Quora bills itself as nothing less than “your best source of knowledge”—not your dad, not your librarian, not Wikipedia. The company, spawned by two righteous Facebook alumni (one since ousted), has raised tens of millions from investors who think it can back this claim up.
via Is Quora Actually Smart? | ValleyWag.
Quotable: “But there’s a reason you can’t shout in the library—noise is everything, and Quora is rattling with crude, alienating noise.”
11 Tips to Cultivate a Strong Twitter Following – Ellyssa Kroski @ OEDB.org
I’m debating whether to expand my social media presence by having a Twitter account, so this was a very helpful post.
Amazon’s bid to make money off of independent works based on corporately owned entertainment calls into question how independent those works really ever were.
via Do Fans Really Own Fan Fiction? – Noah Berlatsky – The Atlantic
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10 Hot Social Networks to Watch | Mashable
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IMO Vine has already arrived. Medium is definitely on my radar with its slick, minimal look – its currently in beta.
Blekko, the alternative search engine that launched back in 2010, unveiled a major redesign today that uses some of its “slashtag” technology to help users go beyond the usual ten blue links on its competitors search results pages. Blekko now automatically breaks its results down into different categories of curated content.
Marc Andreessen Speaks At She++ Conference [Video] | TechCrunch
Marc Andreessen, co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, spoke at the She++ Conference, discussing women in tech, his favorite new technology, and his thoughts on startup culture. TechCrunch. Follow the link to see the presentation.
There’s no shortage of apps and websites to help us share our lives through videos, pictures and text messages, but we’ve moved farther and farther away from what was once the central means of communicating: the sound of our own voice. Now, a couple startups (Dubbler and Eevzdrop) are trying to change that. See the full article at: Startups Bet Audio Is the Next Frontier for Social Media | Mashable.
The Awesome New Technology That You’ll See on the Web This Year | LifeHacker
The article review the following new innovations:
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