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Ice Cold Beer Guy Fired, Fans Fight Back with Facebook
by Will Dick on Jul 21, 2008 - 11:23 AM read 44 times
Source: http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=1755If you've ever been to a Blue Jays game, you may have heard of the Ice Cold Beer Guy. For seven seasons, beer vendor Wayne McMahon has been walking the isles of Toronto SkyDome Rogers Centre with a signature call ICE COOOOOOLD BEEEEEEEEEER that has earned him local fame, Facebook fan sites, and a presence on YouTube. Last week he was fired by concession company Aramark for ... read more -
How Web 2.0, Facebook, and the Net Generation will change corporate security
by Brendan Peat on Jul 17, 2008 - 09:37 AM read 47 times
Source: http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=1728In the last 20 some odd years corporate security has made some headway. Companies are now at the point where they are reasonably efficient at keeping hackers' out and letting employees in. The problem is that to get to this point the enterprise has had to put up walls in the name of safety and security, but at the cost of functionality and logic. The current Jericho model of security ( ... read more -
Visa teams up with Facebook
by Steve Elmore on Jun 24, 2008 - 03:20 PM read 90 timesVisa Inc. debuted its Visa Business Network on Facebook Tuesday, to connect small business owners on the social networking site. Visa (NYSE:V) will award a total of $2 million worth of Facebook advertising credit as part of the initiative. The first 20,000 U.S.-based small businesses to each get $100 in advertising credit to us on Facebook. The move is also a plus for closely held Facebook by attracting Visa ... read more -
Social Networking Censorship?
by Brittany Creamer on Jun 08, 2008 - 07:52 PM read 83 timesThe Washington Post ran a short article last Wednesday about Facebook blocking ads from direct competitors like MySpace and Friendster, but not from companies like Microsoft, AOL, Google and Yahoo, among others. Most interestingly, Facebook blocks ads from Jam3, a start-up whose product allows users to "send and receive text messages for free while you are online, and then route them to your phone when you are offline)." read more -
Crowd clout du jour did you say Facebook?
by Susan Scrupski on Apr 23, 2008 - 11:51 AM read 1772 times
Source: http://susanitsa.wordpress.com/?p=212I was flipping through The Economist this morning (one of two publications I subscribe to) and this headline caught my eye: Beware grannies on Facebook The story details about how hundreds of small investors self-organized and forced a decision reversal and reimbursement of investment funds. This is a terrific example of the power of citizen collaboration and crowd-clout. I’ve ... read more -
Must we be responsive over the weekend?
by KeriP on Jan 14, 2008 - 02:57 PM read 1338 times
Source: http://instantlyresponsive.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/must-...We know that in this new world the work-place has expanded into our home life (and hopefully some of our home life has moved into the workplace), but I find it increasingly difficult to get away on the weekend. My computer is just sitting there waiting for me to visit. It’s my window into the web but it’s also the portal that others use to reach me. Usually that is ... read more -
Fake Social Networking Profiles Still Big Problem, But Don't Expect Social Networking Sites to Care
by C. G. Lynch on Jan 08, 2008 - 11:07 AM read 450 times
Source: http://www.cio.com/article/168900/Fake_Social_Networking_...Another cautionary tale from our friends at CIO.com: News yesterday that someone forged a fake Facebook profile of the 19-year-old son (and chosen successor) of the late Benazir Bhutto upset the Pakistan People's Party and caused the social networking company to remove the fabricated page. But as the dust settles on what could have been an embarrassing episode for the slain leader's son, don't expect Source: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=vi...Interesting cautionary tale from Computerworld: Corporate executives should think twice about the information they disclose on social networking sites such as Facebook, a Hong Kong-based security company warned today after duping gullible CEOs and finance directors into revealing personal details that could be used for so-called spear-phishing attacks. Read more by clicking the Source link above. ... read more
Quick example of internet pros and cons
by Brittain on Jan 02, 2008 - 10:50 AM read 1094 timesYesterday I received this short note from Susan Scrupski, one of our resident bloggers and web 2.0 advocates: Subject: Happy Birthday! See Facebook is good for something :-) Much happiness today and always,Susan Unequivocally, this is a friendly and thoughtful gesture. Unfortunately, my birthday is not Jan 1st, I was born in October. As an unashamed luddite, I never give out any of my actual personal information on the web, especially ... read more
Bebo making push into PCTV ?
by serengeti on Nov 18, 2007 - 11:29 AM read 237 timesThere was a lot of talk in the UK this week about the deal announced with the BBC, Sky, ITN, Channel 4 and others which will enable Bebo members to embed clips from the TV shows of these two companies into their profile pages. Other broadcasters, and possibly music companies will follow soon.In what could turn out to be a far-sighted move Bebo is allowing the broadcasters to control the ... read more
Facebook brings me so much joy
by Brittain on Nov 05, 2007 - 11:45 AM read 230 timesAnother Facebook classic. In the pic below, check out the "Facebook Flyer" posted by the Wikinomics group. Classic: (Click image to enlarge) ... read more
I know it's revolutionary, but where is Facebook going?
by Paula Leadbetter on Oct 26, 2007 - 05:39 AM read 204 timesI just don't get it. Following the recent private investments, Facebook now has a cash hoard of over $750 million. How costly will it be to build out this platform? What is it going to do with all this dosh? ... read morePage 1 of 2 (12 of 19 items)
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