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Glam Media Looking To Aggregate, Monetize Twitter Applications
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 Glam Media, a distributed media network comprised of both its own properties and a publisher network of hundreds of lifestyle websites and blogs, is looking to build an advertising network powered by Twitter.
We know this because a number of third-party Twitter app developers have received an e-mail this morning from Derek Houdyshell, Network Sales and Program Director for the California company, and one of them forwarded that e-mail to us.
This is what the message reads:
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Farts v. Explosions: Which iPhone App Was Rejected From the App Store? You’d Be Surprised
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 An exercise for the reader:
First, we present Fracture. You tap the iPhone to "crack" the screen and then you tap again to cause the apps to explode, triggering the rest of the apps to explode in rapid succession. Next, we find SkyFart. You press a little man and he farts. Then you press him again and he farts and again and flies into space. Then you press him again and he farts and flies. Then you press him again
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| (Published: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:40:21 +0000) |
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Internet-Connected, Social Networking Scale Shares Your Shame With the World
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 I'm not a svelte man anymore, I'll admit. Two kids - I ate them both - and lots of beer have forced my metabolism to run, cowering, resulting in size changes that would swallow the average man. This product is what I need.
The BodyTrace is a wireless scale that sends your shame to the Internet, allowing you to follow your slow decline - or incline - into our out of lassitude. It will be available in November for $119 and it costs $19.99 for a three month weight loss subscription.
The system also includes a grouping feature so you an add your friends and family to your fight - or even create social groups of like-minded fat losers - and the service also makes suggestions for eating and working out. You can also upload progress pictures and cry when they never change, not once.
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| (Published: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:38:50 +0000) |
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Mainstream Media Still Has Eyes Wide Shut
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 Michael Jackson's unfortunate passing is a sad event on many levels, and a moment to reflect upon the man's rich life and career as well as a time to pass support - silent or loud - onto his family, friends and everyone who needs it now that the King of Pop has ceased to be.
For us here at TechCrunch, it's also an opportunity to take a look at how media, old and new alike, handle news reporting and distribution in this day and age (as well as a sneak peek at how it'll likely evolve in the near future).
Like many others, I had Twitter open in one of my browser tabs when the first reports of Jackson's hospitalization and at the time rumored cardiac arrest started circulating. At first, there was no indication that the news had been confirmed by anyone and people were just frantically retweeting messages carrying lots of question marks while trying to find an online news source to serve as a beacon for further updates on the story.
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| (Published: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:38:41 +0000) |
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Facebook Click Fraud 101
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 Our posts earlier this week about the alarming amount of click fraud at Facebook left more than a few unanswered questions. The problem is real and was confirmed by Facebook. But what wasn't clear is exactly how or why it was happening. Now, after we've interviewed a number of advertisers and fraudsters, we know exactly how and why they are doing it.
First the why. Click fraud is serious business on the big search engine advertising networks because the bad guys can make serious money. Sign up for an Adsense account and put those ads on parked domain names or wherever. Then all you have to do is start clicking those ads like crazy, using bots or cheap labor. The search engines fight this via obvious and not so obvious means, and an arms race begins. To win you need access to a lot of good IP addresses and not get too greedy. And like inflation and the government, a little click fraud is tolerated by Google and others. It keeps the dollars flowing.
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| (Published: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:26:04 +0000) |
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