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Entries from December 1969

Facebook scam: FREE Starbucks $50 / $25 Tim Hortons Gift Card – ZDNet (blog)

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off

Facebook scam: FREE Starbucks $50 / $25 Tim Hortons Gift Card
ZDNet (blog)
By Emil Protalinski | October 18, 2011, 1:27pm PDT Summary: A new Facebook scam exploits your desire to get a free gift card to either Starbucks or Tim Hortons. Many can't resist the temptation of getting free coffee, tea, or hot chocolate.
PSA: Starbucks Is NOT Giving Out $50 Gift Cards on FacebookTIME

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Facebook scam: FREE Starbucks $50 / $25 Tim Hortons Gift Card – ZDNet (blog)

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off

Facebook scam: FREE Starbucks $50 / $25 Tim Hortons Gift Card
ZDNet (blog)
By Emil Protalinski | October 18, 2011, 1:27pm PDT Summary: A new Facebook scam exploits your desire to get a free gift card to either Starbucks or Tim Hortons. Many can't resist the temptation of getting free coffee, tea, or hot chocolate.
PSA: Starbucks Is NOT Giving Out $50 Gift Cards on FacebookTIME

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Why The Media Dislikes Facebook’s Most Liked US Rep – AllFacebook

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off

Why The Media Dislikes Facebook's Most Liked US Rep
AllFacebook
Why do some political candidates have a strong Facebook fan base, yet lag in other metrics, such as media coverage or national polls? With the CNN Western Republican Presidential debate tonight from Las Vegas, we thought it was time to take another

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Why The Media Dislikes Facebook’s Most Liked US Rep – AllFacebook

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off

Why The Media Dislikes Facebook's Most Liked US Rep
AllFacebook
Why do some political candidates have a strong Facebook fan base, yet lag in other metrics, such as media coverage or national polls? With the CNN Western Republican Presidential debate tonight from Las Vegas, we thought it was time to take another

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Mysterious Site Creates a Horror Movie, Starring You – New York Times (blog)

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


Shiny Shiny
Mysterious Site Creates a Horror Movie, Starring You
New York Times (blog)
There's a hot new Web site making the rounds that mines your Facebook account and inserts your photo and other information into a creepy video — playing right into our biggest fears about privacy and the information we share online.
'Take This Lollipop' And Get Your Very Own Creepy Facebook StalkerForbes
Creepy “Take This Lollipop” Site Offers Warning About Giving Away Personal InfoSlate Magazine (blog)

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Mysterious Site Creates a Horror Movie, Starring You – New York Times (blog)

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


Shiny Shiny
Mysterious Site Creates a Horror Movie, Starring You
New York Times (blog)
There's a hot new Web site making the rounds that mines your Facebook account and inserts your photo and other information into a creepy video — playing right into our biggest fears about privacy and the information we share online.
'Take This Lollipop' And Get Your Very Own Creepy Facebook StalkerForbes
Creepy “Take This Lollipop” Site Offers Warning About Giving Away Personal InfoSlate Magazine (blog)

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Facebook Is Web’s Future, Say Parker and Benioff – InformationWeek

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


InformationWeek
Facebook Is Web's Future, Say Parker and Benioff
InformationWeek
Spotify, Salesforce.com execs tee off on leveraging Facebook's tight grip on power for their companies' benefit. As Web 2.0 Summit kicked off Monday in San Francisco, the keynote speakers wound up spending almost as much time talking about Facebook and
Salesforce CEO <3 Facebook: "extremely relevant" to enterprise softwareComputerworld (blog)
Marc Benioff Loves Spotify On Facebook (CRM)San Francisco Chronicle
Web 2.0: Salesforce.com CEO Benioff 'Likes' FacebookForbes
ZDNet (blog)
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Facebook Is Web’s Future, Say Parker and Benioff – InformationWeek

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


InformationWeek
Facebook Is Web's Future, Say Parker and Benioff
InformationWeek
Spotify, Salesforce.com execs tee off on leveraging Facebook's tight grip on power for their companies' benefit. As Web 2.0 Summit kicked off Monday in San Francisco, the keynote speakers wound up spending almost as much time talking about Facebook and
Salesforce CEO <3 Facebook: "extremely relevant" to enterprise softwareComputerworld (blog)
Marc Benioff Loves Spotify On Facebook (CRM)San Francisco Chronicle
Web 2.0: Salesforce.com CEO Benioff 'Likes' FacebookForbes
ZDNet (blog)
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Facebook, but fairer? New social site Chime.in pays you money for posts – Daily Mail

