Turkish pianist Fazil Say goes on trial accused of insulting Islam on Twitter

Turkish pianist Fazil Say goes on trial accused of insulting Islam on Twitter
Fox News
ISTANBUL – A top Turkish pianist and composer appeared in court on Thursday to defend himself against charges of offending Muslims and insulting Islam in comments he made on Twitter. Fazil Say, who has played with the New York Philharmonic, the ...

"Binders full of women' sweeps social media
San Francisco Chronicle
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's comment during Tuesday's presidential debate about gathering "binders full of women" for possible hires when he was Massachusetts governor spiraled into the social media stratosphere within minutes.

San Francisco Chronicle

Social Media and the Future of Business
Business 2 Community
Social media has changed the way we interact, the way we think, the way we learn about and perceive the world. It's only natural that social media has also changed the way business is done. It promotes a connection between the consumer and the producer ...

Social Summit Engages Top Social Media Minds
HispanicBusiness.com
Over 200 social media practitioners from 85 companies gathered in Austin several weeks ago to attend the Spredfast Social Summit, the company's first annual user conference designed around a series of smart discussions on social engagement from the top ...

Tweet Me to Your Leader: How the World's Big Shots Use Social Media
The Atlantic
The year 2012 has seen a marked increase in the use of social media -- especially Twitter and Facebook -- by heads of state and government, ministers, and diplomats. The entire governments of Chile and Mexico, and their ministers, are on Twitter. The ...

The Atlantic

Social networking guru shares experiences at PubCon in Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun
Despite a childhood spent growing up in the London projects and a brief stint of homelessness as a young adult, Shakil Khan's drive and knack for building relationships helped him launch a successful online advertising business and eventually led to ...

Las Vegas Sun

6 Social Media Tips for B2B Merchants
Multichannel Merchant
Social networks such as Twitter and LinkedIn allow consumers to quickly comment on and share products and services. In an article featured in the October/November 2012 issue of Multichannel Merchant, Briteskies managing director of IT services William ...

Uganda police chief urges increased social media policing
BBC News
Ugandan police are to increase social-media monitoring because of fears about the spread of "dangerous" information, according to reports. The country's highest ranking police officer spoke at a gathering of East African police chiefs. Gen Kale ...

BBC News

Who Will Social Media Users Vote For? [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Charlie White
How will social media users vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election? To find out, market research firm Lab42 surveyed 500 U.S. social media users.
Mashable » Social Media

After an Outburst on Twitter, The Times Reinforces Its Social Media ...
By By MARGARET SULLIVAN
The Times sends a reminder on policies that apply to freelancers as well as to staff members, urging thoughtfulness and restraint in platforms like Twitter and Facebook.
The Public Editor's Journal

"Internal" Social Media: What FINRA Member Firms Need to Know ...
By chrisct
In this blog post, we'll discuss what has recently been defined as "internal" social media, how it differs from the more traditional and widely adopted "external" social media, and how and why regulatory requirements apply to both internal and ...
Social Media Today - The world's...

Social Media Newsfeed: Facebook Mobile | Klout Perks | Obama's ...
By Tim Sohn
Social Media Newsfeed: Facebook Mobile | Klout Perks | Obama's 'Empty Binder'
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HOLMBERG: Will social media tip the scales for President Obama ...
By Raymond Hawkes
Now, millions of social networkers jump into the fray, instantly fact-checking, mocking, attacking, cheering, exaggerating and twisting the candidates words.
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Twitter Blocks Germans' Access to Neo-Nazi Group
New York Times
By NICHOLAS KULISH. Published: October 18, 2012. BERLIN — Twitter has blocked users in Germany from access to the account of a neo-Nazi group that is banned by the government, renewing concerns about the future of free speech on the site.

Facebook has 65 million active users in India
New York Daily News
Hyderabad, Oct 18 — World's largest social network Facebook Thursday announced that it has over 65 million active users in India, an eight-fold increase over last two years. "We are pleased to announced that over 65 million people in India are using ...

Facebook's Adam Gerston Tells Us Why He Quit And Left His Unvested Stock
Business Insider
Adam Gerston, a manager of Facebook's preferred marketing developers program (which oversees all the independent software developers who want to plug their advertising products into Facebook) has left the company to become vp/strategic partnerships ...

Business Insider

Bahrain Arrests 4 For Twitter Messages Defaming King
Huffington Post
Bahrain's public prosecution office had questioned four defendants and charged them with the "crime of insulting his majesty the king on their personal accounts on Twitter," prosecutor Ahmed Bucheeri said on Wednesday, according to BNA. The defendants ...

Facebook offers free trials of security software from industry leaders (Video)
Examiner.com
Facebook users in the Spokane area who are interested in upgrading their Internet security software can now download antivirus protection programs and other related products from the Facebook Anti-Virus Marketplace that are free for up to one year.

The Best Facebook Brand Pages to Follow
PC Magazine
Most people use Facebook to keep up with friends and relatives near and far. On it, you can see photos of a newborn niece and reconnect with old college friends. By now, everyone and their grandmother has joined—and that includes your favorite brands.

