This piece is fascinating…especially the section on the technological class divide. A good read.
“Once upon a time, literacy and numeracy were the paths to social mobility in its broadest sense; now, technology appears to have raised rather than lowered the barrier. Even something so apparently trivial and ubiquitous as social networking is a shock to kids who have lived life off the virtual grid, and who then make it to a college environment that is now, in large part, a virtual experience.”
(via Forbes)
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 9:21pm
“…on social networks like Facebook, where people go to communicate with one another, advertisers seem to be trying especially hard to intrude on the conversation.
The so-called self-service ads on the site, from the likes of video game start-ups, herbal supplement makers, sweepstakes companies and wedding photographers, are shown on the right side of most pages. Many advertisers who use the self-service system are tempted to go as far as possible in making ads that attract attention and appear relevant, aided by the information that people give to Facebook.”
(via New York Times)
Thursday, March 4th 2010 9:29am
Nice to see Twitter will finally bring in some revenue! This new partnership seems good for Yahoo, but better for Twitter,
“It’s the latest step in Yahoo’s latest strategy, which is to integrate the world’s most popular social networks into the Yahoo environment rather than try to compete with them. The pact is similar to a deal with Facebook announced in December, allowing users to import their connections and update their status through Yahoo.
The deal will give Twitter a vast new distribution to 600 million Yahoo users, and something else it has found scarce: revenue.”
(via Ad Age)
Wednesday, February 24th 2010 10:10am
