Five Feet of Dynamite

The brains behind social and emerging media are constantly at work developing the newest technology. This week saw many announcements in new tools and services: Twitter Local, Project Retweet, Google Listen, Google Caffeine, the Facebook Twitter app. The population of nerds must be growing exponentially.

Mashable

Blame Twitter: JetBlue’s All You Can Jet Pass Sells Out Early

http://mashable.com/2009/08/21/jetblue-all-you-can-jet/

Twitter Local: Twitter to Attach Locations to Your Tweets

http://mashable.com/2009/08/20/twitter-local-twitter-to-attach-locations-to-your-tweets/

Project Retweet: Twitter’s Plan to Officially Support Retweeting

http://mashable.com/2009/08/13/details-project-retweet/

Google Listen: Google Releases an Audio Search App

http://mashable.com/2009/08/20/google-listen/

WOW: Facebook Launches a Twitter App

http://mashable.com/2009/08/20/facebook-twitter-app/

Facebook’s Twitter App: How Far Will It Go?

http://mashable.com/2009/08/21/facebook-twitter-competition/

How To: See Twitter Like Someone Else

http://mashable.com/2009/08/18/ctwitterlike/

Ad Age

How to Hit the Spread in Online Video

http://adage.com/digitalnext/article?article_id=138488

A Display Ad That’s Not a Banner Ad

http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=138506

Media Post

Google Caffeine: Some Big Brands Will Gain, Some Will Loose

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=111920

Wired

YouTube Search-and-Delete Code Makes Money for Rights-Holders

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/how-copyright-holders-profit-from-infringement-on-youtube/

Um, What’s Broadband? Asks the FCC

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/um-whats-broadband-asks-the-fcc/

Tech Crunch

The Personas Project From MIT Is All Kinds Of Cool

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/21/the-personas-project-from-mit-is-all-kinds-of-cool/

What Exactly Do 1.6 Billion Retweet Buttons Get You? About 6 Million Actual Retweets

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/21/what-exactly-do-16-billion-retweet-buttons-get-you-about-6-million-actual-retweets/

Blogs

Learn Facebook Page SEO Mastery In 7 Easy Steps

http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/08/facebook-page-seo/