“CasualCafe, a developer of Facebook applications, has launched a pair of elaborate Flash games on its flagship site that it says demonstrate the company’ s browser games of uncommon size and detail . The two games are Burdaloo, a colorful puzzle game similar to Bejewled, and Spyde Solitaire, which takes a new twist on the classic card game [...]”
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“Google’ s on and off negotiations with Digg have been back on in a big way for the last six weeks, we’ ve heard from multiple sources inside of Google, and the two companies are close to a deal that will bring Digg under the Google News property. The acquisition price is in the $200 million range, [...]”
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“Prices seem to be increasing everywhere on pretty much everything from fuel to groceries , making finding good deals more and more important. So whether you’ re an avid bargain hunter or just need to save some cash, we’ ve put together a list of over 20 resources to help you find coupons online. We’ ve listed a wide variety of coupon sites ranging from those that let you print coupons to take to the grocery store with you, to …”
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“We’ve discussed some tactics to get your company better engaged with social media. Lest you think there’s a limit to how you can connect with business and customer facing audiences, we’ve assembled this list of more than 35 companies who are experimenting with social media in a host of different ways. This list is by no means exhaustive, and it represents a wide variety of businesses, industries and social media tools. As you can see, engagement takes many forms. Some are likely to …”
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“Let’s first quote Mark Thoma’s response to my column; it is indirectly a good summary of what I argue: I believe the political argument that giving everyone a stake in the program helps to preserve it has more validity than…”
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“The video above shows a user interface being bucket tested by Google to select (probably randomly determined) users. Earlier today we showed a screen shot of the interface and a video of the search history, recorded by Adrian Pike, the CTO of startup Tatango. This new video, however (also recorded by Pike), shows the full [...]”
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“This is a guest posting by Andy Beal , co-author of Radically Transparent: Monitoring and Managing Reputations Online . Join Andy as he shares more secrets at his Online Reputation Management Workshop on August 7th. Micromedia tools such as Twitter, Plurk, and Pownce have introduced the concept of group conversations. Similar to instant messaging, Twitter allows you to send quick, short messages to hundreds of friends at once. Anyone that signs on to “follow” your Twitter profile will receive an …”
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“This is a guest post written by Chris Brogan, who blogs about social media for business at chrisbrogan.com . There are only so many hours in a day, and you’ ve got to determine which social media tools drive business, which ones build community, and where you can learn the most in the process. Maybe you’ ve built a blog or a home page or some other starting point for your online presence. How do you manage the rest of …”
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“Wizzard Media , the podcast hosting and monetization giant, a couple of days ago released a letter to their shareholders that went towards explaining a bit of their corporate strategy: In a very short time, Wizzard has surprised many people by becoming the largest distributor of digital media via RSS (podcasting). While many other companies took the route of launching online video websites and treating RSS distribution as nothing more than an add-on feature, Wizzard has focused its early efforts …”
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“Blogging for all intents and purposes has been around for about the ten year mark. During that time it has gone through many changes as more platforms and tools became available that made it easier and easier for just about anyone to become a blogger. Styles of blogs have grown as well with everything from the original personal weblog style right through to today’s political blogs, tech blogs, and one of the hottest niches around – mommy blogging. Through all …”
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