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Facebook Tearing Down the Gated Walls

By John Furnari | Published: July 1, 2009
Today Facebook will announce a significant shift in its approach on privacy vs. public display.  This will be just as much a shift in community culture and the way users on the most popular social network communicate. For years Facebook has stood firm on maintaining a sense of structure and privacy where its users only rubbed [...]
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YouTube Live Streaming, Disney Jumping in on Hulu, and the End of Television As We Know It

By John Furnari | Published: May 5, 2009
Two big news stories this week speak volumes to the paradigm shift in viewing habits taking place in the world of digital communication. First, Mashable reported last Wednesday that Barack Obama’s 100-days press conference would be streamed…live…on YouTube.  This was the first live streaming event ever on the site that changed the world as an archive [...]
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bigMETHOD Loves the New Facebook

By Greg Cargill | Published: March 20, 2009
We had a little debate in the office yesterday about the NEW Facebook. Through that talk we came to a very simple conclusion: it isn’t as good from the users standpoint, and maybe it is just an issue of familiarity, but it is much better for brands. Adam Ostrow @ Mashable came to many of the [...]
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“You Can’t Control, You Can Only Hope to Contain,” and “Choose, but Choose Wisely”

By John Furnari | Published: March 3, 2009
Two quotes. Two valuable lessons to learn.  An additional bonus note about how awesome the social web is.  That’s what this post is about.  First, the quotes and lessons, and how they relate to Skittles: As has been heavily reported on Mashable, Skittles recently decided to forego traditional website concepts and turn their domain name into [...]
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Facebook Trying To Buy, Twitter Wanting More

By Greg Cargill | Published: November 26, 2008
Here is the short story: Facebook offered Twitter $500 million worth of stock, but that is based on the company having the $15 billion value, so the actual stock value is closer to $150 million. Twitter wanted the $500 million in cash. Deal or no deal? No deal. So, Facebook is at the mall and has [...]
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