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Socialtext People And Socialtext Dashboard Launches

Today Socialtext launched Socialtext People and Socialtext Dashboard, significant enhancements that make people a first class object in the wiki platform and give them greater control over their internal and external information.  We also launched Four Solutio

Fun With TechMeme Numbers

Last week, I posted an opinion piece about TechCrunch's prominence on TechMeme. There wasn't a lot of response—if that tells you anything about what my opinion's worth—but there was a point brought out in the comments section of that post, and a blog post elsewhere echoing. So that's good enough for me to do a follow-up and extend on a point.

Is TechCrunch Really Suing Facebook For $25 Million?

Over at TechCrunch, Michael Arrington has a post announcing that his company is suing Facebook for $25 million for allowing "advertisers to post ads using my picture and name to endorse their products without my explicit permission."

Lord Of The Blogs - The Battle For Attention

In the nearly three years this writer has been diligently typing away, we witnessed cute and compelling blogs grow into the kind of pre-pubescent youth who rationalize violence as a way of dominating their little island.

Adelson Dismisses Digg Sale Rumors

Purported interest in Digg by Google and Microsoft made for a hot rumor earlier, but Digg CEO Jay Adelson said rumors is all they were.

What Did YOU Think of Zuckerberg on 60 Minutes?

I didn’t watch Mark Zuckerberg’s 60 Minutes interview.

Treat Readers Like High Schoolers to Gain Subscribers

At least when it comes to their reading comprehension. It makes a lot of sense if you think about it. Less people will complete a doctorate as will complete a four year undergraduate degree. Less people will compete a four year degree as will graduate high school. Less education usually means less reading and less reading leads to a lower level of reading comprehension. If the words and sentences you use are too complex a number of people who might otherwise appreciate what you have to say may have trouble following how you’re saying it.

Blogosphere Being Hard on Wikia Search

I’m generally in favour of bashing those who need to be bashed, and I definitely like taking the wind out of the Web 2.0 windbags (you know who you are), but I think the blogosphere is being a little hard on Wikia Search. Mike Arrington says that it’s a letdown, Allen Stern at Centernetworks

Consumers Still See Facebook as Great for Privacy

With all the buzz about Facebook's ongoing privacy gaffes (I've been one of many voices calling attention to them), TechCrunch UK covers another perspective that's more accurate in terms of how consumers perceive it:

Terms of Use - What Envelopes are Being Pushed?

Quite a major kerfuffle has developed in the past 24 hours over Facebook booting Robert Scoble out of the social network. Facebook sent him an email that accused him of running an automated script which is in violation of Facebook’s terms of use.