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Did You Order Your iPad Today?

March 13, 2010

Chris Pirillo / Chris

Did You Order Your iPad Today? is a post from Chris PirilloThe iPad officially became available for pre-order earlier today.

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Classmates.com Settles One Privacy Lawsuit—And Gets Hit With A Second

March 14, 2010

paidContent.org / Joseph Tartakoff

The lawyers at United Online-owned Classmates.com are busy; the social networking site is paying up to $9.5 million, along with $1.

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Why Social Media Is Overhyped as an Engine of Growth

March 13, 2010

DailyFinance / Charles Hugh Smith

Tweet this: Social media is having a major effect on communication and media globally, but its financial impact is modest.

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Enjoy Paris in All of Its 26-Gigapixel Glory

March 12, 2010

Mashable! / Stan Schroeder

Having been to Paris, I can tell you that it’s a city you won’t be able to fully fathom in a week or a month — it takes…

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Open Graph API Extends Facebook's Tentacles

March 15, 2010

CMSWire.com - All News / Dee-Ann LeBlanc

It’s hard to absorb the rest of the web experience if all you have to offer is a walled garden. Facebook’s (news, site) solution? Spread itself out onto the web like vines (or is it weeds?

PR has Social Media “Buffet” Problem

March 15, 2010

The Buzz Bin / Michael Whitlow

I heard a great analogy this weekend in a discussion about the online theft of music versus the continuing propensity of Boomers and Gen-Xers (almost alone in this) to still pay for their music in the ...

Social media & workplace performance matrix

March 15, 2010

Harold Jarche / Harold Jarche

Jane Hart has an excellent resource on Case Studies for Social Media & Learning in the Workplace that she keeps up to date.

Irish Social Media Company Weedle Announces $4M Funding During Irish Trade & Investment Mission to Silicon Valley

March 15, 2010

PR Newswire: Technology

PALO ALTO, Calif. and DUBLIN, March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Weedle, an Ireland-based Internet company, today announced it has received funding totaling U.S.

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Decision-Making Site Hunch Raises $12 Million

March 15, 2010

paidContent.org / Joseph Tartakoff

Hunch, the year-old decision-making site, has raised $12 million in a second round of funding led by Khosla Ventures.

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Gowalla CEO Williams overall winner in Statesman Texas Social Media Awards

March 15, 2010

Digital Savant / By Omar L. Gallaga

A-List photos: Texas Social Media Awards Against the backdrop of an expanding South by Southwest Interactive festival, the Austin American-Statesman Sunday night awards its Texas Social Media Awards ...

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Inside the New Digg: An Interview with CEO Jay Adelson

March 14, 2010

Mashable! / Adam Ostrow

At last night’s “Bigg Digg Shindigg” in Austin, TX, Digg CEO Jay Adelson briefly revealed plans for a massive overhaul of the social news site. This…

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Why User Competency Matters in Social Design

March 14, 2010

Mashable! / Adrian Chan

Adrian Chan is a Sr Fellow with SNCR.org and is a social interaction design consultant and strategist. You can follow him on Twitter @gravity7 and at…

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Apture toolbar: a model of popup discretion

March 14, 2010

NevilleHobson.com / neville

If you’re a regular visitor to this blog, you’ll know that it’s “enhanced with Apture.” Well, you may not know that, actually.

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Measuring Mobile Advertising on Social Media with MobGold Mobile Web Analytics

March 13, 2010

PRWeb Sports Golf

MobGold, a global player in mobile advertising, announced today the launch of Mobile Web Analytics beta1.0.

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Twitter, what are YOU doing?

March 13, 2010

Fleck.com Blog / Martin Bryant

Twitter wants to change the world while some politicians are trying to silence it.

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Get A Grip With Twitter Tips

March 13, 2010

Tech News Watch / Chris Pirillo

It seems as though everyone in the world is on Twitter now. Sadly, not all of them know how to utilize this fabulous tool to maximize their outreach.

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How Musicians Are Using Social Media to Connect with Fans

March 12, 2010

Mashable! / Greg Rollett

Greg Rollett runs a music marketing company from his laptop in Orlando, FL. He is an advocate of the New Music Economy and very hopeful…

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Teens: Don’t Expose Your Location on Twitter!

March 12, 2010

New Tech News Blog Network ~ Lockergnome / Lamarr Wilson

On Wednesday, Twitter enabled location based tweets.  This allows you to broadcast your location to Twitter, in some cases zeroing in on your neighborhood and house!What was Twitter thinking?

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Social Media 101: Tactics And Tips To Develop Your Business Online

March 12, 2010

IT Professionals / Lockergnome

In Social Media 101, social media expert and blogger Chris Brogan presents the best practices for growing the value of your social media and social networking marketing efforts.

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DreamHost offers Status.net as a 1-click install. Great step towards distributed micromessaging

March 12, 2010

A View from the Isle / Tris Hussey

I’m a pretty heavy Twitter user but I have long argued that we need the equivalent of SMTP/POP for micromessaging as we have for email.

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ELC Technologies: ELC Technologies Helps Launch Sweety High, New Social Media Site for Tween Girls

March 15, 2010

Market Wire - Full Feed

SANTA BARBARA, CA (MARKET WIRE) ELC Technologies (www.elctech.

Brands Become Media

March 15, 2010

PR 2.0 / brian

What follows is the complete version of my recent post on Mashable, “Why Brands are Becoming Media.

Speakers & Writers: Drop the Potty Mouth

March 15, 2010

Chip Griffin: Pardon the Disruption / Chip Griffin

When a speaker or author drops the “f bomb,” utters excretory expletives, or launches a lusty cuss word, it doesn’t add emphasis. It doesn’t make them look cool, hip, and smart.

Google Buzz: Product Manager Admits Mistakes

March 15, 2010

Product Reviews Net / Jamie Pert

At a recent conference in Texas a product manager representing Google admitted that the way in which they rolled out Google Buzz was not perfect, they believe that the launched their social network ...

General Motors Brands Use “Immerse & Disperse” To Adopt Social Media

March 15, 2010

PR Communications / jcass@nwlink.com (John Cass)

Since joining General Motors in March 2007, Christopher Barger, GM’s Director, Global Communications Technology, has struggled to spread the idea of employee engagement with customers using social ...

Het veranderde communicatielandschap (en de betekenis van epipheo!)

March 15, 2010

Frank-ly / Matthijs Roumen

Supergave video over de veranderende rol van communicatie en hoe hier door o.a. adverteerders mee wordt omgesprongen. Wil je dat je boodschap goed wordt doorgegeven?

Harnessing Social Media for campus communication

March 15, 2010

RodeWorks / Randy

I am working on a project to create a networked information and resource tool for web developers on our campus.

Consumers' Voice is Transforming Market Research via Online Panels, Social Media and Technology, Online Panel Leader uSamp Says

March 15, 2010

FreshNews.com: Other Areas of Tech Interest / admin

In the era of a 24/7 news cycle and instantaneous global communications, how does a company keep its finger on the pulse of its customers? How can theseread more

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