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StumbleUpon's founders buy service back from eBay

Two founders of Web content recommendation service StumbleUpon said Monday they bought the company back from online auction house eBay Inc., just two years after eBay purchased the startup for $75 million.

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Have you ever wondered how to really make social network sites benificial to you ,well here are some very eye opening educational articles explaining how to use each for maximum benifit all in one place

What do businesses feel they get out of Social Media Marketing (myspace, twitter, facebook, etc.)?
Source: Mashable!

Check out this article and graph of what businesses feel are the benefits they receive when using online social network/media marketing.

StumbleUpon 2.0: Good-bye, software toolbar
Source: CNET.com

On Tuesday night StumbleUpon is changing the way users interact with the service, ditching the need for a software-based browser toolbar in place of a small frame that loads on top of the Web site you're on.

StumbleUpon Offers New Options Beyond Their Toolbar
Source: Read/WriteWeb

This past weekend we asked for your help in predicting whether eBay would sell StumbleUpon. We hope that the rumors aren't true. If they are, StumbleUpon isn't rolling over and playing dead. It seems StumbleUpon may give eBay a reason to hold that thought.

Repeal The Uniform Services Former Spouses Protection Act (usfspa)

The Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act, 10 U.S.C. sect 1408, et seq. included as a "rider" to the 1983 Defense Appropriations Bill, often called the USFSPA, effectively invalidates the United States Supreme Court's ruling McCARTY v. McCARTY, 453 U.S.

Five Million Users And Nearly Five Billion Stumbles Later
Source: TechCrunch

Sometime today, StumbleUpon will register its five millionth user. (At the time of this writing, it is at 4,994,826 registered users).

Spamming StumbleUpon not Profitable

Being a StumbleUpon member for four years and three months as of this posting, I have certainly seen the evolution of spam proliferation on this ever-increasingly-popular social bookmarking/ reviewing/ networking site.Spam in our SU account inboxes. Spam in the SU forums.

Where does Stumbleupon traffic come from
Source: seounique.com

I've had a lot of people ask me - Why is SU so good? - Where does the traffic come from? Will the traffic be targeted? Plus another 101 questions, so I decided to do a bit of explaining (with diagrams woohoo!!). I am a Stumbleupon addict.

Front Page Addiction: Destroying Families, Ruining Lives
Source: Social News

A little-known but dangerous epidemic is spreading across members of social media websites like Digg, Reddit, Propeller, Newsvine, and Mixx.

Newsvine dream feature: stumblevine

I'll keep this short, and my apologies if it's already been mentioned. If it's already been done, well then please somebody show me how and I'll remove this story.

The Wind Cries Mary!
Source: gogosurfer.com

My first click on StumbleUpon brought me to this little gem from google video today. Enjoy!

Thumb Up, Thumb Down, or Just Keep Stumbling?
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I want to address the current trend of websites imploring readers to not give thumbs down, but instead to just keep on stumbling.

Digg button added to the BBC website - Where's yours Newsvine?
Source: blogstorm.co.uk

Social bookmarking officially went mainstream in the UK yesterday when the BBC added Digg, del.icio.us, reddit, facebook and StumbleUpon buttons to the bottom of each story.

7 Best Features of Top Social Networking Sites
Source: dennisplucinik.com

Here's some professional grade features that the top Social Networking sites use to stay on top

StumbleUpon Adds New Look to Profile Pages
Source: Mashable!

StumbleUpon has launched a new look for your user profile. Similar to Yahoo Mail, it's testing this look out in "beta," letting you toggle between the classic and updated look for your StumbleUpon site.

BBC Adds Buttons for Reddit, Digg, StumbleUpon but snubs Newsvine
Source: techsoar.com

... obviously the lack of a Newsvine button on the BBC is a let down for the company, which remains smaller than the others. It's indicative of the "winner takes all" nature of social bookmarking sites.

StumbleUpon the best pages on the web
Source: Lifehacker

you can happily click away on the "Stumble!" button and basically fall into random rabbit holes (I do this quite often, actually). However, the benefits of tweaking your Stumble settings are almost immediate

23 Best Social Networking Toolbars and Plugins for Firefox (including Firevine!)
Source: Mashable!

A huge list of social networking tools. Firevine's even listed (version 0.3.1 though :-()!

May's top tech acquisitions
Source: Youtilize

If you didn't notice, our favorite web giants have recently been snapping up smaller players and their latest acquisitions are pretty exciting for the end user.

What will eBay do after acquiring StumbleUpon?
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A short article talking about what will happen to StumbleUpon due to eBays recent acquisition.

StumbleUpon join eBay Inc.
Source: blog.stumbleupon.com

StumbleUpon has officially joined eBay. We're excited about this, and we hope you are too.

Stumbleupon for Opera
Source: my.opera.com

StumbleUpon for Opera allows Web site ranking and discovery. This is an initial release, so please, stay calm. The idea will receive adjusts at the same time we receive your input.

StumbleUpon-eBay "Integration" Begins
Source: Mashable!

eBay announced its $75 million acquisition of social discovery service StumbleUpon a few minutes ago, and ads for the service are already popping up on the auction site.

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