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Real-time Web, Unreal-time Life

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 12.17.2009 | Technology

Read More: Multitasking, Cnn, Foursquare, Wayback Machine, Yelp, Pete Cashmore, Twitter, Real-Time Web, Mashable, Google, Thoora, Stuffbuff, Disqus, Technology News
Dr. Jim Taylor

Pete Cashmore, the founder and CEO of Mashable, a well-read social-media blog, suggested in a recent CNN column that the real-time Web is one of the top 10 Web trends of 2010.

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Picture Yourself in Times Square: I'm on TV

Caroline Giegerich | Posted 12.16.2009 | Technology

Read More: Times Square, Facebook Connect, Marketing, Television, Social Network, Twitter, New Year, Facebook, Foursquare, Technology News
Caroline Giegerich

December 13th, 2009 at 1:00PM in Times Square: If you happened to be walking through the tourist-infested crowd there over the weekend, you might have seen me and my red hoodie smiling back at you.

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Foursquare Points Support CampInteractive In New York City

Posted 12.07.2009 | Impact

Read More: Foursquare, Inner City Youth, Mashable, Pepsi, Campinteractive, Impact News

Foursquare users who "check in" and get on the leaderboard in New York through December 13 will not only be earning points for themselves, but contrib...

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Targeted, Hyper-Personalized, Real-Time Ads - Please Come to Me!

Tanja Aitamurto | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Future of Journalism, Foursquare, Hyperpersonalized Advertising, Contextual Advertising, Online Advertising, Advertising, Journalism, Twitter, Facebook, Business News
Tanja Aitamurto

Are clicks the right way to measure the efficiency of online advertising? And, is online advertising efficient at all? In my case, it doesn't seem to be.

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What's Next After Twitter, Facebook? They're Not Dead Yet

Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 10.20.2009 | Technology

Read More: Facebook Dead, Foursquare, End of Email, What's Next After Twitter, Twitter, Social Networks, Death of Facebook, Email, What's Next After Facebook, Facebook, Twitter Death, What's Next, What Is Twitter, Twitter News, What Is After Facebook, Technology News

If you follow enough of the chatter about social media and tech, you'll pick up on a recurring trend: we love killing things off. The Wall Street J...

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Foursquare: Social Network Site Makes Kicking Back A Competition

nytimes.com | Posted 10.19.2009 | Technology

Read More: Loopt, Social Networks, Social Networking, Foursquare, Technology News

Twitter and Facebook ask users to answer the question: What are you doing right now? But for many urbanites in their 20s and 30s, two other questio...

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PSFK Talks to Dennis Crowley of foursquare

Piers Fawkes | Posted 10.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Foursquare, Dennis Crowley, Psfk, Api, Clay Shirky, Internet Startups, New York City, Trends, Software Startups, Sxsw, New York News
Piers Fawkes

Crowley argues that a location based service needs to evolve to understand a user contextually -- to tap into your calendar, for example, and understand if you have a hole in your schedule.

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How We Unplug

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology

Read More: Jeremy Stoppelman, Foursquare, Dennis Crowley, Craig Newmark, Twitter, Markos Moulitsas, Biz Stone, Craigslist, Henry Jenkins, Yelp, Peter-Rojas, Chris Hughes, David-Weinberger, Facebook, Daily Kos, Jav on Tech, Technology News
Jose Antonio Vargas

Sometimes, we just need to unplug. No firing off text messages. No updating Facebook profiles. No browsing Craigslist or Yelp or whatever-hot-new-site is trending on Twitter.

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I Just Became The Mayor Of Your Rectum!

Brandon Mendelson | Posted 11.30.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Social Media, Foursquare, Technology, Social Networking, Comedy News
Brandon Mendelson

When I do play Foursquare, and I will because I'm a nerd and it does sound like fun, I'm going to wear a cape and a top hat. If I'm the mayor, I'm going to act like one.

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Foursquare: Is Monetization Ever Coming?

techcrunch.com | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Foursquare Profit, Foursquare, Foursquare Monetization, Foursquare Money, Technology News

There's some hoopla today that the location-based social network Foursquare has found its business model (and as such, has beaten the more mature Twit...

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iPhone Apps: Top NYC-Based Apps (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

Huffington Post | David Vines | Posted 07.25.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Yankees, Foursquare, New York Mets, Slidepoll, Lonely Planet NYC, NYC Kick Map, Hopstop, City Transit, New York Iphone Apps, iPhone Apps, Coovents, New York, Iphone, Spotcrime, Slideshow, Multicam, Tattoo of the Day, New York News

There are thousands of different iPhone apps, but we have picked out ten of the top New York City-based apps for you to rate! Tell us which ones you ...

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