Edward Austin

One patent describes file sharing via “physics metaphors,” such as one device “sucking” files from another, or “pouring” them from one to another like water, with an accompanying sound effect. http://mashable.com/2011/07/08/apple-patent-file-sharing/” title=”http://mashable.com/2011/07/08/apple-patent-file-sharing/

As social CRM specialists Get Satisfaction found, many consumers who follow brands online are only in it for the perks. Around 40% of Facebook, MySpace and Twitter users in a recent study said they followed brands to get access to discounts and special deals.

“Tom Anderson, best known as the default friend on MySpace during its early years, co-founded MySpace with Chris DeWolfe in 2003. For years, it was the world’s most-visited social network. In 2005, News Corp. acquired the hot Internet property for $580 million.”