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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

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Unfortunately, the site’s spike in popularity in 2003 caught the company by surprise. Myspace: “A place for friends” (2003) Friendster rival Myspace (originally styled as MySpace) quickly became the go-to site for millions of hip teens. Demand was so high that Google eventually had to suspend them.

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With 4 Days Before Blogger Social, I Bring You the 4×4 Meme

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

4 Websites I Visit Daily My first stop every day (and numerous other periods during the day) is my email, which is hosted on Gmail or Google Apps. If that answer doesn’t suffice, I can assure you that I visit Google at least once daily.) Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

For example, just the other day I stumbled upon an Apple press release from 2003. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca .&# Touted as more of a “content discovery&# engine than a news engine, StumbleUpon lets you discover news, but not necessarily in a timely manner.

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Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media - ReadWriteWeb

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Advice for students: buy yourname.com to secure your brand, make a video resume, start a Wordpress blog, use Google Reader, participate (comment on blogs and link to them), get on Facebook and LinkedIn, network, and more (see slideshow below): | View | Upload your own. One of the topics was microblogging, and Twitter was discussed.

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Fifteen Years of Online Social Interactions

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Reply Larry Brauner May 19, 2008 at 10:36 am Unfortunately Tamar I was a much later adapter of social networking — 2003. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca When and how did you make it into the lovely World Wide Web?

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Social Class Distinction Between MySpace and Facebook » Techipedia.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I’m a borderline user of both social networks; I graduated from college in 2003, but joined Facebook when it established in 2004. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca I joined MySpace in 2006 (!)

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