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From Apple, a Step Into Social Media for Music

September 1, 2010

New York Times / By MIGUEL HELFT

Apple on Wednesday introduced a social media service geared to music lovers that is built into iTunes, revamped its lineup of iPods and unveiled an upgraded version of its set-top box.

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NYTimes.com Connects With Facebook; Users Must Opt In

August 31, 2010

paidContent.org / Staci D. Kramer

We’re not tracking every site that adds log ins using Facebook or Twitter but when the site is a few months away from putting up a paywall—and it’s one of the top news sites— ...

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ASA to regulate marketing on social media websites

September 1, 2010

guardian.co.uk Media / John Plunkett

Messages on company websites and social media services such as Twitter to be subject to same rules as TV and newspaper adsMarketing messages that appear on company websites and social media services ...

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Apple Introduces “Ping” Music Social Network and iTunes 10

September 1, 2010

Mashable! / Ben Parr

Steve Jobs has revealed iTunes 10, the newest version of iTunes complete with a new logo, new features and its very own social network for music called “Ping” that he described as Facebook ...

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Farmers, Commodity Traders Find Common Soil on Twitter

September 2, 2010

Switched / Amar Toor

A lot of people go to Facebook to harvest fake crops on fictitious farms.

This dramatic tale of a Facebook stalker hacking and harassing young girls on Facebook speaks to a couple of issues regularly faced in this brave new world of social media — the dangers awaiting children online and Facebook's oft-complained-about lack of customer service.

September 2, 2010

MSNBC.com

This dramatic tale of a Facebook stalker hacking and harassing young girls on Facebook speaks to a couple of issues regularly faced in this brave new world of social media — the dangers awaiting ...

Yammer to Become Fully Loaded Enterprise Social Network

September 2, 2010

CMSWire.com - All News / Chelsi Nakano

Attention all you Yammer (news, site) fans! Today we caught wind of an announcement that makes it sound like the enterprise’s favorite microblogging platform is en route to becoming a full ...

Traffic Avalanche Uses Innovative Approaches To Get Traffic

September 2, 2010

Singapore Affiliated Marketing, SEO & Web Hosting / socialaffiliate

Why do most affiliates fail to make the real money?

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iTunes 10 Features New Logo And Social Media Sharing Service, Ping

September 1, 2010

CrunchGear / John Biggs

Like Siamese twins, the iPod and iTunes go hand-in-hand. This week's iPod update, then brought a whole new version of iTunes, v10, with a new logo and a few new features.

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Video of Girl Throwing Puppies in a River Causes Social Media Uproar

August 31, 2010

Mashable! / Stan Schroeder

A video of a young girl in a red sweatshirt throwing several puppies into a river has caused a huge social media backlash on sites like 4chan, reddit and Facebook.The backlash is similar to the…

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Facebook's Zuckerberg Claims Lawsuit Is Probing 'Private Life'

September 1, 2010

DailyFinance / Hugh Collins

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, says a lawsuit by a man who claims to own a majority of the social networking site is attempting to uncover details about his private life in order to harass him.

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Facebook’s Latest Patent Targets Search Behaviors

September 1, 2010

Mashable! / Jolie O'Dell

Serving up search results based on what your friends clicked: It’s been a hot topic lately, and one that Facebook has seen fit to claim as its own.

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Google Snaps Up SocialDeck, Taking Yet Another Swing at Social Media

August 31, 2010

DailyFinance / Dawn Kawamoto

Google is on a shopping spree. In the last month alone, the search giant has snapped up SocialDeck, Angstro, and Slide -- all to help it take on rival Facebook.

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“The Social Network” Movie Launches a Facebook-Themed Website

August 31, 2010

Mashable! / Christina Warren

Columbia Pictures has just launched the official website for The Social Network, 500MillionFriends.com.

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LivingSocial Expands into Washington DC and New York City Neighborhoods

September 2, 2010

AppScout

If you're not familiar with deal sites like LivingSocial and GroupOn that focus on local businesses and bargains that you can take advantage of and redeem right in your backyard, you're missing out ...

