 | Silicon Alley Insider |  Relevance: 32.48 |
| BlackPlanet Parent Community Connect Sells To Radio One For $38 Million NY-based social networking firm Community Connect, which owns BlackPlanet, AsianAvenue, and MiGente, has been acquired by Radio One (ROIA) for $38 million. BlackPlanet boasts 20 million members and was the fourth most-visited U.S. social networking site last year, according to Hitwise.
Founder and president Ben Sun will continue to run Community Connect, which has about 100 employees. We [..] |
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| Silicon Alley Insider | Relevance: 18.07 |
| Who's Buying BlackPlanet? We hear that Community Connect, which owns social networks BlackPlanet, MiGente, and AsianAvenue, is in "serious negotiations" to sell with an unnamed buyer. No word on price or other details.
One guess on a potential suitor, courtesy a second tipster: Toronto's Avid Life Media, "a network of targeted niche brands with highly engaged users." If all goes well, the deal could be announced [..] |
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| Boy Genius Report | Relevance: 8.680 |
BlackBerry Connect for Motorola Q 9h Updated  It looks like iPhone users aren’t the only ones getting some love on the software update front. We just got word that Q 9h users have a freshly-updated version of BlackBerry connect ready and waiting to go. Of course BlackBerry Connect allows users of non-BlackBerry hardware to make use of hosted or corporate BlackBerry email [...]
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| Boy Genius Report | Relevance: 8.597 |
Facebook Connect coming soon to an iPhone near you  During their annual developers conference yesterday Facebook revealed that their newly minted Facebook Connect protocol would be made available to iPhone application developers sometime this Fall. What this means is that iPhone apps will have access to Facebook Connect, allowing them to utilize your Facebook account, profile, and user information. While it might disturb the [...] [..] |
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| Joystiq | Relevance: 8.047 |
| Kotaku | Relevance: 7.898 |
| Should Talent Get Their Names On Boxes? [Spore] Steven Spielberg's name sells movies, it probably sells games too. That explains why his name appeared so prominently on the cover of Boom Blox, but what about less mainstream A-listers? Stephen Totilo of MTV Multiplayer sat down with EA CEO John Riccitiello to ta [..] |
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| Silicon Alley Insider | Relevance: 7.713 |
| Kotaku | Relevance: 7.643 |
| SCi Spurns Infogrames Buyout Bid [Infogrames Wants Lara] French Atari parent Infogrames wants to purchase Eidos parent SCi, and has already extended it a "financially disciplined" offer, Infogrames revealed today via a regulatory announcement.
However, says Infogrames: "The SCi Board has declined, at this st [..] |
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| ProBlogger Blog Tips | Relevance: 7.491 |
| Where to Connect with Darren Every now and again I like to update new readers on where they can connect with me outside of this blog. We’re living in a time where there are increasing numbers of points/tools of ‘connection’ and I’m aware that each reader of this blog has their own preferred means of keeping in touch.
So here’s where [...] [..] |
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| ProBlogger Blog Tips | Relevance: 7.449 |
| How to Build Community on Your Blog @SmallFishMedia asks - “What can you do to make your blog more of a community?”
There are many things that you can do to build a sense of community on a blog. Here’s a short list of ideas that come to mind:
Take the lead and be the community that you want your readers to be - [...] [..] |
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| Silicon Alley Insider | Relevance: 7.241 |
Facebook Changes Mind: Bans Google Friend Connect (GOOG)  Just a few days after Facebook was announced as a partner in Google's Friend Connect, a program that allows users to share data from Facebook and other partners, on third-party sites, Facebook is bowing out. We were more surprised to learn that Facebook had joined up wit [..] |
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| Silicon Alley Insider | Relevance: 7.204 |
| Boy Genius Report | Relevance: 7.079 |
New AT&T Mercury USB Laptop Connect Modem Available Tomorrow  Starting tomorrow, AT&T customers will have add new flavor of Laptop Connect modem to its selection. Sporting the moniker Mercury, you may already know this little puppy as the Sierra Wireless Compass 885. The Mercury will become available through all channels tomorrow and sports 3G / 2.5G / 2G compatibility. Here are some highlights from [...]
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| ProBlogger Blog Tips | Relevance: 7.026 |
| 6 Lessons a Barista Taught Me About Building Community on a Blog This week my guest post at ScribeFire is all about building community and conversation into your blog.
It struck me today that the barista in my local cafe is not only one of the best coffee makers that I know - but is also really great at building community (albeit temporary community) in the cafe that [...] [..] |
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| ProBlogger Blog Tips | Relevance: 7.021 |
| Taking your Blog to a Community Today Community Strategist Connie Bensen shares some tips on taking your blog to a community.
Every blogger wants more readers. I’ve always appreciated how Problogger regularly features ideas for improving your blog & writing techniques. As people happen upon your blog they may decide to join your community of readers. But what if you could take [...] [..] |
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