inochi ventures » facebook http://inochiventures.com a privately financed angel investment fund Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:39:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Google ‘Like’ http://inochiventures.com/2011/03/the-google-like/ http://inochiventures.com/2011/03/the-google-like/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:41:32 +0000 admin http://inochiventures.com/?p=475 Google debuted its version of Facebook’s “Like” button on Wednesday. Dubbed “+1″, it lets users give a quick nod of approval to a search result or Google ad – and eventually to any page or site on the web that chooses to include the button.

Read more from Wired UK here.

]]> http://inochiventures.com/2011/03/the-google-like/feed/ 0 Hold the Front Page… http://inochiventures.com/2011/03/hold-the-front-page/ http://inochiventures.com/2011/03/hold-the-front-page/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:23:28 +0000 admin http://inochiventures.com/?p=472 Facebook revealed as most searched-for brand in 2010.

]]> http://inochiventures.com/2011/03/hold-the-front-page/feed/ 0 Facebook Credits: A Gamechanger http://inochiventures.com/2010/07/facebook-credits-a-gamechanger/ http://inochiventures.com/2010/07/facebook-credits-a-gamechanger/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:43:03 +0000 admin http://inochiventures.com/?p=388 Facebook have announced the launch of ‘credits’, their micro-payments platform, in October. Through Facebook Connect it’s likely they will become ubiquitous across the web – although there is already discontent at the mooted 30% commission. Read more from Marketing Week below:

http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/3015783.article?cmpid=MWE01&cmptype=newsletter

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Read the full article in Mediaweek here.

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Interesting to see the contrasting stances of the Social Media giants.

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This is an interesting move from the Internet behemoth – Twitter is currently a haven for commercial enterprise, and it’s clear Facebook don’t want to go down that route, don’t want their platform riddled with adverts and profiles set up purely for commercial gain. They seem to want Facebook to be more ‘pure’. This could stand them in good stead in the longer term – Twitter already risks being ‘ruined’ by the proliferation of spam and commercial accounts, there seem to be more of those than there are general user accounts at times! Facebook are obviously wary of this, and rightly so – it could be the death of Twitter.

However, it begs the question – how on earth will they police it? For example, I set my status ‘Had a great McDonalds for lunch, love McDonalds’. How could they ever prove I was paid to write that?

Obviously abuse of the system would be obvious, but small targeted advertising/sponsored update campaigns would be very difficult to spot. It remains to be seen if many people are pulled up on it – or can get away with it…

Another interesting facet of this is that with Facebook, unlike Twitter, (for most people at least) you actually know people that you are ‘friends’ with. Having lots of friends, and your status update reaching lots of people, would be attractive to advertisers – you are being paid to be popular!

This is perhaps the one realm where business enterprise and commercial awareness goes out the window, and you are actually rewarded by being ‘nice’, by having lots of friends. It’s almost sad that it is being outlawed.

]]> http://inochiventures.com/2009/08/facebook-bans-commercial-status-updates/feed/ 0 Microsoft Continue Living Room Domination http://inochiventures.com/2009/06/microsoft-continue-living-room-domination/ http://inochiventures.com/2009/06/microsoft-continue-living-room-domination/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:44:56 +0000 admin http://inochiventures.com/blog/?p=71 Following last week’s announcement that Sky Player will be supported via Xbox Live comes today’s revelation that Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm will also be integrated.

This is major news, and gives Microsoft a definite advantage over Sony in the console war. The 360 is finally looking like becoming the all-in-one entertainment system that the online gamer desires.

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Dogtree have created a Social Networking site – for dogs. Based in Australia (next stop world domination?) Dogtree helps owners find playmates and walking partners for their pets.

I’m not convinced this is the next generation of Social Networking…

]]> http://inochiventures.com/2009/03/social-networking-for-dogs/feed/ 0 BBC iPlayer tops Google search list http://inochiventures.com/2008/12/bbc-iplayer-tops-google-search-list/ http://inochiventures.com/2008/12/bbc-iplayer-tops-google-search-list/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:29:20 +0000 admin http://inochiventures.com/blog/?p=7 The explosion in IPTV is exemplified by the BBC iPlayer topping the list of Google’s fastest rising searched terms in 2008 (UK). The full list is:

Fastest rising search terms in the UK

  1. iPlayer
  2. Facebook
  3. iPhone
  4. Youtube
  5. Yahoo Mail
  6. Large Hadron Collider
  7. Obama
  8. Friv
  9. Cam4
  10. Jogos

And this is the top 10 most searched overall:

  1. Facebook
  2. BBC
  3. YouTube
  4. eBay
  5. Games
  6. News
  7. Hotmail
  8. Bebo
  9. Yahoo
  10. Jobs

Read the full Mediaweek article here.

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