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


Daily Mail
Facebook, but fairer? New social site Chime.in pays you money for posts
Daily Mail
Chime.in's creator says he is 'firing a shot' across the bows of giants such as Facebook. The site takes a new approach to advertising – users are actually paid half of the advertising revenue generated by adverts alongside their posts.
Tech vets launching new social media platformsSan Francisco Chronicle
Chime.in Social Network Looks Like Twitter, Digg, Facebook – All at OncePC Magazine
Can Bill Gross Take On Facebook, Twitter & Google+ With Chime.in?Forbes
Fortune -CNET
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Facebook, but fairer? New social site Chime.in pays you money for posts – Daily Mail

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


Daily Mail
Facebook, but fairer? New social site Chime.in pays you money for posts
Daily Mail
Chime.in's creator says he is 'firing a shot' across the bows of giants such as Facebook. The site takes a new approach to advertising – users are actually paid half of the advertising revenue generated by adverts alongside their posts.
Tech vets launching new social media platformsSan Francisco Chronicle
Chime.in Social Network Looks Like Twitter, Digg, Facebook – All at OncePC Magazine
Can Bill Gross Take On Facebook, Twitter & Google+ With Chime.in?Forbes
Fortune -CNET
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NY man’s lawyer seeks out of Facebook lawsuit – Wall Street Journal

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


CANOE
NY man's lawyer seeks out of Facebook lawsuit
Wall Street Journal
AP BUFFALO, NY — The latest lawyer to represent a New York man who claims part ownership of Facebook wants off the case. San Diego attorney Jeffrey Lake has asked a federal judge in Buffalo to halt Paul Ceglia's court proceedings for three weeks to
Facebook Ownership Claimant Ceglia Loses His Third Legal TeamBusinessWeek
NY man's lawyer seeks out of Facebook lawsuitThe Associated Press

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Facebook Unveils ‘Social Energy’ App – Forbes

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


CNET
Facebook Unveils 'Social Energy' App
Forbes
Well hello there, Facebook users. Pardon me while I interrupt that rousing game of Trash Tycoon for just a quick moment to help spread the word about a soon-to-be-launched app — a “social energy application,” if you will — announced earlier today by
Facebook Backs Energy Efficiency App, After Google, Microsoft FailPC Magazine
Facebook, OPOWER partner on 'social energy' appCNN
Facebook 'social energy' app compares home efficiencyCNET
MarketWatch (press release)
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Frequent Facebook Users Not As Worried About Privacy – PCWorld

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


USA Today
Frequent Facebook Users Not As Worried About Privacy
PCWorld
Despite Facebook's reputation for raising privacy concerns as it adds new ways to share information online, most users aren't very worried, according to a new poll by USA Today and Gallup.
Facebook's new features remain unpopularUSA Today
More Facebook Activity, Fewer Privacy Concerns?PC Magazine

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SES Chicago Conference Addresses Smart Mobile Marketing Strategies and Search … – MarketWatch (press release)

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off

SES Chicago Conference Addresses Smart Mobile Marketing Strategies and Search
MarketWatch (press release)
Speakers will cover how to incorporate the latest local and universal SEO tactics into a company's online marketing mix and how to measure results. "Search on Mobile Devices" addresses the lack of good search capabilities in mobile, particularly the

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Google Places Now Get Automatic Updates from Users, Crawls – Search Engine Watch

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


PR Web
Google Places Now Get Automatic Updates from Users, Crawls
Search Engine Watch
Learn the latest strategies on PPC management, keyword research, SEO, social media, local, mobile, link building, duplicate content, multiple site issues, video optimization, site optimization, usability and more. Early bird rate expires October 21!
How to Set Up Google Places: Free SEO WebinarSan Francisco Chronicle (press release)

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Ajax Union Online Marketing Debuts Affordable Local Internet Marketing … – Online PR News (press release)

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


Online PR News (press release)
Ajax Union Online Marketing Debuts Affordable Local Internet Marketing
Online PR News (press release)
Online PR News – 17-October-2011 –Ajax Union, a Brooklyn-based online marketing company, has recently introduced a new Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and social networking plan for local businesses called BlocalE. Available at http://www.

