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Openness, network effects, and competition in social networks - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

From the very beginning of the social networking space, with the launch of sixdegrees.com in 2000 (which gave up the ghost in January 2002), the fundamental underlying issue was whether social networks would be entirely exclusive and competitive, or whether they would in some way integrate to create a global social networking space.

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Eight key developments in the global media industry: July 2006 – June 2007 - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Major acquisitions by tech companies Microsoft acquires aQuantive for $6 billion and TellMe Networks (est. Layoffs and closures There are 4,391 media layoffs in the US in first quarter of 2007 are, up 93% on the same period in 2006. Hugo Chavez does not renew the license of the popular Radio Caracas TV. 800 million).

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Extinction Timeline: what will disappear from our lives before 2050 - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Below is the Extinction Timeline created jointly by What’s Next and Future Exploration Network – click on the image for the detailed timeline as a pdf (1.2MB). For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter! And of course, please don’t take this too seriously :-).

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Mobile social networking, meaning virtual networks bringing people physically together, will inevitably be a pervasive application - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

I wrote about proximity dating in my 2002 book Living Networks and on this blog in early 2003 , at the time referring to Imahima, an early player in this space in Japan. I see a parallel path to browser-based social networking. For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter!

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Launching the Web 2.0 Framework - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Particls switches on the power of RSS | Main | A week of hot news on the web: Trade sales mark the boom » Launching the Web 2.0 report - You can download Chapter 2 on Web 2.0

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The state of social networking software for the enterprise - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Yet social networking is not just about friends and personal networks. Applying social networks in the enterprise is a sweet spot that has massive potential value. Spoke was the gold sponsor for the Living Networks Forum I ran with Business Development Institute in New York in December 2003.

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Lloyds TSB pilots social media - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Interview on the state of applying Web 2.0 In a recent post New ways of collaborating at the bank , James writes about how Lloyds TSB is piloting social media such as blogs.

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