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"L’ANP è un progetto in continua evoluzione che nasce per dare voce a tutti i giovani artisti. Senza l’ANP, RVCA non sarebbe ciò che è e che vuole rappresentare, usando le parole di PM “..non importa che siano skaters, musicisti, surfers o graffiti artists, quello che vogliamo è promuovere l’integrità genuina di queste subculture e, allo stesso tempo, dare qualcosa alla comunità intera…” Matt Gordon, George Thompson, Ben Horton e David Choe sono solo alcuni degli artisti che fanno parte dell’ANP e che hanno realizzato le t-shirt in limited edition di questa collezione." - ben barren from Bookmarklet

You may know CoTweet as the Twitter CRM tool used by BestBuy, JetBlue, and Ford, and if you’re a business Twitter user with multiple people managing multiple accounts, then you’ve probably been dying to try it. Now you can. Today CoTweet, formerly open to just a select group of companies, is announcing its public beta launch, which means you can have immediate access to the same business-centric tools for Twitter account and tweet management as the big brands. You may remember from our previous post that CoTweet’s web-based application is ideal for multiple account management for multiple users. Essentially it’s the always on application for brands and businesses that need to ensure their Twitter accounts are being managed at all times. - ben barren

You may know CoTweet as the Twitter CRM tool used by BestBuy, JetBlue, and Ford, and if you’re a business Twitter user with multiple people managing multiple accounts, then you’ve probably been dying to try it. Now you can. Today CoTweet, formerly open to just a select group of companies, is announcing its public beta launch, which means you can have immediate access to the same... more... - ben barren

"Our #1 Selling Lightweight Jacket in San Francisco. Cotton/Poly fleece hoodie combined with nylon puff vest. Snap front closure and flap pockets at front. Cotton jersey lining at hood, sleeves, and pockets. RVCA rivet at left front chest and VA embroidery at top of hood. Hidden pocket at left interior front with snap closure and RVCA and VA screenprint. Lightweight and perfect!" - ben barren from Bookmarklet

Netvibes is creating its own proprietary version of this for its own service, which it is developing independently. It is called the RSS Instant Update Hub. All of those widgets on your Netvibes page today take forever to load because they each have to fetch the underlying feeds of data. The Instant Update Hub will cache and push these feeds automatically so that the widgets load faster and they update continuously without requiring a refresh. Any data stream that is supported by a Netvibes widget today, which goes well beyond RSS, will be pushed through the Instant Update Hub. It will also form the basis for a new stream reader which Netvibes will introduce later this year as an alternative to its current widget grid and magazine-style layouts (see screenshot below). The WordPress Jabber client uses a different push technology, XMPP, to speed up RSS. The effect is that headlines pop up like instant messages. Jabber is mostly used for IM clients such as Gtalk, but Wordpress is using i - ben barren

They should have mentioned http://superfeedr.com : that is exactly what we do ;) - Julien

Twitter said last year that only four companies were getting the firehose data. One partner they purchased, Summize — which is now Twitter Search. FriendFeed was only getting it for a subset of Twitterers who also use FriendFeed. It’s unclear if Zappos really got the entire thing or still gets it. Twittervision might still get it, but I suspect they’re now using the Twitter API. It’s unclear who, if anyone, is still getting it. The Twitter API allows partners to conduct searches at Twitter automatically, to bring back data to someone based on those they’re following or tap into Twitter data in other ways. However, the API limits how much data can be requested and does not give access to everything Twitter has stored. The major search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo want the firehose data. Twitter’s been talking to them, but no agreements have been reached. This seems less to do with any technical issues and far more to do with financial ones. If Twitter gives Google its firehose, - ben barren

Forrester Research : Social Media Marketing Spend to Hit $3.1 Billion by 2014 annual growth rate of 34% - ben barren

Forrester Research : Social Media Marketing Spend to Hit $3.1 Billion by 2014 annual growth rate of 34% - ben barren

"The Hibiscus Hoody is made from 100% cotton, and features the Crooks' hibiscus print throughout, a kangaroo pocket, a Crooks and Castles logo label above the pocket, and ribbed cuffs and hem. By Crooks and Castles" - ben barren from Bookmarklet

Startup Helps Companies Such as Whole Foods, Starbucks, JetBlue, Ford, Microsoft and Others Manage Brand Presence on Twitter - ben barren

"Forrester Research is out with their Interactive Marketing Forecast for the next five years, and estimates social media marketing to grow at an annual rate of 34 percent – faster than any other form of online marketing and double the average growth rate of 17 percent for all online mediums. Of course, social media is starting from a smaller base. Forrester estimates that $716 million will be spent on the medium this year, growing to $3.1 billion in 2014. At that point, social media will be a bigger marketing channel than both email and mobile, but still just a fraction of the size of search or display advertising ($31.6B and $16.9B, respectively)." - ben barren from Bookmarklet