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Take2 Consulting Launches Two New Local Business Websites – PR Web (press release)

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off

Take2 Consulting Launches Two New Local Business Websites
PR Web (press release)
Take 2 Consulting, a San Jose, CA based SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and Internet Marketing company recently launched 2 new local business sites with a target to get them ranked on first page of Google search engine results.

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iPhone 5 Still in Production, Samsung and Apple Keep Enemies Close – Technorati

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


Technorati
iPhone 5 Still in Production, Samsung and Apple Keep Enemies Close
Technorati
Now that the iPhone 4S has reached the hands of many, many people, and soon to be many more, it seems only fitting to forget about it. Most of us may still be a little underwhelmed by the lack of an iPhone 5 announcement a couple weeks ago,
Drop test: iPhone 4S vs. Galaxy S IImsnbc.com
Samsung accused of lifting iPhone screenshot for Galaxy Player promoApple Insider
iPhone 4S Sales Fought by Samsung AbroadInfoboom
Los Angeles Times -The Australian
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iPhone 4S: Our *hit list – Register

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off

iPhone 4S: Our *hit list
Register
The new antenna design in the iPhone 4S is, by all accounts, working perfectly, with none of the complaints that plagued the launch of the iPhone 4. Using multiple antennas is common practice these days, and one that Apple has appropriately embraced.

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Key Design Elements Of a Google Places Page – AddPR.com (press release)

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off

Key Design Elements Of a Google Places Page
AddPR.com (press release)
Third party search sites such as Yelp, CitySearch and FourSquare. This includes reviews, pictures, videos and so on. Google Places really relies on the reviews and content on these sites to flesh out Google Places. • Directory sites such as

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Ad Tech Company Clickable Lands $12M in Funding Led by AmEx – AdAge.com

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off

Ad Tech Company Clickable Lands $12M in Funding Led by AmEx
AdAge.com
This past June, they launched YourBuzz, an online reputation-management platform geared toward local businesses with tools to monitor their presence across social networks and directories such as Bing, Citysearch, Facebook, Foursquare, Superpages,

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People news from StrawberryFrog, FakeLove and more – Creativity

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off

People news from StrawberryFrog, FakeLove and more
Creativity
Schematic (now Possible Worldwide), as a senior UX designer. He has managed editorial operations for CitySearch and AOL and has been published by Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Salon, This American Life and The New York Times Book Review.

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Fitch Downgrades Sprint Nextel On Network, IPhone Cash Needs – Wall Street Journal

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


TheStreet.com
Fitch Downgrades Sprint Nextel On Network, IPhone Cash Needs
Wall Street Journal
(S) a notch deeper into junk because of higher risk from the telecommunication provider's expensive plans for network upgrades and Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPhone. The move follows an equivalent downgrade Friday by Moody's Investors Service, while Standard
Fitch cuts Sprint on network, iPhone cash needsMarketWatch
Sprint's iPhone Deal Not As Bad As You ThinkForbes

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The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store – The Associated Press

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


Moneycontrol.com
The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
The Associated Press
App Store Official Charts for the week ending Oct. 17, 2011: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Words with Friends (Newtoy Inc.) 2. Angry Birds (Clickgamer.com) 3. Where's My Water? (Disney) 4. Fruit Ninja (Halfbrick Studios) 5. Camera+ (tap tap tap) 6.
IPhone 4S is soooo yesterday. Here comes … iPad 3 (maybe)San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Video: A relatively quiet iPhone 4S launch in the Big AppleFortune

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Where’s the Steve Jobs of IT security? – Computerworld

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


Christian Post
Where's the Steve Jobs of IT security?
Computerworld
Can we apply some of the thinking that resulted in the iPhone and the iPod to the IT security world? By Kenneth van Wyk Computerworld – The world of information security needs a Steve Jobs. Despite our best efforts, IT security hasn't had anything like
Apple's 2012 iPhone was last project where Steve Jobs was "intimately involved"Apple Insider
iPhone 5 Not 4S Was Steve Jobs' Final Project Before DeathChristian Post
Scott Forstall, the sorcerer's apprentice at Applemsnbc.com
Know Your Mobile -PC Magazine -Daily Mail
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Sprint: iPhone 4S Isn’t Crushing Our Network – PC Magazine

