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May 31, 2012
Klout CEO Explains How to Use Your Klout Score

Klout CEO Joe Fernandez took the stage at the 2012 Mashable Conference earlier this month to explain how to use your Klout score and what's next in the world of online influence measurement.

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May 29, 2012
The Future of Content According to Mashable

The future of online content will include a shift to more images (including video) and less text. That's what Mashable Editor-in-Chief Lance Ulanoff told the audience at the 2012 Mashable Connect conference earlier this month.

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May 26, 2012
Yahoo! Takes First Step in "Holistic Mobile Strategy

Yahoo! started as a search engine, morphed into a content provider, and today, it's hard to say exactly what Yahoo! is trying to be.

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May 21, 2012
Facebook Advertising vs. Google Display Network [Infographic]

Which is better for advertisers -- Facebook or Google? With a $100 billion valuation of Facebook leading up to its IPO last week (half of Google's worth), that's a question everyone is asking.

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May 19, 2012
State of the Appnation 2012

In its annual State of the Appnation report, Nielsen reports that 50% of U.S. mobile subscribers use smartphones, which is up from 40% in 2011.

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May 17, 2012
Blogger Confronts Newspaper That Stole His Work

Every day, authoritative bloggers work hard to research stories, craft interesting posts, and communicate with their readers.

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May 9, 2012
Should Content and Distribution Part Ways?

According to Ben Elowitz, CEO of Wetpaint, "content is no longer king." In an article Elowitz published on All Things D this week, he states that the evolution of the internet has killed that mantra, and content and distribution have parted ways making way to disaggregation.

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May 7, 2012
How to Reinvent the Web

Over the weekend, I attended the Mashable Connect conference in Orlando, Florida, and I walked away with some great insights and food for thought.

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May 4, 2012
What Is the Value of Google Drive?

Last week, the web was buzzing with news about Google Drive, the new tool from Google that is being positioned as the alternative to Dropbox, Box, SugarSync, and other cloud storage systems.

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April 26, 2012
Digital Natives Switch Content Platforms 27 Times Per Hour

New research from Time Inc. reveals that "Digital Natives" (people who grew up with mobile technology as part of their everyday lives) switch between content platforms 27 times per hour (that's every other minute).

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April 20, 2012
WordPress Used on 72.4 Million Websites and Counting [Infographic]

Just how popular is WordPress? A recent list of the top 100 blogs from Technorati revealed that 48 of the top 100 blogs in the world are built on WordPress.

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April 17, 2012
Web Freedom at Risk Says Google Co-founder Sergey Brin

In a new interview with The Guardian, Google co-founder Sergey Brin offers his warnings about the biggest threats to web freedom, and government legislation is just part of the story.

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