coComment, a FireFox plugin to track and get noticed of comments around the web, has made an interesting move pushing live new features to establish itself more in the comments tracking and gathering business, including companies such as Disqus, Fav.or.it, SezWho, Intense Debate, in addition to already existing word-of-mouth tracking companies. It’s seems a crowded business, but competitors have chosen different paths to own the market. And that would definitly be an interesting battle to follow. Read More
I was looking at what FaceBook is doing to turn their platform into something more and more core for Internet users, and I feel partly amazed and partly uneasy by new features this social platform is releasing. Partly amazed because they’re going in the right direction willing to become the hub of personal publication helping users to spead and share what they’re writing and finding interesting, thanks to the new import data feature they presented end of May, which helps you add your Del.icio.us/ Google Reader/ RSS Feed/ and other social media websites feed to your FaceBook Mini-Feed. That single evolution shows me Facebook is recovering from external apps and is starting over to build trustful applications (without any scam or email spamming) to become some kind of “what my friends are doing right now” feed reader, this leading to a more interesting social network platform than just a “run to more unknown FaceBook friends” competition. But what’s make me uneasy is the other FriendFeed copycat feature Facebook devs have released: the ability to comment the mini-feed (what I call history/ activity feed). Read More
Brands were able to manage and develop their reputation according to their needs with impressive TV Spots, press advertising, and offline events. The maor question regarding how to generate a useful reputation was how much it costs to get the more visibility and opportunity to make your voice heard. Internet has not changed the monetary part, but has a bit changed the means to succeed and opened unusal opportunities to succeed without using mainstream means of communication. Read More
Newspapers have entered a troublesome game with bloggers by means of Associated Press (Jeff Jarvis and Michael Arrington are pissed off) but still Newspapers want to get into the social media thing. And proof given by New York Times creating a recommendation plugin for users to share their use of NY Times. Read More
