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Facebook vs Twitter (A Comparison)

The Marketing Blog

The only other place where Facebook scores over Twitter is on the Disqus platform but there also it is a close fight b/w the two. Reasons could be many e.g. ‘Facebook’ being a closed platform the community considers it as a friend focussed channel.

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Google Wave fails to cause a splash

The Way of the Web

The central parts of the code, as well as the protocols that have driven many of Wave’s innovations, like drag-and-drop and character-by-character live typing, are already available as open source, so customers and partners can continue the innovation we began. And their search engine is second to none! Love Chrome.

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Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

From looking at the software development world: an open source product can benefit from ongoing enhanced security. For example: the apache server, since its code is open any attacker can analyze it, search for loopholes and devise an attack. Social networks like Digg are open source???

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Try Looking Outside to Solve the Problems Inside

Social Media Strategery

This problem defied engineers for years until a man named John Davis, who had no experience in the oil industry, solved it. To finish this cleanup job, you’d have to clear an area the size of Walt Disney World Resort every week for about five years. Kirsten Reed Steve, Great post! The Whole. : The Whole.

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The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The person who tweeted at me last week about this was especially into open source for her own reasons, so all of the sudden, this meant that I should have given her a freebie. And then they justify it by saying “well I’m a big fan of the open source movement!&# That’s the big question.

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Why Nobody Should Buy Digg ?» Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It is a proposal of an open system where everything is transparent and users themselves can vote on decisions. I think it is a great idea and I am in the midst of writing the open source code for it. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca reddit used to be cool.

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