I Want My AOL
AOL agrees to distribute MTV’s full slate of programming through AOL Video.
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.san&s=72653&Nid=37348&p=910435
Facebook Faces MySpace
Facebook added 2 million new users in the last month, bringing its total to 22 million, almost doubling their numbers in a year. By contrast, MySpace has only grown 7% in the last year.
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.san&s=72652&Nid=37348&p=910435
We’re Open!
Facebook is announcing they are opening up their Facebook Platform to other social networks. In effect, Facebook is throwing down the gauntlet to Google’s OpenSocial API standard.
We’re Open, Too!
Bebo announces they’re opening up their API to 3rd-party developers and will be the first to implement the Facebook Platform standards. (Sssh! Don’t tell Facebook that Bebo is cheating on them with OpenSocial.)
http://developers.facebook.com/news.php?blog=1&story=60
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/12/prweb576315.htm
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/12/13/facebook_opens_up_another_platform_war_beckons.html
http://gigaom.com/2007/12/12/bebo-launches-platform-aligns-with-facebook/
Mobile Ad Outlook Fuzzy
The forecasts of mobile advertising going through the roof are being met with more skepticism. Despite the disagreements, investment in mobile ads startup companies is booming.
http://www.mobile-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=031000RPPN51&page=1
Song of the Day
“Fat Bottomed Girls” by Queen