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The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery

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First, A Primer: Portals, RSS, Feed Readers & Delicious - When the web started we needed directories to find information and thus Yahoo! They had a lock on “distribution&# and were named AOL, Yahoo!, Then came RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) widely credited to Dave Winer for driving the spec & adoption.

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

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I believe that many social networks confused this idea. I believe it is the new form of RSS – the place people go to find out what is happening in the latest news. I covered that topic in my Twitter is RSS post. we’re engaged in reading and discussing the ideas of those that we respect, like or are interested in.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I We have a theme we call Protocol, which are technology protocols and markets built around technology protocols like SMTP for email and RSS. And they made an early investment in Yahoo.“ “….a Was it David Cohen’ Idea? It was David’s idea.” “Well I didn’t know David.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. While Facebook was built on the idea that all our information was private and shared only between friend (before they changed this after the fact), Twitter was born under the idea that most of the information shared there was open and viewable by anybody.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

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RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005).

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. GeoCities, Tripod & Yahoo! Facebook went on become larger than even Google and Yahoo! What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future? cheap accessible digital hardware].

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The social Web in 2010: The emerging standards and technologies to watch

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On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 They also come in many different types from syndication formats like RSS and Atom to custom API streams.

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