Tag Archives: open social

To Twitter or just copy Twitter?

Posted on March 28, 2009 by

In technology there are few more important questions than “What’s going to happen with Twitter”.    As with many early adopter issues, only the digerati and a few smart marketers understand how profoundly and importantly Twitter is reshaping the online … Continue reading →

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Google to buy Sprint? Only if Sprint gets really “gets lucky”.

Posted on November 11, 2007 by

Rumors that Google might buy Sprint appear to be mostly just that – silly rumors to catch a headline.    Not so much that it would be a bad idea - for Sprint it would be the rescue they can only dream about … Continue reading →

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Google to everybody: Open up and say “Google”

Posted on November 5, 2007 by

Matt Ingram  has it right again – Google sees Openness as a competitive advantage, but Google is also correct that Open Social networking and open cellular software and hardware are in the best long term interests of the internet community. The tech blogosphere has been abuzz for … Continue reading →

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Open Social challenge – Guilt by Open-Social-Association ?

Posted on November 5, 2007 by

Don Dodge has an excellent post today where he suggests the Open Social hype machine has spun out of control.    I don’t really agree with him because I think Open Social is a sincere effort by Google to create the truly open … Continue reading →

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Mark Cuban on Open Social v Facebook: He’s being lazy, not smart.

Posted on November 4, 2007 by

Mark Cuban generally has great insight about the online landscape but I think he’s just being a lazy social networker to suggest that Google’s Open Social is too late to the social networking party – a party Mark seems to think is going to be … Continue reading →

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The Social Network Reality Show: High stakes, big money, false rumors.

Posted on November 2, 2007 by

The game is social networks.  The stakes are very high, and the news and rumors are flying fast, furiously, and inaccurately.   Here is the latest in the saga of Google’s Social Networking entry which, with Myspace’s participation, is the new Social Networking juggernaut … Continue reading →

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Myspace to join Google’s Open Social. Facebook’s value plunges.

Posted on November 1, 2007 by

It is a mildly risky but potentially brilliant counterstrike against Facebook’s rising popularity.  Myspace will announce shortly that they are joining the Open Social movement spearheaded by Google and which is now officially a social juggernaut of global proportions.    TechCrunch seems to have the latest on this … Continue reading →

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Google Open Social – wazzup?

Posted on November 1, 2007 by

It seems like the code for Google’s 3 “Open Social” APIs should be at Google Code but I can’t find the Open Social APIs, or even any mention of Open Social, at Google yet.   Maybe it’s been delayed or maybe TechCrunch’s earlier … Continue reading →

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Google Social Challenge – users do not follow developers, developers chase users.

Posted on October 31, 2007 by

Tech is buzzing with Google’s plan to enter the social network space today with Google OpenSocial, a set of APIs that will allow rapid development of social networking applications across several sites that are working with Google now, such as Friendster and LinkedIn.   UPDATE:  … Continue reading →

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