Category Archives: Social Networking
Privacy group files FTC complaint on Google Buzz – Yahoo! News
A privacy watchdog group complained to federal regulators on Tuesday about Google's new Buzz social networking service, saying it violates federal consumer protection law.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed its complaint with the Federal Trade Commission just days after Google Inc. altered the service to address mounting privacy concerns.
Since launching Google Buzz as part of [...]
Is Social Media Killing the Big Idea?
Social media is a disruption that overturns the old order in which direct and invasive advertising was the major and accepted mode of operation.
“I define Old Marketing as the act of interrupting masses of people with ads about average products,” says marketing guru Seth Godin in his book “Meatball Sundae.”
“New Marketing,” he says, “leverages [...]
The genius brothers behind Google Wave – CNN.com
(CNN) — Lars and Jens Rasmussen were broke and jobless — with only $16 between them — when they made it big in the Web world by selling their idea for Google Maps.
Years later, after finding cushy employment at Google Inc., the Rasmussen brothers flew in May from Sydney, Australia, to California where they would [...]
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