Bebo Opens Up 100% in Bid For More Third Party Apps - ReadWriteWeb. Following the December announcement that social network Bebo was aligning itself to the Facebook platform, the company announced today that the Bebo Open Application Platform is "100% open" meaning that any 3rd party developer can deploy their applications on Bebo.
Previously the Bebo platform was only available to a select group of media and developer partners, including NBC Universal, CBS, NBA, Yahoo! , RockYou, Slide, and others. As of now, there are 63 apps in their Developer website - Bebo obviously hopes to ramp this up quickly now that anyone can develop apps. As we noted in December, the Bebo platform is almost identical to Facebook's - it is nearly 100% compatible, in that the APIs, markup language, and query language are all the same.
So Bebo is supporting Facebook Platform standards currently. Bebo has a reported 40 million users and it is the leading social network in countries like UK and New Zealand. 15 Free Social Media White Papers and Ebooks. Since you're reading this blog, you're at least somewhat familiar with social media (okay, probably you're really familiar).
But, sometimes a book can reveal a different perspective that cannot be found on blogs. The ebooks and white papers we've gathered here should be a great start. What is Social Media? Here’s a good overview of the definition of social media, why it’s important, and what some of the main iterations are (blogs, wikis, etc). Social Media Liabilities in the Enterprise by TechrigyThis whitepaper highlights some of the liabilities that businesses have to consider when designing social media usage policies.
Social Networking, the “Third Place”, and the Evolution of Communications from New Media ConsortiumThis paper covers how social networking is changing the ways in which people communicate both online and off. Anti-Social Networking from Release 1.0Here’s an alternate point of view on why social networking doesn’t work to get sales. Virtuaalisia yhteisöjä, ajatuksia ja avoimuutta: sosiaalinen media opetuksen ja oppimisen tukena. Learn More: Social Networks, pt 2. [This is one in a series of self-paced discovery exercises for library staff venturing into the social web.]
We’ll wrap up yesterday’s topic today by describing three popular social networkings sites. Read the descriptions. (Please note: These are highly abbreviated. Each site has much more depth than I can possibly squeeze into two paragraphs.)Pick a network you like and sign up. All sites mentioned here are free.Enter some information. MySpace (217 million members). MySpace members you can send messages to each other by leaving comments which anyone can read, or by sending private email. Facebook (58 million members). Like the MySpace Comment feature, a Facebook user’s Wall is open to the scribbling and viewing by anyone within his circle of friends.
LinkedIn (16 million members). LinkedIn has tools to find additional people in your industry and region. A few other social networking sites Like this: Like Loading... What is Google's Plan for Jaiku? - ReadWriteWeb. Recent performance would suggest: be just like Twitter.
Well, of course Jaiku is going to be like Twitter -- they're very similar services. But I'm not sure if Google meant for Jaiku to be so much like Twitter, complete with a bunch of downtime and errors. I'm kidding, but seriously, what does Google have in store for Jaiku? Since acquiring the service three months ago, we hadn't heard a peep about the service from either company. Until yesterday when Jaiku co-founder Jyri Engeström posted an update on the company's blog. But beyond assuring users that the team was working to fix the service issues, he didn't give much information about where the company is headed. "As for Jaiku, it appears to have fallen through the cracks at Google and is rapidly sinking as a result of neglect," wrote Ars Technica's Ryan Paul on Tuesday.
Can Jaiku ever catch Twitter in the presence app market (or Tumblr in the microblogging market, for that matter)?