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

Both Sides of the Table

Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks?

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Will you validate new members’ email addresses and/or phone numbers? How much member profile information do you need before allowing a user to register? Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks? How are you using geographic information? For customer service?

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Registration Form Design with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Authentication

SoCal CTO

Design Challenge In this particular web site, we needed to get the user's email (and password). We also wanted users to provide information about twitter and LinkedIn to help personalize the application. Mahalo offers you the choice of sign-up / registration via a host of social networks (powered by JanRain).

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Nimble Links Into Microsoft Edge

socalTECH

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management (CRM) software provider Nimble said today that it has linked its software into Microsoft Edge , Microsoft's web browser, to provide access to information on people and businesses within that browser. Nimble already links into Chrome, Safari and Firefox.

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How much is that one additional unit worth?

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here…] In an Internet-based business, power comes not just from high gross margins, but also from an increase in the percent of conversions. The point is that once your company is stable at or above the breakeven point, one incremental unit generates robust increases in net profit. Back to the incremental unit.

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Fifty years of the internet

TechCrunch LA

Along the way, we found ourselves constantly surprised by unanticipated applications that suddenly appeared and gained huge adoption across the Internet; this was the case with email, the World Wide Web, peer-to-peer file sharing, user generated content, Napster, YouTube, Instagram, social networking, etc.

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Customer Trust Is An Opportunity With A Huge Payback

Startup Professionals Musings

With the ITRC 2021 End-of-Year Data Breach Report revealing a 68 percent increase in stolen sensitive personal information, there is a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

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