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March 20, 2008

Poll: Will Technology Replace Business Cards?

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I have been to a number of industry events and I don't know how many times I either run out of cards are find myself cardless but technology has made it a lot easier to connect. LinkedIn recently joined Facebook and a number of other sites that have created iPhone experiences which makes it pretty easy to contact people and connect immediately thus online identity has replaced one of the features of offline identity - the business card.

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November 25, 2007

Google Getting Into Everything, NewsCorp To Buy LinkedIn?, FireFox 3 Beta, Death to E-mail, Popular Twitter Clients & Don't Text-N-Drive

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Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits from around the Web gathered by Frank Gruber for the week ending November 25, 2007.

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October 14, 2007

LinkedIn Platform Closed, Google Buys Jaiku, MSNBC Snags Newsvine, YouTube In Google Earth & Facebook Talent Vacuum

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Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits from around the Web gathered by Frank Gruber for the week ending October 14, 2007.

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August 14, 2007

MetroProper: Give Props To Local Scene

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MetroProper, a Chicago-based startup founded by Philip Tadros, will soon be launching into the public beta, after an extended private beta period which started in July 2006. MetroProper is a social network for business or personal profiles with citizen journalism in cities around the world.

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June 24, 2007

LinkedIn Going Open?, Yahoo Gets New CEO, Supernova 2007 Wrap, Fox Chooses Brightcove, MyStrands Cashes In, E-Learning 101 & Human Role In Search

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Photo of the Week: I checked out the view from Vista Point and snapped this photo while in San Francisco this weekend. Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 06.24.07 LinkedIn Opening Platform AllFacebook.com reports a rumor that LinkedIn is considering opening their platform to developers. The role of humans in Google search...

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May 13, 2007

Photobucket Sale, Facebook Classifieds, The Great Digg Revolt, iGoogle Communities & Last.fm Video Launched

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Photo of the Week: While in Santa Monica, California this week for Twiistup I decided to get up early on Wednesday to go down to the beach and snap this shot. Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits 05.13.07 Facebook to Launch Classifieds Service Social network Facebook is set to launch a classified...

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February 1, 2007

The Web Profile Aggregators

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With the flood of new products that have been developed as part of the web 2.0 movement, I have signed up for loads of products and services. Besides Flickr, YouTube, AOL Pictures, Digg and LinkedIn, I have too many profiles to even remember without really searching around the web. Several...

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January 28, 2007

Desktop RSS Readers Die, RSS Addiction, LinkedIn Resumes, Farecast Insures, Babelgum TV & MyBlogLog Gets Flickr'ed

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Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 01.28.07 My Kinda Town Lit Up With Photo EffectsI stopped in Chicago this weekend after TECH cocktail 3 to catch-up with friends and relatives and so when I found the above photo I thought it made sense to showcase it. It was taken by Trey Ratcliff...

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