Tag: Online Communities

• Facebook and Twitter Don’t Measure Up in Asia

  Image via Wikipedia Weibo. Launched just over a year ago (August 2009), …clocked up 50 million users by October this year and was on track to hit 100 million by 2Q 2011.  Weibo — twice as popular as Twitter even in Hong Kong, suggesting that it enjoyed even greater dominance in mainland China… Cyworld social […]

  Barbara Iverson

  November 19, 2010

  Technology

  Asia, facebook, Hong Kong, Korea, Nate, Online Communities, Social network, Twitter

• An App is Born

  Image by biverson via Flickr The story of how twitter came about. It was simple idea, born out of a bunch of people sitting around brainstorming. It was allowed to evolve (note the discussion about settling on the 140 character limitation) and develop while interacting with users. I don’t completely understand why Odeo didn’t become […]

  Barbara Iverson

  February 2, 2009

  Blogging, Social network

  Odeo, Online Communities, social entrepreneurs, Social network, Twitter