The Seattle Times (blog)
On the question-and-answer session for the president on Reddit, a social media website driven by user-promoted content, young and old participants alike were asking personal and political questions, looking for answers. But when you analyze what is ...
Social media can turn news into a conversation, great for readers
Springfield News-Leader
Social media can also turn the news into more of a conversation, as opposed to just headlines ushered down from on high. When severe weather rolls into the area, our readers will always be in far more places than our reporters, and we try to share what ...
Social media forgotten in shock and awe TV campaign
The Australian
Here's why. In 2008, Barack Obama rose to power using the caring, sharing media commonly referred to as social media. On a sea of "Yes We Can" positivity, harnessed by a clever use ofsocial media, Obama was able to mobilise previously disengaged ...
Social Media Is Saving Soldiers' Lives In Ways You'd Never Expect
Business Insider
“TROOP IN TROUBLE” was the beginning of the status updated posted last week by the military Facebook page Awesome Shit My Drill Sergeant Said. The humor-based page originally started as place for Drill Sergeants and soldiers to share stories had just ...
Social media fails those without power, organizes those who might help them
The Providence Journal (blog)
Thus the social media that I tout so much was not as useful to me as I'd have thought. And now, after the storm, it's still not giving us the very practical information we crave: which streets are blocked; where power is returning; when power will come ...
Social media blackout in force for students as international exam kicks off
Sydney Morning Herald
''Because of the rise of technology and social media, it's made very clear to students first of all they can't take any electronic devices into the exam room apart from an approved calculator and they can't take anything out of the exam room apart from ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Google+ Hangouts Rolls Out New Features
By Samantha Murphy
Google announced it is adding some enhancements to Google+ Hangouts.
Mashable » Social Media
Share your work from Google Drive to Google+ - Google Enterprise ...
By Ariel
With Google+, you can share what you want with just the right people. That might be pictures from your team offsite or an article from your favorite new blog. Starting today, you can also share the work you create and store in Google Drive, and ...
Google Enterprise Blog
How To Host A Google+ Hangout With Your Students - Edudemic
By Katie Lepi
google+ hangouts students It's easy to see how a free tool that connects you to your students can be helpful. But Google+ is not something you simply pick up and assume everyone knows how to use. In fact, I'd recommend making sure ...
Edudemic
Parents urged to limit children's social media use to ten minutes per hour ...
Herald Sun
Moreton Bay Boys' College and Moreton Bay College principal Jennifer Haynes said social mediahad become a great study tool for students who were using it to discuss ideas and share content after school hours, but it could also be distracting. "It ...
Du launches Social Media award
gulfnews.com
Dubai: du on Sunday launched Social Media Awards. Social Media practitioners can nominate their initiatives for the awards through www.du.ae/awards, until November 20. The Social MediaAwards aim to achieve multiple objectives such as engaging with ...
This Week On Twitter: Social Media Stats, ROI & Zombies, Tweet ...
By Shea Bennett
Need a little weekend reading? We've compiled our top ten Twitter stories of the week, which includes a look at the three myths of social media ROI, the latest social media statistics and facts, tips for brands on how frequently they should tweet ...
AllTwitter
The Global Video Infrastructure Market Outlook | Social Media Today
By David H Deans
Infonetics Research released excerpts from two of their latest video entertainment related market studies. Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Encoder Equipment and Video Subscribers -- which tracks equipment sold to telco IPTV, cable video, and ...
Social Media Today - The world's...
Is Social Media Taking Over Your Life? [MakeUseOf Poll]
By Yaara Lancet
Social media has been around for several years now, and already it feels like it's been around forever. With huge social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest, almost everyone is taking part in this new social game.
MakeUseOf
Tastefully Offensive: Social Media Expert Kourtney Barnes on ...
By tastefullyoffensive.com
Social Media Expert Kourtney Barnes on Weekend Update (SNL). Kourtney Barnes talks about the impact of social media on the 2012 presidential election. (PG-13) [nbc]. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post Older Post Home ...
Tastefully Offensive
LinkedIn: The Talent Machine Accelerates
Forbes
Another blowout quarter for LinkedIn. The company's revenues hit $252 million (81% yty growth), making the company near a $1 billion run-rate provider of talent and marketing solutions. LinkedInnow has 187 million professional users, citing around 2 ...
Project Pinterest: Jewelry organizer made fast and cheap
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
I am a Pinterest junkie, but usually use the site for browsing through appealing images when I can't sleep, admiring photography skills I do not have or worshiping fashion pieces I wish I owned. I admire the people who actually make the clever crafty ...
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
Nerd Chicks Adventures: Find inspiration for holiday gifts, crafts on Pinterest
Record-Searchlight
If you've yet to explore the wealth of inspiration that is Pinterest, this season is the perfect time to take a tour. Whether you're a holiday lover like me, looking to build some memorable traditions without going overboard, or a budding Martha ...
LinkedIn: No Rush To Mobile Monetization
MediaPost Communications
LinkedIn's marketing solutions business, including advertising and marketing, accounted for a quarter of overall revenue, while subscription-based services contributed about 20%. LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner reiterated that the company is taking steps to...
MediaPost Communications
Facebook in Silicon Valley talent battle
CNN
Pinterest, Square, Airbnb and Dropbox are increasingly winning the hearts and employment contracts of Silicon Valley's most talented. Massive funding rounds have armed these companies to go on hiring sprees, while a steady flow of venture capital to ...
