February 2008
An interesting morning for livecasting, livestreaming and lifestreaming news.
What’s your take on this? http://tinyurl.com/2wl2th
MyBlogLog Adds MyLifeStream Functionality - http://bub.blicio.us/?p=739
MyBlogLog Adds MyLifeStream Functionality →
by Brian Solis
OK, so I made up the name of the MyBlogLog’s new lifestream aka activity stream capabilities, but nevertheless it’s live and ready to rawk!
Activity streams are the new black…
Pownce Releases API v2.0 - http://bub.blicio.us/?p=737
Talking to @justintv about organizing a motorcycle ride on Saturday. Anyone interested?
Pownce Releases API v2.0 →
by Brian Solis
I just read via Leah Culver on Pownce that the new Pownce API is now ready to “create awesome projects, mashups, and hacks.”
According to Culver, the biggest…
briansolis: Pownce Releases API v2.0 →
Pownce Releases API v2.0
briansolis: Ladies of SXSW... →
Ladies of SXSW…
Two Snaps Up for Snap Summit 2.0! →
by Victor Karamalis Photos by Brian Solis Via Flickr
After tremendous success on the inevitable popularity of social applications like Facebook from the first Snap Summit late last year…
Michael Jones of Userplane on The Role of the Brand in Social Media Marketing - http://tinyurl.com/3a8y7a
Thanks @djlitten! Great post by Jim Sweeney on Blogging About Prospects - http://tinyurl.com/2abvls
LIfestreams and Activity Feeds Channel Your Online Brand - http://tinyurl.com/34zqtn
briansolis: LIfestreams and Activity Feeds Channel... →
LIfestreams and Activity Feeds Channel Your Online Brand -
Me.dium Announces Support for Mozilla Firefox 3.0... →
Me.dium is announcing new versions of its Web browser add-on that are compatible with Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta and the Songbird Media Player. Me.dium is listed as a Top 40 most rockin’ and…
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Jotspot Rewired as Google Sites →
by Brian Solis
What a difference a year-and-a-half makes eh?
Google has finally launched its new spin on Jotspot, which the company acquired about 16 months ago. For some of us, we got to …
Thanks for info on BarCampAustin @whurley
jotspot relaunches as Google Sites…
wish i were at ted
Retweet: Looking 4 cool startups for Silicon Valley Newtech in Palo Alto next Tuesday evening. 100-200 ppl show up. It’s a great opp.
Looking for cool startups for the Silicon Valley Newtech Meetup in Palo Alto next Tuesday evening. 200 ppl show up. It’s a great opp 4 u.
Yelp raising 4th round of $15 million - http://bub.blicio.us/?p=732
Yelp Raises $15 Million, Valuation at $200... →
by Brian Solis
Holy Yelp!
Looks like Yelp has raised a fourth round of financing to the tune of $15 million. This, according to rumor, puts the company’s valuation at a whopping $200 million. However, the company is already generating notable revenue at around ~$9-10 million per year.
The round was led by DAG Ventures, who joins previous investors Max Levchin, Bessemer Venture Partners, and...
ORIENTED On the International Career Scene →
by Victor Karamalis
Parlez-vous francaise? Fala Portugues? Milas Ellinika? If you understood any of these phrases, ORIENTED has got an interesting event for you. Aside from their monthly parties in twelve different countries, they are sharing with us a great event in downtown San Francisco! The International Career Fair is being held beginning this weekend at the Hotel Nikko!! It is a two day...
TripIt in the Wall Street Journal. If u travel, try it! It’ll make ur life easier .http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120407311019995113.html
I’m looking to hire someone at FutureWorks. If you’re interested, email me at pr2point0@gmail.com or hit me up in Facebook.
FriendFeed Launches with $5 Million in the Bank - http://bub.blicio.us/?p=731
FriendFeed Launches with $5 Million in the Bank →
by Brian Solis
Friendfeed officially launched today announcing it had secured $5 million in Series A financing from co-founders, Paul Buchheit and Sanjeev Singh, and Benchmark Capital.
FriendFeed offers a unique way to discover and discuss information among friends,” said Bret Taylor, FriendFeed co-founder. It’s a great way to sift through the overwhelming amount of information available on...
If you like sultry jazz, pick up tickets for Holly Cole next tues at Yoshis SF. http://sf.yoshis.com/sf/jazzclub
FriendFeed is a simple version of how I use Tumblr http://friendfeed.com/briansolis vs. http://briansolis.tumblr.com/
Enter the contest for the caveman party at SXSWi - http://bub.blicio.us/?p=729
experiementing with friendfeed - it’s to lifestreams what the “news feed” is to facebook.
Apple Finally Releases New MacBook and MacBook Pro... →
by Brian Solis
After much speculation, the new Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro models were officially announced today without a huge event, without Linkin Park, without Steve Jobs (even though the industry went nuts trying to chase down that lead.)
After reading the news, I can see why a press release can simply do the job instead of Mr. Jobs. Even though fanboys and fangirls hoped and prayed...
Apple intros new MacBook and MacBook Pro models w/o a new design, just the new Trackpad from the Air - http://bub.blicio.us/?p=730
Google This: AdSense Now Available for Online... →
by Brian Solis
Source:
Flickr/Chris Messina
I don’t know about you, but I’m making bank on the text-based Google Adsense on my blogs. I just splurged last month’s earnings on #4 with a coke and had enough left over for an apple pie.
Google has finally shown us evidence as to why they acquired YouTube for $1.6 billion by releasing Adsense for Video (Beta).
According to the AdSense blog, “We...
briansolis: Thanks to Rana Sobhany for giving... →
Thanks to Rana Sobhany for giving bub.blicio.us 5 spots for the Marty the Caveman party at SXSW. Enter to win!
Ahem, This is for the Ladies at SXSW Interactive →
by Brian Solis
Photo taken at Bloghaus at CES 2008
My very good friend Rana Sobhany of WashingtonVC is sharing a little love with the bub.blicio.us community.
She’s hosting one of the more exclusive parties during SXSW Interactive and she’s saved the last five spots for select attendees to join her and Marty the Geico Caveman (yes the real Marty will be there) at the iHeartCavemen Crush Party...
Thx @ranajune for giving bub.blicio.us 5 spots for the Marty the Caveman party at SXSW. Enter to win! Deets at http://bub.blicio.us/?p=729
Bay Area Focuses on Going Green in Palo Alto →
by Victor Karamalis
Our dear friend Scott Lane of SF Bay Ventures has been cordial to let us know about the Going Green Meetup event at DLA Piper this Thursday, February 28th down in East Palo Alto. Their Going Green Meetup is an excellent venue that is geared at making the topics of sustainability and other green efforts not only good for the environment, but a profitable endeavor. The guest...
Read the entire first Chapter of Radically Transparent by @andybeal for free. Download here: http://snurl.com/20dj5
Congrats to @tempo, Lane Becker and the Get Satisfaction team for their story in the NY Times - http://tinyurl.com/2reu3r
briansolis: Should PR Agencies Blog?... →
Should PR Agencies Blog? http://tinyurl.com/yrmyb9
Thanks to @everyone for your responses. Post should be up shortly.
Response 2 @samlawrence. Thx @jowyang @chrisbrogan @amandachapel @djsiry 4 highlighting. Should PR Agencies Blog? http://tinyurl.com/yrmyb9
In case you missed the late post on Fri - Social Media is Not The Final Frontier of Marketing, http://tinyurl.com/2kjs2w
Do you agree with @samlawrence? Should PR agencies blog about clients? http://tinyurl.com/37tfvz