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Want to try Glass? We've got Invites!

September 1, 2010

AppScout

Earlier this week we reviewed Glass, a Web service and Firefox extension that allows you to save blog posts, Web sites, articles, video, and other content on the Web and share it with others ...

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Total Film launches iPhone app with social media and location-based services

September 1, 2010

Blog and news combined / Emily Sneyd

Total Film magazine has launched an iPhone app today, providing users with new location based and social media sharing services. The app, which costs £1.

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Twitter transgression almost claims another job in journalism

September 1, 2010

Blog and news combined / Rachel McAthy

There is no shortage in opinion that journalists using social media such as Twitter are armed with an invaluable tool for staying connected to their patch and enabling communication with an extensive ...

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Where Should Brands Spend Their Social Media Budget?

September 1, 2010

Digital Influence Mapping Project / John Bell

Last post I proposed benchmarks for what percentage of a B2C marcom budget should be spent on social media. The next logical question is how to allocate that spend.

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SocialDeck is Latest Ingredient in Google’s Recipe For A Social Platform to Rival Facebook; Reviewing the List, From Aardvark to Zynga

August 31, 2010

Xconomy / Wade Roush

The latest addition to the budding Google social-and-gaming empire is SocialDeck, the maker of cross-platform social games such as Color Connect, Pet Hero MD, and Shake & Spell.

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The Guardian launches science blogs network

August 31, 2010

Blog and news combined / Emily Sneyd

The Guardian is launching a new science blogs network to get readers discussing and debating all aspects of the science world, from palaeontology to extraterrestrial life.

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MediaShift: Teaching social media should go beyond the basics of Twitter

August 31, 2010

Blog and news combined / Laura Oliver

Great post of ideas from Alfred Hermida, assistant professor at the University of British Columbia’s graduate school of journalism, on how journalism schools should approach the teaching of ...

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Walk Barefoot

August 31, 2010

baratillo @ cubao : www.baratillo.net / Juned

Socia Media: Inexpensive and easily accessible information that uses social interaction to spreading and feedback and conversation.

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How to Build Brand Awareness

August 31, 2010

/ Chris

How to Build Brand Awareness is a post from Chris PirilloI have had the pleasure of being friends with Loic Le Meur for a number of years.

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Steve Jobs on Facebook and iTunes 10 / Ping Integration

September 2, 2010

Product Reviews Net / Gary Johnson

Steve Job’s announced a whole host of new updates yesterday for the iPods, Apple TV and iTunes; we also had the announcement of the new social network for music called Ping.

Erik S. Syverson: The Coming Wave of Social Media Class Actions

September 2, 2010

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com / Erik S. Syverson

Until there is an adequate Internet regulatory system to safeguard user privacy the Web's boundaries, and personal rights, will continue to be fought out in case law -- lawsuit by lawsuit, social ...

This Week in Brand Strategy & Advertising

September 2, 2010

PSFK / Paloma Vazquez

PSFK curates some of the brand strategy, digital and creative advertising news and ideas that caught our attention this past week.

Is Reddit now bigger than Digg?

September 2, 2010

TECH.BLORGE.com / Dave Parrack

It turns out that Reddit, always described as the smaller, less popular, unloved brother to Digg, could actually have now passed the latter in terms of page views.

Test Driving Ping: An Apple Baby Step Into Social

September 2, 2010

Copywrite, Ink. / Rich (copywriteinkinc@yahoo.com)

How to Track Your Social Media ROI Webinar with Marshall Sponder and Compete.com

September 2, 2010

WebMetricsGuru / Marshall Sponder

In case anyone is wondering - here’s the URL to sign-up for the Webinar and White Paper I’m preparing for the Compete.

Ping a Threat to Other Social Networks?

September 2, 2010

Adotas / Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – The 80s had Madonna, the 90s also had Madonna, the 00s had Britney and in the teens we have Lady GaGa. Or is it Katy Perry?

UNICEF’s Innovation Team Responds To The Future Of Health Report

September 2, 2010

PSFK » Environmental / Dan Gould

A selection of noteworthy concepts picked as favorites by the group.

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