Nov
13th

StraightUpSocial News Links for 11/13/2009

Posted by Keirsun on November 13, 2009 at 7:54 am

Social Networks’ Traffic Stabilizes, Facebook Nears Yahoo!

Louis Gray at louisgray.com shares a bucket-full of October traffic stats from Compete.com, including Facebook’s continuing rise towards the #2 visited site worldwide, a position held by Yahoo! for the moment.

1080p HD Is Coming to YouTube

Billy Biggs at The Official YouTube Blog tells us that starting next week the video sharing network will allow users to watch 1080p High Definition videos in full resolution, depending on the source video of course.

Flickr Outsources Printing To Snapfish

Leena Rao at TechCrunch provides the details of Flickr’s recent deal with Snapfish, which makes the latter the “preferred printing partner” for 40 million Flickr users around the globe.


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Nov
11th

StraightUpSocial News Links for 11/11/2009

Posted by Keirsun on November 11, 2009 at 8:33 am

Hate It Or Love It, Twitter’s New Retweet Style Is Rolling Out

MG Siegler at TechCrunch tells us more about Twitter’s new Retweet functionality, which is slowly rolling out to more users.

40% of People ‘Friend’ Brands on Facebook

Richard MacManus at ReadWriteWeb shares results of a recent online consumer survey revealing that 40% of respondents “friend” a brand on Facebook, and over 25% follow a brand on Twitter, in addition to other findings.

Share HD Videos Via Twitter With Vidly Like Arnold Schwarzenegger

James Lewin at Podcasting News points out Vidly’s announcement that it is the “first Twitter video service to support full 720p HD video.”


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