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The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery

Both Sides of the Table

First, A Primer: Portals, RSS, Feed Readers & Delicious - When the web started we needed directories to find information and thus Yahoo! Then came RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) widely credited to Dave Winer for driving the spec & adoption. And the company that helped websites publish RSS? That’s Twitter.

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Fliptop: Shining A New Light On The RSS Feed

Tech Zulu Event

The RSS feed subscription idea has been around for quite some time now, however for some reason never really caught on with the general public. Chances are because they need to then use another service like Google Reader to keep track of the RSS and end up getting information they are not generally interested in.

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

Both Sides of the Table

But of course Google eventually became the massive winner in this category. 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. Thus, we click!

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Facebook’s Biggest Mistake?

InfoChachkie

According to Google, adding phone numbers to search placements has the added benefit of helping improve click through performance by 5-30%. View our free mobile white paper or read this case study to get some ideas on how to make the jump to mobile monetization. Want to know more about how to avoid a mobile snafu? Share and Enjoy.

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Down the Stack | How Low Do You Go?

Tech Zulu Event

You’ve got a great idea for an app. If you don’t like the idea of updating PHP or Ruby on Rails on a regular basis, this is where you probably want to be. Salesforce.com and Google Apps are two common examples. You’re a startup. You’ve got some friends interested in helping out and you think you can make this work.

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Five Trick Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Answer Before Asking For Money

InfoChachkie

Avoid too much specificity, as you may risk sounding like yet another startup that is, “Waiting For Google.” Like Godot, you will likely find that Google will never come knocking. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS.

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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

NEA No one owns it Everyone can use it Anyone can improve it Introduces (adds to Levels above) idea of Level 4 Platform In his mind, the key ingredient is that the there needs to be multiple platform service providers. Google App Engine - take more than two seconds to process we are going to kill your request. Not for batch processing.

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