
When it comes to social media, most businesses nowadays understand the power of Facebook/Twitter and have started learning the ropes. In fact, according to the recent “State of Small Business Report”, 75% of small businesses have a company page on a social networking site. The Facebook and Twitters of the world make it easy for [...]
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Has Google created the new interface in social networking? Google’s new social media product has everyone buzzing about Google Buzz. Many will call this a Twitter killer or a threat to Facebook, but suggestions that Buzz will kill them are overblown. Google has tried to succeed with social products that just haven’t caught on. There’s [...]
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Tired of not being able to reply to a comment that you received on Facebook because the web site is blocked? I am looking into a new feature that was just announced by the social networking behemoth that will allowing members who have limited access to Facebook during the day: replying to comments through email.
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If you haven’t discovered the joys of Foursquare, you’re totally missing out!
This location-based app, dubbed “the next Twitter” by Mashable.com, is tons of fun. Basically, you use Foursquare to “Check In” at different locations, share insider tips, find out where your friends are, and earn distinctions in the form of badges, including “Newbie”, “Adventurer,”and “Mayor,” among others.
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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced some very impressive news – Facebook has reached 350 million users as of this December!
If you think that’s amazing, what’s even more astonishing is the speed of how Facebook has managed to reach this number and essentially defeat all of its competitors, including the once almighty MySpace. [...]
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It was hard to return and adjust to my daily work routine after a long, well relaxed Thanksgiving holiday. I came in, plugged in my laptop, and adjusted the items on my desk and opened up my email. I started to scroll through an extended list of messages, and there it was … sitting pretty [...]
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With Thanksgiving being right around the corner I took some time out of my day to think about which aspects of the web I am most thankful for this year, and I would have to say “Thank You” to Facebook!
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For me, one of the most enjoyable parts of the Thanksgiving holiday (besides entering a food coma and watching lots of football) is writing out my yearly list of the things I’m thankful for. It’s always long and mushy, and it gives me the warm fuzzies to recite it on Thanksgiving, and remember all those reasons why life is so good.
This year, as usual, I have lots and lots to be thankful for. Family and friends I simple adore, an incredible job with the world’s coolest company, co-workers and clients, loads of great industry milestones and interactive developments on the horizon . . . all in all, it’s great. So, thanks universe.
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It’s no secret that mobile device penetration among children is on the increase – we don’t need data to tell us that when iPhones decorated with Hannah Montana stickers and pink rhinestones are being wielded by 6-year-olds.
According to Nielsen data, the average age of phone ownership is pushing down – and quickly. In Q2 of 2008, the average age kids got their first mobile phone was 10.1 years, and in Q1 of 2009 that number dropped to 9.7 years. Undoubtedly it will continue to fall.
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I am sure everyone heard or read last week about Microsoft’s Bing search deals with Twitter and Facebook. Google fired back almost immediately with their own deal – I am sure there were no surprises here. Google also completed their deal with Twitter and, perhaps more importantly, Google announced a new feature: Social Search.
Google’s [...]
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