Web curation for October 8th 2010 through October 10th 2010
Filtering the web so you don’t have to for October 8th 2010 through October 10th 2010:
- After Building a Huge Audience, Twitter Turns to Ads to Cash In –
Google and Facebook are must-buys for advertisers online, and the ad industry is watching Twitter closely to see if it follows a similar path.
- Keeping Our Distance, the Facebook Way –
Facebook helps maintain connections with far-flung friends and relatives, preserving the weak ties in a social network without creating obligations.
- Google Cars Drive Themselves, in Traffic –
Google has been working on vehicles that can drive themselves, using artificial-intelligence software that can sense anything near the car and mimic the decisions made by a human driver.
- Women Don’t Want To Run Startups Because They’d Rather Have Children –
Editor’s note: The following is a guest post by Penelope Trunk.
My company, Brazen Careerist, is moving from Madison, WI, to Washington, DC, where our new CEO lives.
Running the company has been absolute hell. Not that I didn’t know it would be hell. It’s my third startup. Each has had its own hell before we were solidly funded, but this one was so bad that my electricity was turned off, and I really thought I was going to die from stress.
So while my company moves its center .. show all text - Conan O’Brien Gets His Own Foursquare Badge (and a Blimp) –
As Conan O’Brien prepares to make his big return to late night television on November 8, the comedian is also returning to his social media roots for a Foursquare promotion of giant proportions — blimp-sized, in fact.
Team Coco, in partnership with AT&T, has launched the The Conan Blimp into the skies above Philadelphia. The orange eye sore will travel all over the east coast for the entire month of October; Conan fans who spot it can check in to the blimp to unlock a special Co.. show all text
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