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Bebo and the Death of Start-Up Culture at AOL

Look how happy these Bebo users are. Smiling, listening to music, hanging out with their dog, giving sexy eyes. They may soon be forced to find another outlet, though, as AOL announced today that it is looking to sell the social ...READ»

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Big Media's New Face

In a me-too business, the video titans' Web strategies reveal some fresh experimentation.READ»

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AOL Buys Social Network Bebo

Yesterday, AOL announced its pending acquisition of Bebo, the third largest social network in the United States, for $850 million. The announcement comes amid ongoing speculation of where AOL and its parent company Time Warner fit in ...READ»

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Social Media Marketing: Are You Spread Too Thin?

Do you treat social media sites like spinning plates, afraid to let any one drop while ignoring more important aspects of your business? Then it's time to rethink your priorities.READ»

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Infographic of the Day: Where Did Aol Go Wrong?

Is Aol sliding into irrelevance?READ»

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5 New Social Media Jobs You Will Fill In The Next 5 Years

Social media has already changed business profoundly. If yours hasn’t, you are already behind the curve. If you have customers, their expectations regarding how they interact with businesses has likely already shifted dramatically. So how will you deal with these changes in your business? They will surely impact marketing and legal, perhaps even I.T. But what else is on the horizon?READ»

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U.K. Kids Start Social Networking Way Under the Age Limit

A survey of kids in the U.K. has found that a quarter of them have a presence on a social network--way below the age limit of 13. As well as proving the theory that if you want to figure out your tech problems, go ask a tweenager, ...READ»

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Web 2.0 Raises Ante

When Rupert Murdoch's News Corp bought Intermix Media, owner of Myspace.com, for $580 million last year the acquisition signaled the rebirth of the Internet boom, including its overpriced valuations. Take for instance the robust ...READ»

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Tech Monday: New Media News Roundup

New York City Launches 9/11 Health WebsiteNew York City has launched a 9/11 Health Website, which not only has the city owning up to the fact that 9/11 has contributed greatly to the poor health of thousands of its inhabitants, but ...READ»

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Fast Company Recommended Events April 2010

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Girls (and Boys) Gone Wild in Copenhagen

Why should policymakers, investors, or businesspeople care about this? READ»

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Facebook to Add Child Safety "Panic Button" Application

Facebook, in partnership with Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center, will launch a child protection application perhaps best described as a panic button.READ»

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AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Has Job for 100 Days, Can't Shut Up About It

The one-time Google advertising honcho has been at the helm of AOL for 100 days. What's he done, what's next, and can he save the online giant from irrelevance?READ»

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Social Networking; Bubble or Bankable?

According to popular lore, Joe Kennedy got out of the stock market just before the crash of 1929 when his shoeshine boy started giving him stock tips. Kennedy figured if shoeshine boys were in the game, then there must be a bubble. ...READ»

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Why All HR Departments Need a Blog

The rules have changed and blogging is not just for geeks with a knack for writing anymore. Employees who want to smear you, recruiters who don't want to hire you, PR Departments who want to snow you - are all blogging; is HR ...READ»

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Tech Life | Shervin Pishevar (Founder, SGN)

Tech Life follows the daily routines of the world's Fastest movers and shakers to find out what products make them click--and scroll and surf, too.READ»

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WWW2010

Trying to imagine the future of the Internet -- the task at hand for the Web fanatics who will gather at this summit in Raleigh, North Carolina -- is almost as difficult as remembering what life was like without it. "Look at the ...READ»

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How to Schedule Meetings and Network Anywhere

Networking is essential to business in any industry. However, when traveling on business, meeting people in the same field can be difficult when you’re not familiar to an area. MeetingWave, an online service that helps business ...READ»

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The Social Networking Guide for Newbies

Don't be left behind. Everybody's doing it: politicians, kids, moms, rock stars, even granny.READ»

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For Recruiting on the Social Web - add some innovation!

For Recruiting on the Social Web - add some innovation! This post has a twist. It's not so much about advise for recruiters, 'cause I'm not a recruiter. It's about engaging in relationships with others and letting our ...READ»

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iFive: BP Blunders... Again, College Humor's New Site, iPhone Preorder Chaos, Fast Portland, AOL Unloads Bebo

While you were dreaming of lounging by the pool, BP and AOL continued dog paddling, College Humor jumped into the gaming content deep end, AT&T got deluged, and Portland surfaced as a Fast City. 1. Portland, Oregon mayor Sam ...READ»

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Annie Chang, cofounder of LOLapps

Don't be fooled by the name of her startup. As cofounder and head of products for LOLapps, a leading social-apps publisher, Annie Chang is pioneering a very serious business venture.READ»

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Is a Push Strategy On The Web Better Than a Pull Strategy?

Today I happened to be thinking about my last few presentations at conferences, especially at the Global Reggae Conference in Jamaica in February where I was invited to speak about leveraging the web to promote Reggae ...READ»

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Social Networks Are More Than Networking

Social networks, there's a lot of them out there and you're being invited to participate in new ones every day. There's MySpace, FaceBook, LinkedIn. There's eCademy, Plaxo, Ning, Bebo, Friendster. Jaiku, Orkut, Tumblr, and moore ...READ»

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The Tangled Relationship Between Jimbo Wales and Google

Wikipedia Wikipedia, for its part, gets around one-third of its traffic from referrals from Google's search engine. Google Google gets a lot of traffic from people interested in Wikipedia. Google's top searches for ...READ»