Companies Using Beacon Will Undoubtedly be Sued
Privacy policies. They are the walls of separation that protect users from the over-indulging nature of companies and provide strict legal protections for both the user and the company. Privacy...
View Article7 Herramientas de Relaciones Públicas que su Empresa No Conoce
La web ofrece una gran cantidad de herramientas para hacer relaciones públicas. A continuación, siete herramientas que facilitarán su operación de relaciones públicas online. Distribución de...
View ArticleFreakin' Beacon Firefox Extension
I took the dive into Firefox extension development today whipping out an answer to the Beacon is broke sentiment that is popping up all over the net, including here on this blog. This extension puts a...
View ArticleZuckerberg, Quit Insulting Our Intelligence
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook has taken one more step in the Beacon war. As we’ve noted, Facebook is wrong to not fully make Beacon an opt-in program, partner companies are wrong for...
View ArticleLa Privacidad como Moneda
Alex Rudloff escribe un interesante artÃculo (en inglés) sobre el uso de nuestra privacidad como moneda, pudiendo cada quien intercambiar partes de su privacidad por servicios. De esta forma podemos...
View ArticleFacebook se enfrenta a OpenSocial
Facebook ha decidido ofrecer su plataforma de programación al resto de los networks sociales, picándole adelante a Google y su esperado OpenSocial. Google OpenSocial surgió como una respuesta a la...
View ArticleLa Intersección de los CÃrculos Sociales
¿Quiénes están incluidos en tus networks sociales? ¿Que criterio utilizas para incluirlos? El tema se puede poner de lo mas controversial. Hay personas cuya meta es tener la mayor cantidad de...
View ArticleScrabuloso
Alrededor de 600.000 usuarios de Facebook disfrutan regularmente de una partida de Scrabble con sus amigos. Y desde el 15 de Enero esperan ansiosamente que el problema entre Hasbro/Mattel y Scrabulous...
View ArticleFacebook, You're Banished
Over the past few months, I’ve been getting increasingly fed up with Facebook. The signal to noise ratio is getting worse everyday and I’m spending more and more time investing in something that is...
View ArticleI Told You So: Blockbuster Sued over Facebook Beacon
In December, I wrote a post stating that Companies using Facebook Beacon as a marketing tool would get sued and demonstrated the privacy policies in effect at a number of the Beacon partners. One of...
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Facebook, Did you Get My Alimony Check?
A month or so ago, I unceremoniously ditched Facebook. Kicked it to the curb. See, the relationship was already on the rocks. She was apparently running around my back telling other people about my...
View ArticleFacebook Business & Marketing Solutions – Kent Schoen, Facebook
9:53 AM – This is going to be an interesting session considering my “history of hate” with Facebook Beacon, etc. Who knows? Maybe Beacon won’t even be mentioned. We’ll see. The description of the...
View ArticleHow Has Social Software Changed Your Life?
This is an open comments style post, so I want your comments. The thing about my “beat”, as they’d call it in the newspaper business, is that I’m not really all that interested in “the news”. I’m not...
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Comments About Sarah Lacy, SXSW and the "Apology of the Century"
Last night at the Twin Tech Party in DC, Sarah Lacy of Business Week and I had a chance to meet for the first time. What transpired has been spun unbelievably out of control by attendees of the party....
View ArticleWalled Gardens and Business Models in the 21st Century
Walled Gardens. Defined as media properties utilizing privileged access to provide information services or content to a user. The classic example of a walled garden was AOL, before they opened up most...
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What's a Social App Developer to do?
To Mike Lazerow, CEO of new-age ad agency BuddyMedia, Facebook is the future. Big brands trying to reach the world’s 500,000,000 social network members are ringing his phone off the hook, because his...
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Facebook Shows New Life and Value
A few months ago, we started to see a shift in how Facebook could potentially be used in a different way. Newsfeed commenting was heralded as a Friendfeed style approach. Initially buried in the...
View ArticleFacebook Spam Pitches
There’s a new form of social media spamming happening in the name of PR social media relevance. It is the art of the Facebook “tag”. If you’re fortunate enough, you’ve been hit with this spam a dozen...
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Creative Ideas for Capital
A great side-effect of entrepreneurs’ optimism in tough times is creativity. At our OpenCoffeeDC last week, discussions got lively when talk turned to bootstrapping — not just self-funding, but all...
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The Dickensian 2008: A Look Back
This year might be the strangest year ever. It roared in with news of Robert Scoble having his Facebook account suspended for utilizing scripts to sync data between Plaxo and Facebook in violation of...
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