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Is Open Source the new black?

The Way of the Web

Live cross-platform mobile gaming arrives → Is Open Source the new black? July 15th, 2010 · View Comments It seems as if Open Source is becoming fashionable, particularly when it comes to maps.

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Community Bootstrapping: Tools & Strategies To Build A Community.

Jason Yormark

Companies like Starbucks , Dell , even my previous employer Microsoft Advertising , all do community incredibly well and it has paid off for all of them many times over. Step 2: Build Your Home Base I have practically made a living utilizing open source software to fulfill all my web needs.

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Facebook vs Twitter (A Comparison)

The Marketing Blog

Home About In the Media Moving One Step Closer to Dream Indian Companies on Twitter – A Usage Study March 3, 2010.10:02 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. Wish to see more such interesting stuff on social media.

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One potential USP for Diaspora

The Way of the Web

Revenue generation is increasing for the social networks and companies using them. It could be the social network which doesn’t let you ‘Like’ a company – but lets you control your relationship with all the companies you’d like to do business with. Maybe that would give both movements more leverage?

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Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Such was the case for this Digg story , which compared multiple web hosting companies and watched as these hosts handled the traffic spikes that resulted from the Digg effect. A few weeks later, a surprising blog post was published that outed the marketing firm and hosting company that sponsored the particular study.

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Open Software – from watches to newspapers

The Way of the Web

And then open-source it to developers to come up with amazing ideas for what could be displayed there, rather than trying to think of them all. Meanwhile, the Journal Register company has been experimenting with producing online and print editions of their newspapers using only free tools.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

I’m delighted to have had the chance to interview technology consultant and author Phil Simon about how technology and social media adoption is changing companies. Are there specific markers that indicate readiness within companies? How should companies evaluate success? Note that open source does not mean free, however.