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Platform thinking: how to succeed in the internet age

Platform thinking: how to succeed in the internet age

What are the characteristics of a platform, how do you build it, and how does it succeed? Author and Platform Thinking Labs founder Sangeet Paul Choudary shares his insights.
Jum Balea · · 5 min read
Softbank Pulls the Plug on Myspace Joint Venture in Japan

Softbank Pulls the Plug on Myspace Joint Venture in Japan

After originally partnering with News Corp to launch Myspace Japan back in 2006, Softbank is now giving up on that joint venture says Reuters, quoting a Nikkei report. While Myspace
Rick Martin · · 2 min read
News Corp. Could Sell Myspace: In Talks with Tencent, Vevo and More

News Corp. Could Sell Myspace: In Talks with Tencent, Vevo and More

News. Corp. has talked to several parties including China’s Tencent, Vevo, Myspace co-founder Chris DeWolfe, and other private equity firms on a possible deal to sell Myspace according to The
Willis Wee · · 1 min read
MySpace’s New Strategy: It’s no longer a Social Network

MySpace’s New Strategy: It’s no longer a Social Network

The battle between MySpace and Facebook for social-network dominance was long over. Facebook won and MySpace needed a new direction to stay competitive. You have probably heard by now that
Willis Wee · · 3 min read

Shift Of Ad Dollars Into Social Networking [INFOGRAPHIC]

It’s probably no surprise that the consensuses are aware that more advertisers are shifting their attention from traditional media to new media to keep up with changing consumer habits. A
Nizam · · 2 min read

College Students: “Facebook Is Cool. Others Are Lame”

A recent research involving U.S college students from Anderson Analytics revealed that “Facebook is cool and other social sites are lame.” A significant percentage of college students (both male and
Sarah Chong · · 2 min read

Social Sites: While Everyone Falls, Facebook Rises

A couple of days ago, we reported that Facebook’s traffic grew while Twitter remained stagnant. Since then, we were pretty curious how the other social sites were performing, namely Digg,
Willis Wee · · 2 min read

LinkedIn 39, Facebook 33, Twitter 31, MySpace 26

For those who didn’t catch Twitter’s trending topics today, you might be curious about what these numbers mean. Anyone guessing median age? That would be right! The numbers represent the
Sarah Chong · · 2 min read

A Gorgeous Chart: Facebook, Twitter, MySpace [Stats]

Twitter’s explosive growth has taken the limelight off Facebook this year. If I was Facebook, I probably wouldn’t mind. Reaching 300 million active users and having a chance to frog
Willis Wee · · 1 min read

NEW: MySpace And AOL Are Twitterized!

There are many ways to update our Twitter profile and today, it just got more convenient as Twitter is now integrated with MySpace, AIM, Bebo, and AOL.com. According to co-founder
Willis Wee · · 2 min read