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Friday, 28th September 2012

Meet The Ubuntu Women - They're More Involved Than You Think

Meet The Ubuntu Women - They're More Involved Than You Think

Take a quick look around the Ubuntu forums and IRC channels and you can miss the pattern: it's mostly men. That is not to say that there is no diversity in the open source community, only that you need to look a little deeper to find it.

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How Journalists Are Using SoundCloud

How Journalists Are Using SoundCloud

Musicians and remixers were among the first to settle into SoundCloud, but the social audio-sharing service has been expanding in new directions. The company is sharpening its focus on providing a hub for radio-style journalism and commentary with an interactive twist. (Part 4 of a 4-part series on how journalists are using social networks…

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The Key To Social Network Success: Rip Off Pinterest?

The Key To Social Network Success: Rip Off Pinterest?

Your social network has fallen from its 2006-era prime. You need to reposition yourself and regain the attention of users who have long since moved on. What do you do? Take a page from the Pinterest playbook.

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The Flipside of BitTorrent

The Flipside of BitTorrent

Last week, I wrote a popular post on the continuing popularity of BitTorrent, and how some artists are now choosing to embrace it as a marketing tool to expose their music to a wider audience. But many activist musicians disagree with the notions that BitTorrent is anything more than outright theft. Singer-songwriter David…

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Ads Aren't Reshaping Twitter, Twitter Is Reshaping Ads

Ads Aren't Reshaping Twitter, Twitter Is Reshaping Ads

Lost in the recent noise about Twitter's developer relations and product designs is that Twitter is quickly (and relatively quietly) becoming a successful advertising business. And it's doing this in its own way: Not by running banner ads or video pre-rolls, but through its own interactive, networked ad products.

Social Dan Frommer comments

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