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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

2005: Flickr. 2010: Twitter. A story I posted on Digg in 2005 crashed the “interesting” get-paid-for content site I was briefly testing. When I finally became serious about Twitter in 2010, I thought the basic homepage was so-so. Foursquare? This is a guest blog post by Stephen Black. This is his story.

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How to Manage Facebook Relationships: Reciprocal Friends and 1-Way Subscriptions

Ari Herzog

While my definition of a friend has changed since joining the social networking site in 2005, the core remains the same: Friends are people who I know in the flesh, share an interest or two, and consider socially compatible. Family members and so-called close friends fit this definition. What about you? Should I be friends with you?

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How to Fix a “Broken Brand” with Social

Convince & Convert

When Jeff Vinik bought the team in 2010 , he needed to make some major changes. At this home game in 2010, there were more Detroit Red Wings jerseys represented than Lightning. ” A promotion on Valentine’s Day last year gave a Lightning cupcake to anyone who checked in on Foursquare or Facebook. million viewers.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

2005 marked the apex of Myspace. Gaining traction: LinkedIn, YouTube, and WordPress (and more) arrive (2003-2005) In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facemash, described as Harvard University’s answer to Hot or Not. Registering its one-millionth user that same year, the site became just “ Facebook ” in 2005.

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Lone Survivor – Book review - Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. In June of 2005, Luttrell led a four-man team of Navy SEALs into the mountains of Afghanistan on a mission to kill a Taliban leader thought to be allied with Osama bin Laden. Lone Survivor is a story that is a testament to the true warrior spirit. Use get_bookmarks() instead.

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Acronis taps a new CEO - Jason Donahue

Koka Sexton

a virtualization company that was acquired by IBM in 2005. ¬ Koka Sexton dot Com » Blog Archive » What goes up… #5483 August 6th, 2010 at 3:32 pm [.] or Geotracking services are picking up steam and in my post about Foursquare, Gowalla and Yelp I was still sifting Koka Sexton dot Com: [.] and Apptix Inc.,

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Remember the Milk and Everything else

Koka Sexton

They launched in October 2005. or Geotracking services are picking up steam and in my post about Foursquare, Gowalla and Yelp I was still sifting Koka Sexton dot Com: [.] What started as a simple idea soon became a huge web application with every feature imaginable (there’s a reason why this took more than a year to finish!).