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


Technorati
Sprint: iPhone 4S Isn't Crushing Our Network
PC Magazine
The unprecedented sales of the Apple iPhone 4S aren't crushing Sprint's network, the carrier said this morning. Sprint got its first iPhone last Friday, and users have been complaining about slow data speeds ever since.
Early iPhone 4S problemseTaiwan News

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Motorola to Challenge Apple With Revamped Razr and Nano Lookalike – Wired News

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


Computerworld
Motorola to Challenge Apple With Revamped Razr and Nano Lookalike
Wired News
Apple may be having its time in the sun with the new iPhone 4S, but Motorola is wasting no time in trying to steal some of the sunshine. This Tuesday, Motorola introduced the Droid Razr, the second-generation version of the most popular
Motorola compares new Droid Razr to iPhone 4SComputerworld
Motorola Mobility Revives Razr Brand to Challenge Apple's IPhoneBusinessWeek
Motorola Mobility's Droid Razr Aims to Battle iPhone 4SeWeek
PC Magazine -Reuters -PCWorld
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Apple earnings to showcase iPhone strength – Reuters

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


VentureBeat
Apple earnings to showcase iPhone strength
Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc reported a rare miss in quarterly results after sales of its flagship iPhone fell well short of Wall Street expectations, hammering its shares. Shares of the world's most valuable technology corporation dived more
iPhone 4S and iOS 5 raise the smartphone IQ once againComputerworld
iPhone 5 rumors start up againWashington Post
iPhone 4S users seeing yellowish screen tintCNET
PC Magazine -ZDNet (blog) -VentureBeat
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iPhone 4S 1080p Video Is Great, But Can’t Beat a DSLR – Wired News

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off

iPhone 4S 1080p Video Is Great, But Can't Beat a DSLR
Wired News
No, the iPhone 4S won't replace your pricy DSLR, but it does take great HD video. Image: Robino Films The iPhone 4S is receiving rave reviews for its fantastic camera, which can record surprisingly good video at 1080p.

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Coke Taps 360i to Handle Social-Media Monitoring – AdAge.com

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


AdAge.com
Coke Taps 360i to Handle Social-Media Monitoring
AdAge.com
Coca-Cola North America has selected 360i to handle social-media monitoring for all of its brands. The agency, owned by Dentsu Holdings USA, will be responsible for formulating a consistent way of keeping track of what consumers are saying across
Coca-Cola signs 360i for social media monitoringRadio & Television Business Report

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Coke Taps 360i to Handle Social-Media Monitoring – AdAge.com

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


AdAge.com
Coke Taps 360i to Handle Social-Media Monitoring
AdAge.com
Coca-Cola North America has selected 360i to handle social-media monitoring for all of its brands. The agency, owned by Dentsu Holdings USA, will be responsible for formulating a consistent way of keeping track of what consumers are saying across
Coca-Cola signs 360i for social media monitoringRadio & Television Business Report

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Definition 6 Expands Social Media Presence for Rubbermaid Commercial Products … – MarketWatch (press release)

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off

Definition 6 Expands Social Media Presence for Rubbermaid Commercial Products
MarketWatch (press release)
ATLANTA, Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Definition 6, a unified marketing agency, has significantly increased the social media presence for Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP) during the past few months to promote RCP's new Rubbermaid
Definition 6 Expands Social Media Presence for Rubbermaid Commercial Products NEWS.GNOM.ES (press release)

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Leading Brands to Speak at Social Media World Forum and Apps World New York. – MarketWatch (press release)

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off

Leading Brands to Speak at Social Media World Forum and Apps World New York.
MarketWatch (press release)
With over 1800 people already pre-registered, the two conferences are co-locating to bring together the world's leading industry brands who are integrating social media marketing and app strategies into their long term marketing plans to drive brand

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Mayo Clinic’s Social Media Summitt begins Tuesday – Post-Bulletin

