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Gigaom | For Social Networks, 2007 is about MONEY
https://gigaom.com/2007/01/04/for-social-networks-2007-is-about-money
The industry leader in emerging technology research. For Social Networks, 2007 is about MONEY. Jan 4, 2007 - 7:00 PM PDT. The most important market challenge for social networks in 2007 can be summarized in three words: monetization, monetization, and monetization. Regardless of whether social networks will splinter into niches and verticals (e.g. sports, pets, moms, teenage girls, etc.), regardless of whether social networks adopt interoperability. Social networks, and online communities in general, are...
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Gigaom | Forget iPhone, Think Google Phone
https://gigaom.com/2006/12/17/google-phone
The industry leader in emerging technology research. Forget iPhone, Think Google Phone. Dec 17, 2006 - 12:33 AM PDT. The Observer of London is reporting. It would be interesting to see if this comes to fruition. Google, in recent months has become increasingly aggressive about its mobile ambitions. And is pushing into the carrier space, though there have been some snags. Google Phone, if you think about it is a reasonable speculation. Google has been aggressive in developing location based services, ...
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Gigaom | Who Wants to Be a Virtual World Millionaire?
https://gigaom.com/2006/11/29/anshe-chung
The industry leader in emerging technology research. Who Wants to Be a Virtual World Millionaire? Nov 29, 2006 - 12:01 AM PDT. So, it’s semi-official: the Second Life avatar known as Anshe Chung, featured in a recent BusinessWeek profile of SL. Is now worth over $1 million dollars. The news has already stormed through the blogosphere (as here. And first scooped here. But judging by most of the commentary, it’s provoking more confusion than understanding. As most Internet commentators seem to think)?
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