4 Jobs I’ve Had Right after college, I worked for a few months in tech support at a forex company in the Empire State Building. Prior to Austin (where I had to go outside the city in order to get Kosher food for SXSW), the last time I ate Indian food was in 2003. Building my first online community 4. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! MORE

He kindly agreed to share his latest article about mobile marketing with Diva Marketing 's community. The principal watch dog for abuses in mobile advertising is the Federal Trade Commission, working under the 2003 CAN-SPAM Act. While CAN-SPAM was initially focused on the glut of spam email messages flooding computers, Section 14 of the Act specifically bans companies from sending unsolicited commercial text messages to cellular phones. MORE

There is More Than One SXSW As the conference continues to grow (interactive registrations up 40% over 2009, to more than 15,000 total), attendee segmentation follows apace. The feeling of community, and “we’re all in this together&# is slipping away. Both companies (as well as a second tier of contenders) are working on new features and ramping up their business development teams. Larger space, more interesting companies, and better production overall. MORE

Fantasy sports have played a huge role in shaping fans’ communities and conversations on social platforms. million in 2003. So in early 2003, we’ve got over 15 million people playing fantasy sports online. Social media makes fantasy sports a global, connected community. Fantasy draft companies. A few companies start popping up where online players can join, and play a variety of games, with people all over the world. Sporting goods companies. MORE

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. MORE

Topic for September 8, 2009: Time: 6:00p - 6:30p Eastern/ 5:p - 5:30p Central/ 4:00p -4:30p Mountain/ 3:00p -3:30p Pacific Call-in Guest Number: 718.508.9924. In 2003 Heidi was named one of 50 women shaping the Internet by the International Virtual Women’s Chamber of Commerce. MORE

A quick look at LinkedIn’s journey to 500 million members: 2003 (0 members): Launch. 2009 (33M members): Jeff Weiner joins LinkedIn as president. But what does this mean for B2C and B2B companies? MORE