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


KSTP.com
Mayo Clinic's Social Media Summitt begins Tuesday
Post-Bulletin
The Mayo Clinic launched its third annual Social Media Summit today, as it works to spread the gospel about online communication in health care. The summit will be followed by the clinic's first Social Media Residency on Thursday and
Five questions with Mayo Clinic social media chief Lee AaseMedCity News
Mayo Clinic Launches 'Know Your Numbers' Heart Health Awareness Music VideoMarketWatch (press release)

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K Street suffers from Twitter jitters – Politico

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


Politico
K Street suffers from Twitter jitters
Politico
They're surprised to witness members of Congress transfixed by their iPhones while updating their Twitter feeds. They're puzzled to hear government officials suggest “meeting” by Google-chat. Continue Reading Text Size – + reset POLITICO 44 These
Social media marketing: how to get your message heardSydney Morning Herald
Social media companies 'friend' politicsUSA Today

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Definition 6 Expands Social Media Presence for Rubbermaid Commercial Products … – MarketWatch (press release)

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Definition 6 Expands Social Media Presence for Rubbermaid Commercial Products
MarketWatch (press release)
ATLANTA, Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Definition 6, a unified marketing agency, has significantly increased the social media presence for Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP) during the past few months to promote RCP's new Rubbermaid
Definition 6 Expands Social Media Presence for Rubbermaid Commercial Products NEWS.GNOM.ES (press release)

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#NBArank 1: LeBron James – ESPN

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ESPN
#NBArank 1: LeBron James
ESPN
ESPN.com and the TrueHoop Network are ranking every NBA player — and counting them down on Twitter (@NBAonESPN), from No. 500 to No. 1. As the rankings are announced, you can also find them here on the pages of ESPN.com. #NBArank is the Twitter

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Social Meets Big Data: Get Ready – InformationWeek

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


InformationWeek
Social Meets Big Data: Get Ready
InformationWeek
But you'd better be ready for the mountain of data social media produces. By Laurianne McLaughlin InformationWeek "Everything I want in a consumer OS is in Facebook," Salesorce.com CEO Marc Benioff told the audience at the Web 2.0 Summit on Monday.
Salesforce CEO <3 Facebook: "extremely relevant" to enterprise softwareComputerworld (blog)

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Senator uses Twitter to shed 50 pounds – CNN (blog)

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off

Senator uses Twitter to shed 50 pounds
CNN (blog)
Her plan included healthy foods every three hours, cardio and Twitter. “Of course there is the diet and exercise component,” said her trainer, Charles D'Angelo. “What every program is missing is what holds it all together. It's like a stool – one being

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Facebook power users ‘have gone to Google+ and Twitter’ – Telegraph.co.uk

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Telegraph.co.uk
Facebook power users 'have gone to Google+ and Twitter'
Telegraph.co.uk
Facebook's biggest threat is that its 'power users' have gone to Twitter or Google+, one of its founding investors and former president has said. By Emma Barnett, Digital Media Editor, in San Francisco Sean Parker, a co-founder of original music
Facebook, eBay play down Google+ threatNew Zealand Herald
Facebook's Flaw Not Privacy, Sean Parker SaysInformationWeek
Facebook's Sean Parker to Facebook: Users Need More ControlPC Magazine

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Anti-Social Media: “Take This Lollipop” Is Your Facebook Profile Through A … – Fast Company

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off

Anti-Social Media: "Take This Lollipop" Is Your Facebook Profile Through A
Fast Company
Three other smart, interactive uses of your social media data. The interactive video from director Masashi Kawamura for Japanese band Sour harvests webcam and social media data to integrate viewer and brand. The most acclaimed bit of social interaction

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Tech vets launching new social media platforms – San Francisco Chronicle

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


mediabistro.com
Tech vets launching new social media platforms
San Francisco Chronicle
Veteran tech entrepreneur Bill Gross is launching a social media platform that hopes to gain users by organizing itself around specific interests instead of the wider hodgepodge of subjects that surface on Facebook or Twitter.
UberMedia Launches Chime.in Interest Network: New Social Media Platform for MarketWatch (press release)
Idealab Maestro Hoping Social Media Users Will Chime.Inmediabistro.com
Chime.In: New Social Media Network that Makes You MoneyInternational Business Times AU
TMC Net -TIME -Scribbal
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#OccupyWallStreet: From A Single Hashtag, A Protest Circled The World – Huffington Post

