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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (1/3/2010) Facebook $50 Billion, Hyundai Rules

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 8:51 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
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Censorship: The Great Enemy Of Skype, Facebook, And Twitter

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 4:32 am

The determination of foreign governments to protect their national technology franchises or censor information that originates outside their borders could limit the growth prospects of Skype, Facebook, and Twitter. That's ...
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Media Digest 1.3.2011 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 3:52 am

Facebook raised money at a $50 billion valuation. (NYT) Foreign commercial real estate investors ranked the US as the No.1 location to buy properties. (Reuters) Oil is unlikely to surge ...
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Ten Brands Americans No Longer Love

Posted: December 27, 2010 at 6:18 am

Americans do not merely love their favorite and most cherished brands, they love them. Consumers love Apple. They love the Mustang. They love Starbucks, and they once loved The Dallas ...
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Service Outages: The Challenge For Facebook, Twitter, And Skype

Posted: December 24, 2010 at 5:54 am

Facebook, Twitter, and Skype face an unusual challenge if they are to keep the dominance in their respective markets. It may be difficult to keep each of the services online ...
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Media Digest 12.24.2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 24, 2010 at 5:03 am

The head of the FCC said he supports the Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) plan to take a majority position in GE's (NYSE: GE) NBCU. (Reuters) SpendingPulse reports online retail sales are ...
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Facebook’s Dominance Of US Online Market Grows

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 6:09 am

Most of the comScore commentary about its November review of the largest US websites and their traffic was devoted to the increase in activity at the large e-commerce destinations due ...
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Hulu’s Appeal Fails

Posted: December 17, 2010 at 6:16 am

Hulu is no longer in the top ten video sites based on data for November from online research firm comScore. It had been on the list for months. A rise ...
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A Solution To Google’s Talent Problem–Give Employees Equity Stakes In New Ventures

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 5:40 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) keeps losing its top employees to other companies. Some of its senior management and best engineers have departed for AOL, Facebook, TellApart, Cuil, DoApp, and scores of ...
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Black Friday Online Spending Up 16%, Facebook Influence Rises

Posted: November 27, 2010 at 4:24 pm

Online spending rose much more than expected on Black Friday. Should the trend continue, holiday 2010 sales may be stronger than expected, especially if e-commerce is a proxy for overall ...
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Facebook Gets Another $120 Million Investment

Posted: June 29, 2010 at 5:34 am

"Never give a sucker and even break; never wise up a chump" -- WC Fields Facebook does not need anymore investment capital. It has raised several hundreds million in the ...
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Will Murdoch Sell MySpace For $1?

Posted: June 17, 2010 at 10:08 am

Now that AOL, Inc (NYSE: AOL) has sold social network Bebo to Criterion Capital, which must have more money than sense, Rupert Murdoch has a precedent for dumping his moribund ...
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Media Digest 4/7/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 7, 2010 at 2:48 am

Reuters:   The Chinese hinted they were ready to let the yuan rise. Reuters:   Asian stocks are near a 22 month high. Reuters:   Regulators plan to track fast frequency trading. Reuters:   ...
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The Death Of Web 2.0: A Business Without Money

Posted: May 27, 2008 at 4:48 am

MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube are among the most visited websites in the world. Unfortunately, no one can figure out how to make money from them. According to comScore, Facebook, the ...
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Put A Facebook On Your BlackBerry (RIMM, GOOG, MSFT)

Posted: October 24, 2007 at 12:00 pm

Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) has launched Facebook® for BlackBerry® Smartphones.  This announcement came out of CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment 2007.  This will allow BlackBerry software applications that enable fast, ...
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