Imeem is interesting, and is in many ways like a syndication-based advertising network for music, which is great. Although the challenging part, and the part that will bring more money for everyone, is to find a way to make the advertising relevant to the content or the publisher republishing the...

Need to report on military drills that could be used as pretext for false flag attacks. That is how you really change the world, not fake "I'll do it because it's trendy and it makes me feel good" type of stuff like the cowardly Blog Action Day (BAD). ************** The military is...

Notes how ad networks and portals like AOL and Yahoo are competing with MySpace and Facebook. I do believe in this battle, the social networks win, and will end up integrating portal features. ********* http://www.techmeme.com/070820/i3.jpg Ad Growth for AOL Called Vital to a Remake ...

Economy needs to be watched closely now. ********** European central banks are standing ready to take further steps to ease the credit squeeze following the US Federal Reserve's unexpected move to stem the turmoil in money and credit markets Read Full Article

Multinational companies with US subsidiaries could face huge new tax bills under a law passing through the US Congress, diplomats and business groups have warned Read Full Article

list of links to social networks research articles. ************ Research on Social Network Sites. I'm in the middle of doing a literature review and I'm worried that I might be missing new research in this area. If you have recently published a paper on SNS-related topics or know of...

ComScore has released it’s usual monthly roundup of industry data based upon their 2 million user survey. Some of the highlights of the survey are:. Top five web properties Yahoo, Google, Time Warner, Microsoft Sites, ... View Full Article

Not sure I fully understand this post from Brad Fitzpatrick, as a lot of the technical stuff is outside my realm of knowledge. He does say the central aggregator should be open source, which I totally agree with. He says it should be non-profit, which I'm not sure about. I always imagined it as...

Very nice post by O'Reilly here, especially the last few paragraphs. A big part of the future that the open source revolution will bring will be totally free products used to sell customized services. ************ By Tim O'Reilly. It was interesting to see the Wall Street Journal picking...

The awesomeness of quality open/visible source software (like vBulletin) really shines when it comes to incorporating games. In my opinion, online gaming and social networks will continue to converge, and will eventually turn social networks into full blown virtual worlds. *************** ...

Impressive numbers, without a doubt, though I still remain skeptical of Facebook's value proposition. ************ Good friend and former mentor Shel Israel emailed Facebook’s corporate communications group to get some accurate numbers. About time, as I’ve seen contradictions in stats...

An overly complicated post that essentially talks about open vs closed systems. Very good though. ************** In my last blog post, I referenced recent announcements by Microsoft, Google, and Apple of new or increased online storage offerings. In the post, I took advantage of these...

What becomes of this? The rise of the artist-controlled advertising network? *************** http://www.techmeme.com/070817/i37.jpgNow, the Clicking Is to Watch the Ads, Not Skip Them — FOR generations, advertising interrupted the entertainment that Americans wanted to read, hear...

The military industrial complex at its worst. And they wonder why the US is running out of money? Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- A small South Carolina parts supplier collected about $20.5 million over six years from the Pentagon for fraudulent ... View Full Article

Folks don't believe it, but this is Nazi Germany all over again.....the economy is going to get tanked, that sets the stage to introduce socialism and greater militarization, both domestic and abroad. It's going to get ugly. So wake up, and prepare. ****************** Neo-Cons:...