The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Facebook: $7 To Promote My Status Update???”. Dan Rowinski says, “Combing through today’s headlines, I noticed something alarming: Syria and Turkey appear to be poised on the brink of war. Horrified by the prospect, I did what any privileged idiot American would do: I posted my thoughts on Facebook. Then a strange thing happened: Facebook offered to “promote” my status update for $7.00. What’s going on here?”. Facebook: $7 To Promote My Status Update??? ReadWriteWeb  [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Facebook Insider Offers A Hint For Brands Looking To Increase Reach”. Dave Copeland says, “Facebook page owners and brands trying to get their content in front of customers say their reach has decreased since the company changed its Edgerank algorithm on Sept. 20. One Facebook’s employee’s response? Post better content”. Facebook Insider Offers A Hint For Brands Looking To Increase Reach ReadWriteWeb  [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “The End Of “Cloud Computing?””. Brian Proffitt says, “If you think Larry Ellison’s re-definition of cloud computing was confusing, get ready for a compete replacement of the term. If some companies get their way, “cloud computing” may be dissipating rapidly. Of course, it’s not like the phrase has a close connection with the public to start with. Even prominent members of the technology community have issues with it, if Ellison’s marketing-spiel is any indication. A recent national survey by Wakefield... [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Investors & Advertisers Drive Facebook Deeper Into Privacy Quagmire”. Dave Copeland says, “We warned you on the day Facebook filed for its initial public offering that, from that point onward, the company would be fixated on making investors and advertisers happy, in that order, even if it meant making users unhappy. So it has come to pass. How else to explain Facebook’s latest effort to bolster advertising revenue, which portends yet another wave of privacy concerns and alienated users?”. Investors & Advertisers Drive... [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “[Infographic] Mobile Users Consume More News”. Dan Rowinski says, “ The decline of the newspaper industry has given rise to one of the great fallacies of the Internet Age: Fewer people are consuming news. A new study from the Pew Research Project for Excellence in Journalism shows just how false this notion really is”. [Infographic] Mobile Users Consume More News ReadWriteWeb  [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Fake Reviews Shadow Brands Selling Online”. Antone Gonsalves says, “Buying positive product reviews is unethical and sometimes illegal, but always sleazy. Yet the practice flourishes on popular sites like Yelp, TripAdvisor, Google Places and Amazon, according to research firm Gartner”. Fake Reviews Shadow Brands Selling Online ReadWriteWeb  [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “How – And Why – Startups Should Hire Millennials”. Rieva Lesonsky says, “ It’s like a harmonic convergence. Startups need workers, and the largest generation ever born in America — the Millennials — is desperately searching for work. But as every startup knows, it’s never as easy as all that”. How – And Why – Startups Should Hire Millennials ReadWriteWeb  [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Sorry Facebook, This Was A Privacy Bungle! Here’s What You Should’ve Done”. Richard MacManus says, “A week ago Facebook got itself caught up in yet another privacy controversy, when old Wall posts from 2007-09 were automatically converted into Timeline posts. The confusion was that for some people, those old posts seemed private in nature. So it was thought that Facebook had mistakenly turned private messages into Timeline posts. Facebook responded that no, it only converted “older wall posts that had always been visible... [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “The Key To Social Network Success: Rip Off Pinterest?”. John Paul Titlow says, “Your social network has fallen from its 2006-era prime. You need to reposition yourself and regain the attention of users who have long since moved on. What do you do? Take a page from the Pinterest playbook”. The Key To Social Network Success: Rip Off Pinterest? ReadWriteWeb  [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Ads Aren’t Reshaping Twitter, Twitter Is Reshaping Ads”. Dan Frommer says, “Lost in the recent noise about Twitter’s developer relations and product designs is that Twitter is quickly (and relatively quietly) becoming a successful advertising business. And it’s doing this in its own way: Not by running banner ads or video pre-rolls, but through its own interactive, networked ad products”. Ads Aren’t Reshaping Twitter, Twitter Is Reshaping Ads ReadWriteWeb  [...]