We’re getting there, with over 100 guys and gals signing up to Mobile Youth Net this weekend… all from word of mouth. Let’s see how things develop here… Signup from all over the world - ad agencies, analysts, marketing gurus, TV companies, record labels and operators. BETA is still open so register to try it [...] [...more]
Following on from our earlier post on Consumer Generated Content, business models that seem to offer the most value to the consumer occupy the middle ground between brand leadership and open-source do-as-you-feel consumer-generated whatever type scenarios. Content is a tool to facilitate social interaction. You talk about the latest football game, soap, drama, music with your [...] [...more]
Social networking site Facebook has seen its first drop in UK users in January, new industry data indicates. Users fell 5% to 8.5 million in January from 8.9 million in December, according to data from Nielsen Online. Full story here My note: now I note that I have been booted off Facebook some time back for contravening their [...] [...more]
Latest ComsScore data shows MySpace still far ahead of Facebook. Data here provided shows a comparison between mail and social networking sites. The OpenSocial partnership effectively opens up the potential for the email providers to extend their platform out into social networking. [...more]
Will it work on mobile? We asked delegates at our recent event [...more]
Teen social network Bebo plans to offer viral marketing services to youth brands. Keen to get a slice of the API pie, Bebo is provided a new platform called Open Media, partnering up with key household brands such as BBC, C4, Last.Fm, MoS, MTV and Yahoo! Bebo currently maintains a strong beach-head in UK & Ireleand [...] [...more]
Michael Arrington from TechCrunch writes an interesting post today about a letter he received from an 11 year old college student desperate to reinstate his (the student’s) Facebook account. The student writes: “I’m a college student at University of Michigan and Facebook has deactivated my account. I’ve noticed, from reading your blog, you have connections to [...] [...more]
The world of social networking services seems particularly unforgiving. As if floating on the froth of a speculative wave, any sense of downward movement has the bulls running for cover, erasing web 2.0 platitudes from their blog footprint. But Facebook seems to be a victim of its own success. The darling of web 2.0 media has [...] [...more]
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