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Friendster Steps Back Into the Ring With $10 Million
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SAN FRANCISCO, August 23, 2006 (PodTech News) - Friendster Inc. announced Monday that it has received $10 million in new funding. The money will support a renewed effort to refocus on its original mission to be a “real-world” social network. The 4-year-old company, which was awarded a patent on the concept of social networking on June 27, was an early leader in the field. Fierce competiton from relative newcomers like MySpace and Facebook, have cut significantly into Friendster’s market share: Hitwise, a firm that tracks Internet audience, slotted Friendster as 34th among U.S. social networking sites recently. To take a closer look at Friendster’s current strategy, PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau spoke with Friendster president Kent Lindstrom, and in a separate interview, Gartner, Inc. media analyst Allen Weiner.
REPORTER’S NOTES: Analyst Allen Weiner got more air time than Friendster president Kent Lindstrom in this piece because I felt it would be more interesting to get some perspective on Friendster’s strategy than to simply hear what it was. I was glad to be able to get in some quotes from Lindstrom, though. It will be interesting to see what Friendster does with its patent on social networking. Check out
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Corporate Blogging Needs Boundaries, Analyst Warns
MENLO PARK, June 12, 2006 (PodTech News) — “Unsanctioned corporate blogging is absolutely a tough call. And it happens in just about every organization,” said Allen Weiner, a media analyst and Research Vice President with Gartner, Inc. In an ... -
Industry Analysts Look At Recent Internet Portal/E-Commerce Partnerships
MENLO PARK, May 30, 2006 (Podtech News) – Allen Weiner of Gartner and Shar Van Boskirk of Forrester Research are keeping tabs on the recent spate of Internet portal/E-commerce partnerships. Yahoo announced last week it has teamed up with Ebay to offer advertising service. Right on that announcement’s heels was ...
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Gartner Symposium: Analyst Allen Weiner Says Viral Distribution is Web 2.0's Next Big Thing
“I think viral distribution is still in its infancy,” Gartner’s VP for Research Allen Weiner told Podtech’s Catherine Girardeau. “We’ve seen some pretty interesting little proof points along the way about how powerful this could be.” In this podcast, Weiner touches on a few of his many areas of research ...
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Juniper Networks Master of IT, David Weiner: Martin Memorial Health Systems
Juniper has designated David Weiner as a Master of IT. David talks about operating a non-profit corporation and the challenges of IT within a combined health care company.
This Juniper Networks podcast is part of the Juniper Networks Master of IT program.
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Google/AOL Real Deal: Is it All About Web-based TV Ads?
Advertising Schmadvertising. Well, the Google-AOL agreement is about advertising, but the big prize might be on web-based TV. There’s some Google-bashing over the deal , but ruling the Internet in the future may entail having to rule television. Bet you won’t find a disagreement from Terry Semel. ...
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