‘Net News Roundup 6/12/09
Posted by | jennycantsing | June 12, 2009 | 2 Comments
So it’s me, Jenny (introductions to come later). Tommy entrusted me with sustaining his beloved “Net News Roundup” while he’s out of town. Hope I don’t disappoint. Won’t be fun running home while being chased by an angry mob. So, here it goes! Dun DUN DUUUNNN!!!
Paid Twitter Streams Are Here: Super Chirp -Super Chirp, another way to capitalize on Twitter, launches this week letting publishers charge a flat fee per month to subscribers. You can get paid to tweet about stocks, news, and if you’re Ashton Kutcher, just about anything !!
You Have Three Days To Pick Your Facebook Vanity URL. Choose Wisely, Or You’re Screwed -If you’re like me and have 500,000 people who share your EXACT name, you have till Saturday to think of something completely clever for your personal Facebook vanity URL (www.facebook.com/yournamehere). I’ve already thought of mine and may God have mercy on those unfortunate enough to get in my way!!!
Apple Unveils iPhone 3GS, Cheaper iPhone 3G -Who cares about anything else!!! The big news this week is the new iPhone 3GS. Looks the same + Feels the same + More Speed + Better Camera + Longer Battery Life = Lower Price!!! Whoa what a deal! But before you go stampeding into your local Apple store, DO YOUR RESEARCH!!! Here’s a good place to start.
Youtube Video Streams Top 1.2 Billion/Day -Youtube beats out their competitors with a massive 1.2 billion streams per day (that’s, on average, one Youtube video watched per day by everyone on the internet).
Movie Studios Unite, Create A Hulu For Films -Have you taken a look at Hulu’s movie selections recently? (Must find the will not to comment!) But have no fear! Big movie studios are here… to bring you the baddest (meaning good), HD quality movies this side of WWW (world wide web); FOR FREE!!!
Cisco: By 2013 Video Will Be 90 Percent Of All Consumer Traffic and 64 Percent of Mobile -Well I guess I’m in the right industry. Communications maverick, Cisco, predicts the future of online video with a series of pretty charts and tables.
English Gets Millionth Word On Wednesday, Site Says -”Web 2.0″ becomes the millionth word in the English language! Whether it was first coined by DiNucci in 1999 or O’Reilly in 2004, it has finally entered our fine vernacular following close after “noob” which is 999,998.
Noboby Recognizes The Chrome Icon, So Google Want You To Make A Video About It -Another company plans to market their brand via UGC videos (Carl’s Jr. anyone?). Google follows the extremely successful campaign of Carl’s Jr.’s Portobello Mushroom 6 Dollar Burger and is inviting everyone, who is willing, to create their own reel about the Chrome icon.
Happy 4th Birthday Techcrunch! -Techcrunch, an influential online tech blog by Michael Arrington, turns 4 today! (I, myself, am 2 in Techcrunch years). They will be streaming their office party @4p.m. via Ustream. (click link for more)
5 Habits of Successful Executives On Twitter -If you’re not already, better get on board the Twitter Train! Here are some tips on how YOU can utiilize Twitter to promote your business. Don’t believe me? Here is one heck of a success story on Dell.
Whew! What a week! Well that’s it for this week’s “NNR” but stay tuned… we’ve got a lot more in store for you! 
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June 12th, 2009 @ 4:38 pm
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June 12th, 2009 @ 6:27 pm
You rock Ms. Can’t Sing! Great work. Where’s the video??