by Jeffrey Mann | April 28, 2009 | 2 Comments
It’s odd to see a powerhouse like Facebook scrambling to become more like Twitter, a relative upstart with no visible means of revenue. The reported rejected acquisition bid could play a role in a “If you can’t buy them, copy them” way. But clearly, this is what is happening. First Facebook changed its user interface [...]
Category: consumerization Facebook microblogging social software Twitter Tags: business model, Facebook, openness, twitter
by Jeffrey Mann | April 8, 2009 | 6 Comments
Last week saw fevered speculation about an impending acquisition of Twitter by Google, and just as much fervent debunking of those rumours. I don’t pretend to have any inside information, so I won’t comment on whether this will happen or not. We don’t like commenting on rumours anyway. But I do have some ideas about [...]
Category: Google microblogging social software Twitter Tags: acquisitions, business model, Google, twitter
by Jeffrey Mann | March 27, 2009 | 6 Comments
Twitter famously has no visible means of financial support, aside from the money it has raised from venture capital firms. A viable business model for Twitter has become the elusive MacGuffin sought by many observers of social media, like the statuette in the Maltese Falcon. Fairly vague comments from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone have ignited [...]
Category: blogging social software startup Twitter Tags: business model, macGuffin, Maltese falcon, twitter, Twitter hoax
