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Digital grassroots: the Internet fights back

Sherrilynne Starkie

People can now create mashups without fear of reprisal. It was during the 2006 election that first signs that a grassroots movement was taking hold were spotted, according to Geist. From then the movement grew: The Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook Group was launched in 2007 and soon had 90,000 members. Related articles.

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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

2007: Facebook. The constant parade of new verbs and nouns has been interesting: texting, “going viral,” mashups, memes, flashmobs, friending, unfriending, likes, retweets, crowdfunding, “add me,” rickrolling, circles, FollowFriday, hash tags, Pandora, Instagrams. Even if Facebook et al. 2005: Flickr.

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API Widget Economy: Social Media Business Podcast

Laurel Papworth

Companies that open their business databases and stream that data out, can have an army of hundreds of thousands (mostly) unpaid developers creating Facebook apps, iPhone apps and blog widgets to help sell their products and services. In November 2000 they opened up the API and by 2006 had 5 billion API calls a month.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It shows the power of mashup. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. I like the Pork and Bean video. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! All rights reserved.

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The FASTForward Blog " Managing Personal Knowledge: Setting a Foundation for Transformation? : Enterprise 2.0 Blog: News, Coverage, and Commentary

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December 2006. January 2008. December 2007. November 2007. October 2007. September 2007. August 2007. April 2007. March 2007. February 2007. January 2007. Contributor Archives. Charles Armstrong. Jon Husband. Jevon MacDonald. Joe McKendrick. Sean McClowry. Rob Paterson. Paula Thornton. Phil Wainewright. Sponsor Posts. Election 2008.

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How to Build Community for Niche Site Success

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When I first started blogging about my three legged dog Jerry back in 2006, never in my wildest dreams did I think helping those facing amputation for their dogs would be my full time job five years later. For details about the fledgling Tripawds site, don’t miss my submission for the 2008 ProBlogger Video Mashup. million views.

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Your Guide to the Crowdsourced Workforce - ReadWriteWeb

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Crowdsourcing, a term coined by Jeff Howe in a June 2006 issue of Wired magazine, is a model of labor that has been fully embraced on the Internet over the past couple of years. . Home | Web Apps | Trends | Google | Microsoft | Facebook | Archives | Jobs. RWW Daily by Email. RWW Weekly Wrap-up. 22 Comments. RECENT JOBS. POPULAR TAGS.