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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

One night in 2006, over Tiger beer and carrot cake at a hawker center , my designer friend Little Ong told me about Multiply. Another friend, Dinnertube , started posting videos on Youtube in 2006. I may have opened a MySpace account when it was still the talk of the digital town. Foursquare? Left Blank shared videos.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

Myspace: “A place for friends” (2003) Friendster rival Myspace (originally styled as MySpace) quickly became the go-to site for millions of hip teens. 2005 marked the apex of Myspace. 2005 marked the apex of Myspace. Unfortunately, the site’s spike in popularity in 2003 caught the company by surprise.

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Social Media Strategy from A to Z » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FourSquare, Gowalla, Loopt, and other location-aware services are social networks, unifying real connections. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Answers Yahoo!

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Here’s 2006. The Poetry of Social Networking to Court Customers and Invest in Relationships (Brian Solis): Brian Solis shares his foreword to Sean Percival’s book, MySpace Marketing. 6 Tips for Getting the Most out of Foursquare (Mashable): Foursquare is new for many, so learn it and soak it in while it’s still hot.

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Quantum Entanglements: The Social Media Scandals

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Reply Casey August 8, 2009 at 3:14 am I’ve personally know Barb Calandrello for many years and just came across her facebook and her myspace and her websites and can’t believe that this isn’t considered fraud altogether. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. She turned 45 in December and graduated in 1982. I am very embarassed!

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What You Can Learn About Social Media Marketing from TLC

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Around that time, though, I noticed that TLC was promoting Foursquare as Facebook within their TV programs. On multiple occasions, I noticed an overlay during their episodes that encouraged users to follow them on Foursquare with a link to a Facebook.com address. The FourSquare/Facebook issue is at best a confusing promotion.

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Dear Facebook Friends, You're Doing it Wrong

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Case in point: in 2006, Facebook removed the only Facebook friend I had who wasn’t a real person. Still, it puts Facebook ahead of MySpace. And he wants that kind of technology in a foursquare type of app. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. That person was St. Augustine of Hippo, who has been dead for nearly 1500 years.

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