicated and imitated several times over. However, in light of a few recent acquisitions, I intend to find out how does one define the value of a growing social network? More »

Social Networking: Bigger Isn’t Always Better

On the Web, the struggle to be number one is a fight between Google, Yahoo, MySpace and AOL. However, in light of the massive growth of social networks within these companies, many Web users are ditching them in favor of niche (specific interests) social networks. (And they love it.) More »

Argh! Feeds, Feeds and More Feeds (But Not Quite Enough…)

While some people are rejoicing that Facebook offers the ability to import content into your feeds for your friends to devour, I tend to disagree with the hype. It’s my belief that by offering a limited set of feed imports, you are just hurting your own social network appeal. More »

How to Detect Twitter Spammers (’Spitters’)

It’s rather ironic that even I was targeted by spammers by these unsolicited “Follows” on my Twitter account. I don’t claim any fame on it, I don’t break news on it and is only a means of telling my contacts what I’m thinking about or doing. So, how does one tell if someone is a spammer? More »