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More on sleazy douchebaggery

Jim Dalrymple — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:09:52 +0000

Matt Gemmell on the AllThis hubbub.

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Douchebaggery

Jim Dalrymple — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:17:27 +0000

This is not how you launch a startup.

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Versions of you

Jim Dalrymple — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:31:34 +0000

The online version and the real version.

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Facebook settles with the FTC

Jim Dalrymple — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:35:33 +0000

Reuters:

Facebook has agreed to settle an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into deceptive privacy practices, committing to cease making false claims and to submit to independent audits for 20

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Facebook’s $100 billion IPO

Jim Dalrymple — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:41:00 +0000

WSJ:

The social networking firm is now targeting a time frame of April to June 2012 for an initial public offering, said people familiar with the matter. The company is exploring raising $10 billion in its IPO—what would be one of the largest offerings ever—in a deal that might assign Facebook a $100 billion valuation, a number greater than twice that of such stalwarts as Hewlett-Packard Co. and 3M Co.

That’s just an unbelievable amount of

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∞ The problem with Stamped

Jim Dalrymple — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:36:55 +0000

The problem with Stamped is that it correlates popularity of your stamps to quality. It makes the assumption that because you like something – and use up one of your “limited stamps” to demonstrate this as a showing of quality – that others will be inclined to agree or incited to try out whatever you stamped. I don’t think that could be further from the truth.

I agree.

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∞ Ashton Kutcher's lame Twitter account gets lamer

Peter Cohen — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:28:53 +0000

After getting raked over the coals for voicing an unpopular comment about Penn State coach Joe Paterno, Ashton Kutcher is handing his Twitter account off to a PR agency. Weaksauce!

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∞ 30 social media infographics

Jim Dalrymple — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:26:27 +0000

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∞ Tweet Speaker for iPhone

Jim Dalrymple — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:27:14 +0000

Enjoy Twitter while on a walk, stuck in traffic, in the kitchen, or on the go. Tweet Speaker lets you listen to news, sports, humor, and the musings of interesting people on Twitter — a sort of live podcast of your Tweets.

Another great app from the guys at App Cubby. It’s $2.99 on the App

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∞ Facebook denies it tracks users

Jim Dalrymple — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:56:28 +0000

Emil Protalinski for ZDNet:

“Facebook does not track users across the web,” a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement. “Instead, we use cookies on social plugins to personalize content (e.g. Show you what your friends liked), to help maintain and improve what we do (e.g. Measure click-through rate), or for safety and security (e.g. Keeping underage kids from trying to signup with a different age). No information we receive when you see a social plugins is used to target

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∞ ∞ Why Google wants your real name

Jim Dalrymple — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:21:05 +0000

Dave Winer:

There’s a very simple business reason why Google cares if they have your real name. It means it’s possible to cross-relate your account with your buying behavior with their partners, who might be banks, retailers, supermarkets, hospitals, airlines. To connect with your use of cell phones that might be running their mobile operating system. To provide identity in a commerce-ready way.

∞ ∞ Google+ comes to iPhone

Peter Cohen — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:59:47 +0000

If you’ve hopped on the latest social networking bandwagon and gotten a Google+ account, you may be interested in the new Google+ app for iPhone. It’s available for free download from the App Store.

∞ ∞ Twitter updates iPhone app fixing the QuickBar

Jim Dalrymple — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:45:44 +0000

Twitter on Wednesday updated its iPhone app, fixing a feature included in last week’s update, called the QuickBar.

∞ ∞ What's wrong with the new Twitter for iPhone?

Jim Dalrymple — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:49:57 +0000

Like many users today, I updated to the new Twitter for iPhone when it became available on the App Store. I must say, I’m not as upset as some people are with the update, but there are a couple of nagging issues. Harry McCracken sums them up nicely.

The new Quick Bar — which Twitter says is “very cool” — floats at the top of your Tweetstream, coming and going as you scroll around.

Except…I can’t tell why it shows the people it shows. Some of them I

∞ ∞ Early Facebook designer returns to the company

Jim Dalrymple — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:30:22 +0000

One of the men responsible for the early successes of Facebook has returned to the company.

∞ ∞ Facebook being investigated by SEC, raises $500 million

Jim Dalrymple — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:33:04 +0000

Facebook has reportedly raised $500 million, $450 million from Goldman Sachs and another $50 million from Russian investment group, Digital Sky Technologies. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Zynga Game Network and also the focus of an SEC probe into private shares trading.

It’s not clear what the SEC inquiry is focused on, but DealBook and other publications have suggested that the agency may be interested in a rule that limits private companies to fewer than 500 shareholders.

∞ ∞ Apple patent shows Ping-like social networking for retail stores

Jim Dalrymple — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:30:36 +0000

If you’ve ever wanted to share your shopping experiences using your iPhone, Apple may soon have a solution for you.

∞ ∞ Ping tops 1 million users in 48 hours

Jim Dalrymple — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:27:28 +0000

Apple on Friday said its new Ping service topped 1 million users after being available for only 48 hours.

∞ ∞ Twitter bans third-party paid tweets, intros Promoted Tweets

Jim Dalrymple — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:43:32 +0000

In a lengthy post on its Web site on Monday Twitter said it will no longer “allow any third party to inject paid tweets into a timeline on any service that leverages the Twitter API.”

∞ ∞ Twitter buys Tweetie

Jim Dalrymple — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:03:31 +0000

Twitter on Friday revealed that it had purchased Tweetie, an app designed and developed by Loren Brichter for the Mac and iPhone.