2010: My Fifth Annual List Of The Tech Products I Love And Use E. It’s time for my annual list of technology products that I love and use every day.
This is the (wow) fifth year I’ve done this. Here are my previous lists: 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006. The scope of the list has changed over time. In 2006 it was just about websites. Now the list includes other web services, some desktop software and even a few gadgets. These aren’t necessarily newly launched products (see Daniel Raffel’s post yesterday for a solid list of great new products). I use most of them every day, or nearly every day, and I would not be as productive or happy without all of them.
Just three of these products have been on the list all five years: TechMeme, Skype and WordPress. I’ve added 13 new products to last year’s list: Android, Apple Magic Mouse, Dropbox, Evernote, Foursquare/Loopt/Gowalla, Google Docs, Google Voice, Kodak Zi8, MOG, Skitch and Spotify. I’ve removed seven products from the 2009 list: 1-800-Free-411, Digg, Friendfeed, Google Reader, iPhone, MySpace Music and Zoho. Top 10 Social Networks for Entrepreneurs. Dan Schawbel ( for mashable.com ) Looking for a job? Consider creating your own. There are a number of social resources to help you connect with other entrepreneurs and get your business ideas off the ground.
Here are the top 10 social networks for entrepreneurs. Each helps entrepreneurs succeed by providing them with the guidance, tools and resources they need to setup their company and gain exposure. Have another social site to add to this list? 1. , there are professional groups that you can join or create. 2. PartnerUp is a social network for entrepreneurs who are searching for people and resources for business opportunities. 3.
Most social networks neglect the content aspect that makes StartupNation so useful. 4. It’s difficult to leave LinkedIn off of any social networking list because it’s so useful for anyone who’s either searching for a job, is trying to network with like-minded individuals, or building a company. 5. This isn’t another LinkedIn clone. Modeling The True Value Of Social Networks: 2009 Edition. A year ago we modeled out the true value of various social networks based on the idea that users in high-value online advertising markets like Japan, the UK and the U.S. were worth more (financially speaking) than those in lower value online advertising markets.
Facebook had recently become the largest worldwide social network in terms of users, but based on our model MySpace was still by far the most valuable social network. We’ve now remodeled social network valuations based on current user numbers and Facebook’s most recent $10 billion valuation. The results are dramatically different. Based on the original year-old model, if Facebook was worth $15 billion (their then-current valuation), MySpace, with far more U.S. users, was worth nearly $20 billion: Our model takes Comscore data for available countries and regions. The bottom line: If Facebook is worth $10 billion today, MySpace is worth just $6.5 billion. Lots of charts and graphs below.