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Google Launches Music Search
MASHABLE - Oct 29 - Music-related searches currently make up ~6% of total queries on Google according to Hitwise. That's why Google has launched a major new feature that incorporates streaming audio previews when you search for an artist, album, or song using the search engine. When you ente …
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Social Network Zorpia To Provide Virtual Goods Via Viximo
PR WEB - Oct 29 - Viximo, the provider of a virtual goods solution designed for social networks, online dating, and casual gaming, announced the next version of its virtual goods solutions and Zorpia.com as a new partner. The additions to Viximo’s economy tools provide a deeper set of analytics …
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Flixster Crosses 8 Million Mobile Users
TECH CRUNCH - Oct 27 - Flixster, a social network for movie fans, is doing pretty well. Earlier this week, Flixster crossed ~ 8M users across their mobile app lineup. Of that 8M, 75% have used the app in the past 90 days. Users are currently rating one movie every 5 seconds, whilst watching …
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Friendster's Comeback Plan
ASIAMEDIA JOURNAL - Oct 28 - After losing ground to Facebook in many of its Southeast Asian markets, Friendster has embarked on a comeback plan, launching a payments platform to sell virtual items and games. Friendster’s payment platform will be extended to third parties such as advertisers, …
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MySpace Declines, Facebook And Twitter Grow
READ WRITE WEB - Oct 28 - According to Hitwise U.S. visits to Facebook have increased 194% from Sep 2008 to Sep 2009. However, it's Twitter that's seen the largest YOY increase in visits - during that same time period, they're up 1170%. Nearly 59% of all the social networking visits were vis …
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Twitter Finds Growth Abroad
TECH CRUNCH - Oct 27 - Twitter’s growth these days seems to be coming from abroad. ComScore data shows a 6.7% jump from August to September in worldwide visitors to 58.4M (949% increase from a year ago). The 20.9M visitors from the U.S., in contrast, has remained flat since June. FULL ARTICLE …
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XING Launches Recruiter Membership
XING - Oct 26 - XING launches its Recruiter Membership, that enables users to benefit from powerful new search filters optimized especially for recruitment purposes, such as “Career level”, “Professional experience”, “Company size” and “Industry”. Recruiter Membership is now available at an …
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U.K. Online Display Advertising On Social Networks
PR NEWSWIRE - Oct 26 - According to Comscore, social networks accounted for 13.8 billion display ad impressions in August 2009, representing more than 25% of all display ads viewed online. Telefonica O2, Deutsche Telekom, and British Telecommunications, were the heaviest advertisers. Display …
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Social Networks Cost British Economy £1.38 Billion Per Year
SIFY NEWS - Oct 26 - A recent survey done in the UK by Morse, an IT services and technology company, has revealed that the cost to the economy due to use of social networks by office workers during office hours could be over £1.38 billion/year. More than 50% of office workers used social network …
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Social Network Updates A Friend To Charities
SF CHRONICLE - Oct 26 - Social networks have quickly become a powerful yet inexpensive tool to raise money and awareness for charities. A week ago, a record number of status updates on Twitter and Facebook using the phrase "#BeatCancer" helped raise $70,000 for four non-profit cancer organizatio …
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Facebook Wins Legal Victory Over Power.com
MASHABLE - Oct 25 - The Power.com lawsuit against Facebook has been dismissed by a US District Judge. It’s been a back-and-fourth mélee with Facebook first filing suit against Power.com for allegedly using Facebook user data without authorization. Then in July, Power.com counter-sued Facebo …
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Chia Hwu, Community Manager At 23andMe.com
SNW INTERVIEW - Oct 20 - 23andMe on its Web site calls itself “a Web-based service that helps customers read and understand their DNA.” As Community Manager, Chia Hwu oversees all of the company’s social networking initiatives. – Jenn Rubin Listen to the interview What does your organization do …
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The Top Viral Video Ad Campaign, Updated Oct 22, 2009
Brand: EvianCampaign: Live YoungAgency: BETC Euro RSCGSource: VisibleMeasures.com
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Nokia’s Looking To Sell Off Dopplr
TECH CRUNCH - Oct 23 - Nokia is quietly looking for a buyer to take Dopplr, the travel social network, off their hands. According to our source, all Nokia really wanted from the acquisition was the team, particularly CEO Marko Ahtisaari and CTO Matt Biddulph. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCHSee all …
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More Signs Hulu Subscription Service Is Coming
CNET NEWS - Oct 22 - Chase Carey, News Corp.'s deputy chairman, suggested that it's just a matter of time before Hulu, the video service founded by News Corp. and NBC Universal, launches a subscription service. The move would likely be made in 2010. Charging for content online may not solve …
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DailyMotion Raises €17 Million
TECH CRUNCH - Oct 22 - The French-born version of YouTube, DailyMotion has confirmed its latest fundraising of €17M. There was an undisclosed €7.5M investor in the round which turns out to be a French state-backed investment fund. DailyMotion is now heading through to over 60M uniques users. …
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Facebook And Google Expected To Offer Music
NYTIMES - Oct 22 - Google has struck deals with several streaming music services to let people easily sample music directly from the search engine. Over the summer, Facebook began limited tests allowing companies like American Greetings and JibJab, a humor site, to add their virtual wares, l …
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DailyMotion raises €17 million
TECH CRUNCH - Oct 22 - The French-born version of YouTube, DailyMotion has confirmed its latest fundraising of €17M. There was an undisclosed €7.5M investor in the round which turns out to be a French state-backed investment fund. DailyMotion is now heading through to over 60M uniques users. …
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Skype Hits 521 Million Users
TECH CRUNCH - Oct 21 - Skype’s registered users grew 41% to 521M people. That’s 40M new registered users in the past three months. Revenues grew 29% to $185M. Free Skype-to-Skype minutes grew 74% to 27.7 billion minutes, whereas SkypeOut minutes (which is what members pay for) grew 44% to 3. …
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More Americans Using Status Updates
SF CHRONICLE - Oct 21 - A survey of 2,253 adults showed that 19% of all Internet users "use Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves or to see updates about others," a significant increase from the 11% reported in previous surveys in Dec '08, according to the Pew Internet …
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