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A Pair Of Social Media Predicaments

In the last edition of Internet Protocol, we helped readers confront their fears about allowing their teens to use Facebook and evaluating when emoticons are overdone. This week, we’re addressing a duo of dilemmas dealing with specifically with social ...

From JENNA WORTHAM, The New York Times,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  LinkedIn Corp,  Google Inc.,  Harris Interactive, Inc.

Palm Drops iTunes Workaround, for Now

Palm’s latest update to its mobile operating system now allows owners of the Pre and Pixi to use Yahoo’s instant messaging client and watch YouTube videos in wide screen view, among other things. But one the feature not included in the update is the ...

From JENNA WORTHAM, The New York Times,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: University of California,  Yahoo!,  New York Times Company,  David Gallagher,  Anil Dash

Haute Couture, Available Through the Netflix Model

For many women, a $1,000 dress is something they admire in the pages of a glossy magazine or see draped on the frame of a celebrity not an item hanging in their closet. Through the mail-order service from Jennifer Carter Fleiss, above left, and ...

From JENNA WORTHAM, The New York Times,  8 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Diane Von Furstenberg,  Proenza Schouler,  Catherine Malandrino,  Harvard Business School,  Bain Capital

Tweens on Facebook, and Emoticon Overload

In the last installment of Internet Protocol, we worked out the messy matter of messaging a fling the morning after and planning for the digital afterlife. This week, we’re helping readers confront their fears about allowing their teens to use Facebook ...

From JENNA WORTHAM, The New York Times,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Intel

Sprint Slows Defections, but Loses $478 Million

Sprint Nextel reported Thursday that fewer customers are fleeing its cellphone service, providing some evidence that the company’s turnaround efforts were having an impact. Sprint said that during the third quarter, it lost 801,000 of its most ...

From JENNA WORTHAM, The New York Times,  29 Oct 2009
Related Topics: AT&T Inc.,  Google Inc.,  Thomson Reuters,  Virgin Mobile

Foursquare, a social networking site, puts users face to face

that I actually hang out with and want to socialize with." Twitter asks users to answer the question: What are you doing? But for many urbanites in their 20s and 30s, two other questions are just as important: Where are you, and can I come join you? ...

From JENNA WORTHAM NEW YORK TIMES, The San Jose Mercury News,  25 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Facebook Inc.,  New York University,  Loopt

For Online Art Gallery 20×200, An Unlikely Investor

Art galleries are known for hosting wine-and-cheese receptions and perhaps a brooding artist or two — but not venture capital cash. But on Wednesday, one New York gallery owner, Jen Bekman is announcing a round of seed stage venture financing in the ...

From JENNA WORTHAM, The New York Times,  21 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Barnes & Noble, Inc.,  Caterina Fake,  Flickr,  Vimeo,  Damon Darlin

The Digital Afterlife and Morning-After Messaging

Last week on Internet Protocol, we helped readers decide whether or not it’s O.K. to ask friends to unfriend an ex and dished out advice on managing multiple alter egos online. In this edition, we’re helping readers plan for the digital afterlife and ...

From JENNA WORTHAM, The New York Times,  19 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Google Inc.,  Skype,  eBay Inc.

Foursquare: Not Just a Game, But a City Guide

“The game elements are fun and people definitely like competing against their friends,” said Dennis Crowley, co-founder of the company. “But getting people to do something they haven’t done before — that’s where Foursquare gets really interesting.” ...

From JENNA WORTHAM, The New York Times,  18 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Museum of Modern Art,  New York Times Company,  Google Inc.,  eBay Inc.

Face-to-Face Socializing Starts With a Mobile Post

Twitter and Facebook ask users to answer the question: What are you doing right now? But for many urbanites in their 20s and 30s, two other questions are just as important: Where are you, and can I come join you? For them, a fast-growing social ...

From JENNA WORTHAM, The New York Times,  18 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Facebook Inc.,  New York University,  Starbucks Corp,  Kevin Rose

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