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  • Buzz Kill

    Buzz Kill

    By now, if you follow the technology world at all, or if you use Gmail, you’ve probably noticed a new thingy released by Google in the last few days. The thingy is called Google Buzz and it is billed to be a “status update” tool to allow your friends to know what you’re up to?…

  • Facebook Business & Marketing Solutions – Kent Schoen, Facebook

    9:53 AM – This is going to be an interesting session considering my “history of hate” with Facebook Beacon, etc. Who knows? Maybe Beacon won’t even be mentioned. We’ll see. The description of the session is as follows: This session will present an overview of Facebook advertising and marketing solutions, including the Facebook Social Ads…

  • A Manifesto for Mobile and Location Based Social Networks

    Mobile is hot. Untethering from computers is the next generation of the web and I’ve said it for awhile. FindWhere CEO Jaap Groot and my friend and DoC co-host Geoff Livingston have co-authored a white paper (they call it a manifesto) for mobile and location-based social networks outlining eight requirements for a successful mobile endeavor.…

  • I Told You So: Blockbuster Sued over Facebook Beacon

    In December, I wrote a post stating that Companies using Facebook Beacon as a marketing tool would get sued and demonstrated the privacy policies in effect at a number of the Beacon partners. One of those is Blockbuster, which as noted in the December post, was so over the top with it’s privacy policy. It’s,…