Why Facebook should pay you
CNN
The social network's users willingly supply Facebook with deeply personal information, including likes, dislikes, their close associates, politics, religion and relationship status, just to name a few. That means Facebook is sitting on a treasure trove ...

Report: Twitter bans German group for hate speech
CNET
On the heels of a firestorm of controversy over anti-Semitic tweets in France, Twitter has for the first time banned access in Germany to a German group's account due to its alleged hate speech. According to the Financial Times (registration required ...

Twitter to become a TV channel
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Believe Entertainment Group, a New York company that put a LeBron James animated series on YouTube last year, announced plans Wednesday to launch “EpicEDM,” the first original content video show to be posted exclusively on Twitter. TV shows from ...

San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

Twitter Uses Country-Specific Blocking Powers For The - TechCrunch
By Natasha Lomas
... access to a neo-Nazi Twitter account in Germany at the request of local authorities. The move was spotted by the FT, which also flagged up two tweets from Twitter's general counsel, Alex Macgillivray confirming both the request to close the account and the fact that Twitter had acted on the request. ... 10.14.12 Here's To The Death Of "Personal Branding" On… 10.12.12 Facebook'sHaving Some Issues With Twitter… 10.11.12 Dick Costolo: "The Biggest Misconception AboutTwitter …
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Twittkrieg: 'Nazi' account closure Twitter's first — RT
By RT
For the first time, Twitter has censored one of its accounts in response to a government request. The account in question belongs to a neo-Nazi group in lower Saxony deemed illegal by the German government.
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Facebook opens mobile ads for apps to all developers, keeps them ...
By Jon Fingas
It's no secret that Facebook saw FarmVille for iOS as writing on the wall: it had to either tap into mobile app revenue. ... Trending posts from Engadget on Twitter, updated hourly. Aereo opens its streaming TV to Mac and Windows web ...
Engadget Mobile

Twitter Censorship: Company Blocks Account For A Government For ...
By AP
BERLIN (AP) — Twitter has for the first time blocked an account using a new tool that allows it to bar content in individual countries, shutting out a banned German neo-Nazi group at the behest of local authorities. Twitter spokesman Dirk Hensen told The Associated Press in an email Thursday that the... Login with Facebook to see what your friends are reading; Enable Social Reading; i. Settings. Read Share Settings; Share everything I read; Share only things safe for work; Dont share ...
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Morning Advantage: What You're Really Using Facebook For ...
By Andrea Ovans
People were sharing messages and links long before Facebook and Twitter came along, points out The Atlantic's Alex Madrigal, in this thoughtful revisionist history of social networking. And more than two-thirds of all that sharing, he's got the ...
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Victorious (Victorious) on Twitter
"Like" this post if you're excited. pic.twitter.com/oa5WVsWx ... Changed up my Facebook layout a little bit https://www.facebook.com/arianagrande?fref=ts … <3 ...
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Facebook Studio :: Blog | Announcing a New Pages Structure for ...
Every month people from around the world engage with their favorite brands on Facebook. Today we're excited to announce Global Pages, a new structure that ...
www.facebook-studio.com/.../announcing-a-new-pages-struct...

How Facebook Can Out Your Most Personal Secrets - Slashdot
McGruber writes "The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Facebook revealed the sexual ... 100 of 464 comments loaded twitter facebook · Share on Google+ ...
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Is Google+ For You? [Book Review - What the Plus! by Guy Kawasaki]
Business 2 Community
You can hold a hangout with up to 9 people (and an unlimited number watching or listening). 4. Your profile can showcase a huge amount of rich, interesting information about you or your business or organisation. That includes groups of connections ...

Business 2 Community

Google+ App Update Adds Support for Brand Pages
Small Business Trends
Aside from the ability to use Google+ pages, the new updates include a few additional features. For Android, the update features a new “find people” option, which lets users search for other people and topics on the site. The Android version also ...

Small Business Trends

Can Online Mega Courses Change Education? Join TIME's Google Hangout to ...
TIME
TIME and the Carnegie Corporation of New York are hosting a Google Hangout On Air this Friday at 12:00 pm (EST) to discuss the future of college. For this week's special issue on higher education, Amanda Ripley's cover story (“College Is Dead. Long ...

TIME

Google Hangout: Obesity
Newsok.com
Jaclyn Cosgrove hosts. Guests: Gary Lankford, Association of American Indian Physicians; Christina M. Shay, University of Oklahoma College of Public Health/Dept. of Biostatistics & Epid; and Amber England, Oklahoma Fit Kids Coalition.

Election 2012: The nation's conversation
USA TODAY
Alert icon. Loading... There is no Interactive Transcript. Streamed live on Oct 17, 2012 by USATODAY. USA TODAY hosted a Google+ Hangout about the election on Oct. 17, 2012, with journalists and readers from across the country. The hangout was hosted ...

Google Hangout: Energy Independence
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Google+ trends: Love Your Body, latest version of Ubuntu
Yahoo! Philippines News
In fact, the mom gave her daughter several. On Thursday, October 18, Google+ users are sharing inspirational and reassuring posts regarding body image following the NOW Love Your Body campaign and buzzing about the latest version of Ubuntu -- 12.10.

