links for 2007-12-11
By dmartel
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There’s no doubt that Apple, with its elegant 99¢-per-download formula, is the dominant force in digital music. But it’s next to impossible to find an industry expert who thinks that Apple’s current approach will remain the only game in town forever.
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Just about the only people who think Facebook’s $15 billion valuation is reasonable are the venture capitalists — the guys best poised to benefit from ridonkulous price tags on startups.
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Hoping to broaden its relevance to the music industry in the face of increasing competition from other social networking sites, MySpace will roll out a suite of services and initiatives as part of what company officials are calling MySpace Music 2.0.
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Business social network LinkedIn has given itself a New Year’s makeover a few weeks early: the site has announced a home page redesign and new features, and has simultaneously launched a developer program that it calls “InApps.”
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A coalition of large corporations has formed the Blog Council, a private community that aims to provide a venue for major companies to communicate with each other about their strategies and policies regarding blogging and social media.
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Professional networking service LinkedIn wants to emulate Facebook’s success by drawing users and applications through the use of a similar portal strategy. But LinkedIn’s best chance at success lies in doing just the opposite.
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Appreciating such cultural differences is what Baidu.com Inc.’s chief financial officer, Shawn Wang, says gives the Chinese search giant unique insight into the country’s 1.3 billion people as it competes with American rivals.
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Everyone knows that having your brand pop up as No. 1 in Google searches is good for the brand, and buying a search is probably a good idea, too.
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