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


Reuters
#OccupyWallStreet: From A Single Hashtag, A Protest Circled The World
Huffington Post
NEW YORK (Reuters) – It all started innocuously enough with a July 13 blog post urging people to #OccupyWallStreet, as though such a thing (Twitter hashtag and all) were possible. It turns out, with enough momentum and a keen sense of
From a single hashtag, a protest circled the worldReuters
Occupy Wall Street – live coverageThe Guardian (blog)

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LAPD detective under fire for posting murder scene photo on Twitter – CBS News

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


Daily Mail
LAPD detective under fire for posting murder scene photo on Twitter
CBS News
Sal LaBarbera, who goes by the Twitter handle @LAMurderCop, has been working the criminal gang homicide division for 26 years, according to CBS station KCBS. In the year that he's been on Twitter, KCBS reports LaBarbera has often tweeted about the
LAPD detective under fire for posting murder scene photo on TwitterWashington Post (blog)
Los Angeles homicide detective under fire for posting murder crime scene photo New York Daily News
Inside the life of Twitter-loving LAPD detective who posts EVERYTHING (but not Daily Mail

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Social Media Becomes Key for Dentists – Medscape

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


Sydney Morning Herald
Social Media Becomes Key for Dentists
Medscape
October 18, 2011 (Las Vegas, Nevada) — Editor's note: As blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media play an increasingly important role in society, dental professionals are using such tools to attract and communicate with patients.
No Bullshit Social Media: The All-Business, No-Hype Guide to Social Media MarketWatch (press release)
Feds' Social Media Use IncreasesNextgov
CMOs Struggle With Social Media: Vision And Guidelines To SucceedBusiness Insider
Sydney Morning Herald -Pandia -BusinessNewsDaily
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Huntsman daughters do Twitter battle for dad – AFP

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AFP
Huntsman daughters do Twitter battle for dad
AFP
WASHINGTON — Former US China envoy and Republican White House hopeful Jon Huntsman's elder daughters are putting a more wicked turn on his mostly nice-guy barbs at his rivals as they stump for their dad on Twitter. Liddy, 23, Abby, 25, and Mary Anne,
Huntsman's daughters stick up for dad on TwitterUSA Today
Huntsman girls talk TwitterPolitico (blog)

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New Study: Social Media has Outsized Impact on Sales and Brand Perception – MarketWatch (press release)

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


Brafton
New Study: Social Media has Outsized Impact on Sales and Brand Perception
MarketWatch (press release)
According to Irfan Kamal, SVP Digital/Social, Ogilvy, "Much of the work to date has looked at direct channel impacts; for example, do direct clicks from a social media site result in sales? This study of restaurant consumers attempts to understand the
Social media marketing campaigns most effective when paired with other channelsBrafton

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Melinda Gates: Can social media end malaria? Can you? – USA Today

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off


CBC.ca
Melinda Gates: Can social media end malaria? Can you?
USA Today
Take social media. Beginning with the Twitter Race to 1 million followers –which raised nearly 100000 mosquito nets for Malaria No More–the malaria fight has consistently broken new ground in the use of social media. Only 28% of people in the US
Use Of Social Media To Fight Malaria Shows 'Great Promise'Kaiser Health News

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New Research from Constant Contact and Chadwick Martin Bailey Highlights Need … – MarketWatch (press release)

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off

New Research from Constant Contact and Chadwick Martin Bailey Highlights Need
MarketWatch (press release)
The study's key findings echo a previous study conducted by the two companies of consumer behavior on Facebook, and also revealed that more consumers are turning to Twitter to connect with their favorite brands: one-third of brand followers surveyed

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The Legal Implications of Social Networking Part Two: Privacy – Information Law Group

December 31st, 1969 · Comments Off

The Legal Implications of Social Networking Part Two: Privacy
Information Law Group
As social media and networking continue to revolutionize modern-day marketing and become the norm for organizations of all types, shapes and sizes, it is even more important to adequately address the legal risks associated with social media use.
New Protiviti Study Finds IT Execs View Security and Privacy, Cloud Computing MarketWatch (press release)

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