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Kabam Launches The Godfather: Five Families Exclusive to Google+

Tech Zulu Event

Big news in the social gaming sphere as major interactive gaming player Kabam announces the launch of The Godfather: Five Families out of beta and into commercial exclusively with Google+ Games. This is the first major exclusive game launch Kabam or any other major gaming company on Google+ and not on Facebook.

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Mobile Internet Apple Facebook

SoCal CTO

And it’s interesting that while they talk about the impact of Facebook, they don’t quite seem to recognize the impact of Web 2.0, And they even point to how fast things are ramping on mobile access: Open vs. Closed Platforms They raise one of the most complex issues I grapple with all the time. social networking, etc.

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

Both Sides of the Table

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. Social Networking in Web 2.0.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

Both Sides of the Table

was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. People rightly recognize that comments on blogs are just a form of a stream and thus the growth of open commenting platforms like Disqus and IntenseDebate. Google’s AdSense) or some other form of ad.

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New StockTwits CEO Looks to Expand Share of Investor Community

Xconomy

If you do a Google search for AAPL, the stock ticker for Apple, the top search results are typically Yahoo Finance, Twitter, Google Finance—and StockTwits, a social media communications platform for Wall Street traders and active retail investors.

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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

Both Sides of the Table

AJAX was one of the major drivers of the “dot com renaissance” that became known as Web 2.0. Prior to the popularization of smart phones and Facebook we were in a pretty good place on the Web. The one big concern many people had was how to constrain the total dominance of Google.

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

socalTECH

Obviously, anyone except the largest five to ten content companies in the world, such as Google, Netflix, or Amazon, does not need to own their own CDN. I think that's what is the main foundational element of a Web 2.0 Instead, they outsource to an expert like Edegcast. Those two typically don't go together well.

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