Tag Archive | "lisa whelan"
December 13, 2006 by
Lisa Oshima |
Social Media
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The World is abuzz today with all sorts of interesting news relevant to social media/ social networking. Here are some teasers with links to keep you occupied with plenty of great reading: MySpace is apparently the biggest site on the internet in terms of the number of page views. Fox Interactive (largely MySpace) surpassed Yahoo, […]
December 8, 2006 by
Lisa Oshima |
Social Media
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In typical Friday fashion, I was browsing TheOnion.com over lunch, when I came across an article that made me laugh – out loud: “Recently Unearthed E-Mail Reveals What Life Was Like in 1995”. If you’re looking for a good laugh on a Friday afternoon… This spoof article will do the trick! When I was done […]
December 7, 2006 by
Lisa Oshima |
Review,
Social Media
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Are you looking for a thrill and hoping to strike it filthy stinking rich? Are you a risk taker with disposable income and time on your hands? Want to own a huge house in a great location? Want to make friends on-line? If you’ve answered “YES” to all of these questions, forget about buying lottery […]
December 6, 2006 by
Lisa Oshima |
Review,
Social Media
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Last week, San Francisco-based start-up Activeweave launched an exciting new product called Stickis. At first glance, Stickis looks like any other web overlay and annotation tool (i.e. Google Notebook, Trailfire, Fleck, Diigo, etc.), but dig a little deeper and you’ll see that Stickis does more. If it reaches critical mass, Stickis could revolutionize the way […]
December 5, 2006 by
Lisa Oshima |
Social Media
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The most genius and useful solutions are often born from simple ideas. Take, for example, basic office tools – paperclips, Scotch tape/ Sellotape, Whiteout/ Tip-Ex, Post-it notes, etc. It’s hard to imagine life without them. Why am I talking about office supplies in a blog about social media? The two have more in common than […]
December 4, 2006 by
Lisa Oshima |
Review,
Social Media
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There are plenty of sites out there offering expert advice and answering your questions. One of the most interesting of these sites is the Yedda beta. Yedda connects “people looking for knowledge with people who have the knowledge.” The site varies from other question/answer sites (like About.com and Yahoo! Answers) sites in several ways: It […]
December 1, 2006 by
Lisa Oshima |
Monetization,
Social Media
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An interesting new report from Hitwise says that one in twenty web visits is now to the top social media websites. In a recently published report entitled, “S-Commerce: Beyond MySpace and YouTube. A new approach for brands to participate in social networking,” Boston based on-line market research firm, Compete Inc., says: More than two–thirds of […]
November 30, 2006 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile,
Monetization,
Social Media
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On Tuesday, Verizon announced that it will be adding YouTube content to its V Cast line-up, as part of its V Cast Video Service. Yesterday (Nov 29), it announced that it in early December some (not all) Revver content will also be available on the same service. Users will need to spend $15 a month […]
November 22, 2006 by
Lisa Oshima |
Social Media
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With the volume of information available on social media sites increasing rapidly, the need for effective search tools is greater than ever before. Users need ways to sift through the “garbage” on the Internet to find information that is relevant to their search – both on topic and in the desired format. Search engines are […]
November 21, 2006 by
Lisa Oshima |
Review,
Social Media
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Attention teenagers and overzealous social networkers with an predilection for giving strangers your phone number (despite your mother’s and my best advice): If you’ve ever met someone who you’d like to start talking to on the phone but don’t want to give him/her your real number, in the unlikely event that s/he turns out to […]
