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• 1May 10, 2010

  Social Media Revolution 2 (Refresh)

  If Facebook was a country, it would now be the third largest country in the world. It passed the U.S. earlier this year and is now eclipsed only by China and India in terms of raw population. That mind-boggling statistic — along with a few dozen more — are showcased in the above video, demonstrating social media’s explosive growth in recent years. Based on the book Socialnomics by Erik Qualman, the video [...]

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• 0April 15, 2010

  Morgan Stanley Internet Trends: 2010

  A couple of days ago Morgan Stanley released their annual Internet Trends report. As usual it’s a great resource for the current state of the Internet, including the mobile web, providing the latest stats, trends, forecasts and more.

  Presented by Mary Meeker on April 12, 2010 [...]

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• 0April 05, 2010

  When games invade real life

  Games are invading the real world — and the runaway popularity of Farmville and Guitar Hero is just the beginning, says Jesse Schell. At the DICE Summit, he makes a startling prediction: a future where 1-ups and experience points break “out of the box” and into every part of our daily lives.
  Beyond Facebook, beyond consoles and even computer screens [...]

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• 0December 22, 2009

  Top Mobile Phones, Sites & Brands in 2009

  From Nielsen Wire:

  The iPhone and various Blackberry handhelds dominated the mobile device market, while Google, Yahoo! and YouTube led the way as far as most accessed sites and brands on the mobile web. [...]

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• 0December 16, 2009

  Facebook’s Road To An IPO

  With the recent introduction of a dual-class stock structure emulating that of Google, rumors of an impending Facebook IPO abound. Though nothing has been officially announced, it seems a likely possibility in 2010. Below we look at the ever-changing and often controversial valuation time line of one of the web’s most popular [...]

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• 0December 15, 2009

  Morgan Stanley’s Mobile Internet Report

  Today the good folks over at Morgan Stanley released Mary Meeker’s amazing mobile Internet tome. It’s a wealth of information for all things related to the mobile web… stats, trends, forecasts and more. There are several versions since some may be a bit intimidated by the the full 694-page report.
  Below, I’ve included each version: The Mobile Internet Report [...]

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• 0November 23, 2009

  Videos Rise 98% on Social Networking Sites

  From Nielsen Wire:
  Facebook is Top Social Networking Destination by Video Streams for the 2nd Month in a Row in October
  Time spent viewing video on social networking sites increased 98 percent year-over-year, from 503.8 million minutes in October 2008 to 999.4 million minutes in October 2009, according to Nielsen. In [...]

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• 0November 11, 2009

  Boxee Beta Unveiling on Dec 7th

  In the last year Boxee has gone after the media center world with a vengeance. What’s surprising is that they’ve been quite successful while remaining in just an alpha release. That is, until December 7th, when Boxee rolls out an official beta release. The new version promises several enhancements like; a new user interface, better navigation, search functionality for TV shows and movies [...]

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• 2November 09, 2009

  Xbox Live Update Preview II Review

  It’s been over two weeks since I first got preview access to the new Xbox Live update. But, I didn’t really get into it until this past weekend and I must say, overall, they did a great job. Xbox has been touting these new offerings since they were first announced back in June. While the official release of the public update is still unannounced, Xbox is giving its preview users plenty to check out. [...]

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• 0October 30, 2009

  How Google Social Search Works

  Google recently launched a new experimental feature in Google Labs that searches your social circle in addition to your regular Google search results. Announced at Web 2.0 in San Francisco last week, Google Social Search is currently in its Beta testing phase. In the video below, Matt Cutts from the search quality team explains how Google Social Search works. [...]

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