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The Secret Shame Of Social Networking: Scammers
4:42AM Ryan Tate | Silicon Valley pundits like to talk about social media as a potential geyser of cash. What they leave out is that one of the only ways social networks like Facebook, MySpace have done that is joining league with online scammers. More »
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Selling Your Tweets To The Enemy
3:30AM Ryan Tate | Tech bloggers are in a tizzy over the prospect of tech giants Google or Microsoft getting real-time access to the thoughts of Twitterers, but Valleywag has learned that cash-hungry Twitter is already selling access to its “firehose” of data. More »
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How eBay Surrendered Its ‘Religion’
10:59AM Ryan Tate | Here’s an extraordinary video of eBay CEO John Donahoe bragging about how the company has sidelined what was once a core competency: Online auctions. Why solve a hard business problem when you can run away from it? More »
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Mark Zuckerberg Rolling In Cash If Not Profits
8:20AM Ryan Tate | What advertising depression? Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook is cash flow positive a year ahead of schedule, hitting 300 million users and growing ad sales. Great. Now the social network needs to achieve actual profit, and ditch its beloved funny numbers.
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