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Social Networking Wars

by Allison

Anyone who remembers Friendster will appreciate this video from Current TV on “Social Networking Wars.” As we know, it’s easy splash your virtual self all over the web and whittle away hours online. There is a social network for any mood you’re in. But the question is: Can you ever to go back to the […]

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Tags: Social Networking · Web

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How Micro Can You Go?

by Allison

According to a new Social Networking report from Hitwise, we will see the “emergence of the ‘super’ brand advocate” in 2008.
Whether via a personal blog or as a key member within a community, super-advocates are well informed, opinionated and have the ability to make or break a product launch or ruin a hard-earned reputation.
This sounds […]

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Tags: Marketing & Branding · Social Networking · Sphere of Influence · Web

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In Singapore, Web is First Source for News

by NGT

According to our recent survey, young people in Singapore unanimously go the Internet as their first source for news and information.
FH Singapore conducted a straw poll in March 2008 to seek out Singaporean youth’s preferred channel for sourcing information. 100% of all 45 respondents cited the Internet amongst one of their […]

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Tags: Asia · Entertainment · Gaming · Music · Web · Youth Trends

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What Do Teens Want? Just Ask.

by Allison

We recently wrote about how youth are using their phones in Asia, as reported by Synovate. Reports are well and good, great for stats to feed those marketing types who crave quantitative (yes, we are guilty). But the real insights come from the mouths of babes, as it were, qualitative-style. Anastasia Goodstein from YPulse […]

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Tags: Books · Entertainment · Gaming · Movies · Music · Social Networking · TV & Web Video · Teens · Tweens · Virtual Worlds & Avatars · Web · Youth Trends

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In South Korea, the Web is Everywhere

by Allison

Our colleagues in Seoul have pointed us to a post on O’Reilly by Technokimchi blogger Taewoo Danny Kim about how web apps are transforming Korea:

SungHwan Kim, on a subway commute, reads blogs and newspapers using Web RSS readers. He also watches Youtube or even Joost on his ride back home on the highway. Inter-collegiate project […]

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Tags: Asia · Web · Wireless World

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