Loving Links

1. The Next Web – Facebook: an alternative to Del.icio.us and Google?
People are sharing links more on Facebook than by any other social bookmarking method

2. Techcrunch – Mahalo Expands Multiprofiles: One Stop For Various Social Networking Sites
Mahola, the social search engine which is getting some traction, allows users to look at Facebook etc via the site

3. Silicon.com – BBC gets savvy with web 2.0 kids
BBC looks to invest in social networking

4. NY Times – Wisdom of the Web
A new business traveller blogging network launches

5. EMarketer – Social Networks Straddle Hype and Reality
Social networking might be over hyped compared to other web developments

6. Hitwise – UK Internet traffic to newspaper websites reaches a new high
UK newspaper websites are increasingly popular

7. Hitwise – LinkedIn demographics: an up-market social network and an up-market job site
LinkedIn is popular among affluent people

Loving Links

1. AllFacebook – Facebook Starts Translating
Facebook starts offering non-English language versions

2. Web-Strategist – What Growth in Widget networks means to the Web Strategist
The phenomenon of widgets

3. Social Times – Top 10 Tips for Non-Profits and Social Media
Tips for non-profits and how they can engage in social media

4. NY Times – Growing Online, BBC Is to Join With MySpace
The BBC is to provide content on MySpace

5. ProBlogger – How to Use Twitter – Tips for Bloggers
The phenomenon of Twitter, the microblogging platform

6. ProBlogger – 9 Benefits of Twitter for Bloggers

7. Technobabble 2.0 – Recommendations – where do they come from?
Recommendations and marketing, feeds into advocacy

Loving Links

1. Techcrunch UK – 2007 Crunchies: Winners, video and pictures
Techcrunch, the famous blog, announces its web award winners

2. Techcrunch UK – Mobile users want email more than social networking
Social networking on the mobile is increasingly popular

3. E-Consultancy – A Webmaster’s Guide to Digg
Digg, the social news website, is explained

4. Mashable – Reuters Offers More Videos to Publishers
Reuters invests further in video

5. Mashable – EA Games To Offer Free Online Downloads. Finally.
EA is creating a free game, funded by advertising and partnerships with companies. The way forward

6. Read/Write Web – Report: Nokia, Facebook Discussing Deal
Facebook will be available on Nokia phones

7. NY Times – From MySpace to YourSpace
A summary on MySpace and where it is heading

8. Reportr.net – BBC bets on youth TV channel as mulitplatform brand
BBC Three is going to change and become multiplatform

9. EMarketer – Just How Dominant Is MySpace?
MySpace’s dominance is decreasing

10. Neville Hobson – The rise of instant mobile video
Various video blogging start ups are coming out, an interesting development

11. Dizzy Thinks – Youtube launches UK Politics channel
YouTube showcases UK politics, much like it has done in the US

12. C21 Media – Current plugs into Facebook
Current.tv, the citizen journalism TV channel is now available via Facebook

13. Financial Times – Social networks may find it does not pay to be too possessive
The ongoing debate on who owns your data

Boris on London

Last night I went to the Evening Standard mayoral debate with Boris Johnson. It was a really passionate affair, and I thought Boris performed particularly well. He was extremely agreeable, had some great ideas for London and was specifically great when questioned about his racial views. It is increasingly aware that Ken Livingstone has abused his position of authority and London isn’t particularly a great city right now, so Boris offers a great alternative…a charismatic individual who strikes a cord with the public.

Check out my Twitter account for the live blogging.

Loving Links

1. Techcrunch – Yahoo Implements OpenID; Massive Win For The Project
Yahoo! joins the OpenID initiative

2. Techcrunch – Facebook Up, But MySpace Still Leads By A Very, Very, Very Long Way
MySpace and Facebook are both popular sites, MySpace is more so

3. BBC News – Facebook asked to pull Scrabulous
Facebook has been asked to pull a popular application due to copyright issues

4. Ragan.com – Social media dominates the road to the White House
The US presidential candidates have been using social media as important tools to their campaigns

5. Technobabble 2.0 – White paper – distributed influence: quantifying the impact of social media
Edelman release a white paper on how to quantify social media

6. Guardian Comment is Free – Can I have your attention, please?
Fascinating stuff, multitasking media will leave you less developed mentally!

7. Computer Business Review – Sun splashes out $1bn to buy MySQL
Sun Microsystems have invested in some popular open source database software