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Dropbox Nails Viral Marketing Through Facebook, Twitter & Email
July 15, 2009 – 7:12 pm | 640 Comments
Dropbox Nails Viral Marketing Through Facebook, Twitter & Email

As a freemium business, Dropbox knows that its users find value in incremental free storage for their accounts. Dropbox also knows that, while its product is hugely popular, it is not inherently viral (in part …

Aardvark, Facebook Connect & ‘Social Finding’
July 9, 2009 – 12:59 pm | 357 Comments
Aardvark, Facebook Connect & ‘Social Finding’

Note: this is the third post of a four-post series on how Facebook Connect in changing digital media and online marketing. See the others here
If you haven’t tried Aardvark yet, register and give it a …

Watching Michael Jackson’s Memorial Service with CNN Live
July 7, 2009 – 5:12 am | 333 Comments
Watching Michael Jackson’s Memorial Service with CNN Live

Earlier today, I wrote about how Facebook Connect is being used by CNN during their televised and online broadcasts of the Michael Jackson memorial service. CNN Live’s online coverage has officially kicked off and so …

Facebook Connect: Making Mobile Gaming Social
July 7, 2009 – 3:45 am | 311 Comments
Facebook Connect: Making Mobile Gaming Social

Note: this is the second post of a four-post series on how Facebook Connect in changing digital media and online marketing. See the others here
Playfish’s ‘Who Has the Biggest Brain’ is a wide popular Facebook …

Facebook Connect, Michael Jackson’s Memorial and CNN Live
July 7, 2009 – 3:21 am | 260 Comments
Facebook Connect, Michael Jackson’s Memorial and CNN Live

Today’s elaborate memorial for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center is expected to be viewed by one-billion people across the world. One major component of that viewing will be Facebook – both via Facebook.com and …

Widgetbox Breaks 100m Monthly Uniques, Introduces Facebook Connect
June 19, 2009 – 8:22 pm | 548 Comments
Widgetbox Breaks 100m Monthly Uniques, Introduces Facebook Connect

Today Widgetbox reached a significant milestone in its three-year history: 100,000,000 monthly uniques (covered by TechCrunch here). Measured by Quantcast, our widgets are now seen by 100.5m unique users each month and served over 700m …

NBA Launches Player Cam, Facebook Connect for Conference Finals
May 24, 2009 – 6:12 pm | 620 Comments
NBA Launches Player Cam, Facebook Connect for Conference Finals

The NBA clearly has MLB.tv envy…
And it’s not a bad thing! (now if only the NFL would start experimenting)
I have written before that Major League Baseball is the only major sports league to grasp the …

1 Billion Apps – So Now What for iTunes’ App Store?
April 21, 2009 – 9:31 pm | 184 Comments
1 Billion Apps – So Now What for iTunes’ App Store?

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It’s a staggering number: 1,000,000,000.
The iPhone App store launched in July of 2008 and grew faster than most anticipated – both inventory and adoption. The App Store’s 25,000 apps …

13 iPhone Apps I Want Developed (Google, ESPN, FriendFeed)
April 19, 2009 – 9:32 am | 395 Comments
13 iPhone Apps I Want Developed (Google, ESPN, FriendFeed)

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1. GMail
The improved Gmail iPhone site is just that: improved. But a true GMail iPhone App would allow fuller cusotmizations, run faster, better integrate calendars and contacts… and soon …

The Next Step in iPhone Gaming: Nintendo NES
March 27, 2009 – 8:15 pm | 696 Comments
The Next Step in iPhone Gaming: Nintendo NES

At the break of the new year, I listed 20 predictions for Digital Media in 2009. The third prediction was:
iPhone Gaming Will Progress Beyond Novelty
At the time of that article, the biggest application was …

Twitter, Facebook’s Feed, Facebook Connect and Seesmic: Navigating it All
March 17, 2009 – 7:52 am | 262 Comments
Twitter, Facebook’s Feed, Facebook Connect and Seesmic: Navigating it All

I’ve been using Seesmic’s Adobe Air Facebook application for a few days now. Despite all of it’s inadequacies (see below), it raises a larger question to me – and one that I have written about …

Facebook Connects Comes to iPhone, Game-Changing
March 14, 2009 – 2:14 pm | 267 Comments
Facebook Connects Comes to iPhone, Game-Changing

The best iPhone Apps are those that engage across other properties beyond the iPhone. Zynga, SGN, Playfish and others iPhone power-developers have done a brilliant job of those. For most though, building cross-platform, socially-aware applications …