How many users will Facebook have by the end of '09?

Posted by Thais on February 5, 2009 06:47 and tagged
Facebook recently went meteoric in the way of reaching 150mm users. For the past few months, they’ve been adding 10mm+ active users and there’s no sign that this will slow down anytime soon. In a recent interview with Tech Crunch’s... [More]
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A closer look at seasonal applications

Posted by Thais on December 16, 2008 08:52 and tagged
Last year around Thanksgiving I released a Christmas themed application called “Be Santa.” The whole point of the application was to gift real Amazon.com products to friends and they would sit on your friends’ profiles until December 25th at which... [More]
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Time is right for app developers to cash in on virtual currency, networks will have to wait

Posted by Thais on December 12, 2008 07:19 and tagged
Per using the internal SocialCash daily news email, put together by our very own Thais, I ran across two blog posts that reiterate what is becoming a clear trend in the monetization of social networks and applications. First, there is... [More]
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Ever Wonder About the Authenticity of Blog Comments?

Posted by Thais on December 11, 2008 07:44 and tagged
Not anymore. At least not when reading them on blogs like Tech Crunch and Inside Facebook, which are among the many websites that have launched Facebook Connect. Earlier this week, we had a chance to read a blog comment that... [More]
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Keeping Up with Data Portability Concepts

Posted by Thais on December 5, 2008 07:43 and tagged
Data portability concepts are moving faster than ever, increasing people's ability to share information outside the walls of social platforms. Earlier this week, The NY Times posted an article on how “Facebook Aims to Extend Its Reach Across the Web”,... [More]
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