Primo hangout AC Milan: Massaro! #hangoutmassaro
Milan Channel
1° hangout sulla pagina ufficiale rossonera Google+! Dalla Sala delle Coppe di via Turati, Daniele Massaro in Video Chat con 10 persone, fra cui l'olimpionico della spada Matteo Tagliariol. The 1sthangout on the rossoneri's official Google+ webpage!

Unsocial Media: The Uselessness Of Facebook And Google+
By Warren Ellis
Google+ is apparently a success, according to many tech reporters. Anecdotal evidence suggests that most people are using G+ to post inside Circles. Some 11,000 people have added me to G+ circles – but, apparently, none of the ones they ...
Warren Ellis

Google+ houses healthy community for photographers: Connect
The accepted story on the Internet is that Google+ is a ghost town, that Google squandered initial interest in the service by not letting people in quickly enough, ...
connect.dpreview.com/post/.../google-plus-for-photographers

Pinterest recruits users to rid pins of nudity and other naughtiness
NBCNews.com (blog)
The addition of these features shouldn't come as a surprise considering that Pinterest has been struggling to stay on top of content which violates its community guidelines, such as pins which explicitly encourage self-harm or self-abuse, pornographic ...

More Polished, Pictorial LinkedIn Draws No User Wrath
TechNewsWorld
Social networkers are much more sanguine about changes to LinkedIn than to Facebook. One reason may be that LinkedIn plays a different role in people's lives. "People use Facebook every day -- it is part of their daily routine," said David Johnson ...

Pinfluencer Brings Pinterest Contests to Brands' Sites, Facebook Pages
Adweek
Now, Pinfluencer wants to do the same for Pinterest. On Thursday, the Pinterestanalytics firm was set to launch Pinterest Promotions. The idea is for brands to use the platform to set up contests and sweepstakes on Facebook or the brands' own sites...

Adweek

Pinterest rolls out user blocking, flagging, and reporting
CNET
Pinterest rolls out user blocking, flagging, and reporting. As a way to curtail users who pin banned items like nudie pictures, hateful symbols, and violent images, Pinterest debuts a feature that lets users block and report questionable activity. Dara ...

Pinners To Follow: 'Inside Out' Magazine And 4 Other Stylish Pinterest Accounts
Huffington Post
If you find yourself browsing Pinterest for hours, you're not alone. We know that feeling all too well. But luckily, all of our time spent getting lost in those pretty images can help our readers find the best of what's out there. In this week's Hot On ...

Pinterest marketing drives visibility for retail brands
Brafton
Pinterest's rapid growth in the last year forced many businesses to consider the platform for social media marketing. Last month, Brafton highlighted client data from Shareaholic that showed Pinterest produces more referral traffic than both Bing and ...

Brafton

New LinkedIn profiles take a page from Facebook
NBCNews.com
LinkedIn started rolling out a new profile design beginning Tuesday that it hopes will help users find new connections and stay more engaged with the professional network. Some of the changes affect what people see when they visit a profile. The new ...

AOL's Alto Reimagines The Email Experience With A Twitter, Pinterest, Gmail ...
Fast Company
How does it feel to throw a product launch and have nobody come? Just ask AOL. In November 2010, the company unveiled Project Phoenix, a platform intended to rev up its doddering email business. Once synonymous with email--and mailbox-cluttering ...

Fast Company

Pinterest Adds Ability To Block And Report Other Users To Keep Site ...
By Colleen Taylor
Pinterest is generally known as a place where a mostly female user base gathers to share images and videos of shiny happy things such as cute animals, pretty clothing, and tasty recipes. But in any community that consists of millions of ...
TechCrunch

Pinterest launches user blocking and reporting, adds more granular ...
By Emil Protalinski
Well that was quicker than expected. Just a few hours ago we wrote about a hack to let you block users on Pinterest, and now the social network has made the feature official. The company today announced the ability to block and report a user ...
The Next Web

Don't Forget LinkedIn – The Evolution Of Company Pages | Social ...
By Keredy Stott
Facebook, Twitter and Google+. For many businesses this is the beginning and the end of their social media strategy. But a strategy that goes no further than an active Twitter feed or a balanced Facebook approach, and measures success ...
Social Media Today - The world's...

Pinterest Adds User Blocking, Reporting Features | WebProNews
By Chris Crum
Pinterest announced today that it has added new controls for people to block and report users. There is a “block user” feature, which can be accessed on an individual' profile by hovering over the small flag icon on the right-hand side of their ...
Top News - WebProNews

Half the Sky Movement (halfsky) on Pinterest
Are you sure you wish to report Half The ? Report Half The Sky Movement Report Report & Block Don't report If you block Half The, you won't be able to Follow ...
https://pinterest.com/halfsky/

LinkedIn Blog » Celebrating 10 Million Members in Brazil ...
Today, I'm proud to share that we now have more than 10 million LinkedIn members in Brazil. Our growth in this market has been truly incredible to witness.
blog.linkedin.com/2012/10/16/linkedin-brazil-10million/

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