Pinterest: Best Pin of the Week [Nov. 4]
Patch.com
Woburn Patch has created Pinterest and Instagram accounts for readers who enjoy using both apps. You can find us under the username WoburnPatch on both! This week, we take a look at what we thought was one of the best pins featuring Woburn: It's from ...
How to Make the Most Out of the New LinkedIn Profile
Business 2 Community
On average, how often do you update your resume when you aren't actively looking for employment? The answer for most people is probably “never.” Now, how often do you update your LinkedIn profile when you aren't actively looking for employment?
Social Media Changes Driving Some Marketers Buggy
IT Business Net
Throw in an IPO (Facebook) and a major overhaul (LinkedIn) and modifications are barreling ahead so fast, even the techies seem unable to keep up. "I'm a big believer in social media marketing for my business, so when I started having a lot of problems ...
Be selective in your networking
Stuff.co.nz
Rampant collecting of business cards, LinkedIn connects and Facebook 'likes' can resemble a dog on heat if you aren't clear about who you want to connect with, and why. To get away from this quantity over quality approach, treat each opportunity to ...
The future of recruiting in the technology industry
The Next Web (blog)
The fact is, since LinkedIn was created (90% of revenue is from the recruiters sending solicitation emails, to the point where the average Silicon Valley developer gets 100+ recruiter emails per year), nothing new has come along in the recruitment space.
The Next Web (blog)
Twitter Adding Instagram-Like Photo Filters. Good Idea? Bad Idea?
PC Magazine
Twitter, at one point, was actually considering making an acquisition to pick up a photo service of its own – a move hastened by Facebook's acquisition of Instagram for $1 billion in cash in stock. (At least, $1 billion when first announced by Facebook ...
Disruptions: Twitter's Faster Gantlet of Truth
New York Times (blog)
David Livingstone Smith, associate professor of philosophy at the University of New England in Biddeford, Me., and author of the book, “Why We Lie,” said online ecosystems like Twitter and Facebook were actually helping define the truth more quickly ...
New York Times (blog)
Relying on Twitter During Hurricane #Sandy
Huffington Post (blog)
Around midnight on October 29, Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, tweeted "Proud of Twitter right now." As well he should be. After my New York City apartment lost power around 8 p.m., my smartphone's data plan suddenly became my only connection with ...
Trump vs. Chrysler Exec Twitter Spat Shows Social Media Opportunities and ...
HispanicBusiness.com
04--When Chrysler executive Ralph Gilles used Twitter to slam billionaire Donald Trump for circulating false reports that Jeep production was moving to China, it became a textbook example of the opportunities and risks of executives on social media ...
HispanicBusiness.com
'Twitter bombs' may deliver late election surprise
Phys.Org
The "bomb" technique is as old as Twitter, and is similar to e-mail spam. Both can be used for commercial or political causes. Experts say it leads those receiving the messages to believe there is a groundswell, when in fact, the trend is being ...
Twitter tempests flared as Sandy struck
Columbus Dispatch
The storm had not even died down when disputes began to flare online about how companies were reaching out to consumers and reporters in ways that included posts on Twitter and emails. On Madison Avenue, the concept of ads seeking to take ...
Election-year banter playing a divisive role in social media
Ocala
To friend or unfriend, follow or unfollow — weighty considerations facing folk on Facebook, Twitterand other social networks as the election, 2012-style, roars into its final days. And then there's the aftermath; no, not who won or lost, but who will ...
A Twitter baby grows up
Greensboro News & Record (blog)
A Twitter baby grows up. I joined the Facebook world more than four years ago but came late to Twitter. I established a Twitter account (@JeffreyGauger) in January 2011 but began tweeting only that October. With my earlier Facebook experience as a...
Greensboro News & Record (blog)
"Saturday Night Live" Explains Twitter and Facebook (Video) - Peter ...
By Peter Kafka
"That's the beauty of social media - everyone's opinon is equal."
AllThingsD
By Peter Kafka
"That's the beauty of social media - everyone's opinon is equal."
AllThingsD
Twitter maps out popularity of Obama, Romney tweets | The Raw Story
By Agence France-Presse
Twitter has launched an interactive map of the United States that charts where Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's campaign tweets have had the most impact, and where they have fallen flat. The “Political Engagement Map” measures the ...
The Raw Story
Twitter Reportedly Wants To Add Filters, Compete With Instagram
By The New York Times
In the coming months, Twitter plans to update its mobile applications to introduce filters for photos that will allow people to share altered images on Twitter and bypass Instagram, the popular mobilecentric photo-sharing network, according to people ... To reply to a Comment: Click "Reply" at the bottom of the comment; after being approved your comment will appear directly underneath the comment you replied to. Share your Comment: Post to Facebook. Post to Blogger. Post to Twitter.
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Twitter, please - no way, no how can you take on Instagram | Digital ...
By Molly McHugh
Yesterday afternoon, when word broke that Twitter is working on its own Instagram-copycat, I think the rest of the tech world shared in my deja vu. In August of last year, the exact same story surfaced — just replace “Twitter” with “Facebook.” ...
Twitter, Facebook used to push Americans to the polls
Phys.Org
Nani Teruya does not vote because she believes the United States is illegally occupying her home state of Hawaii, but people are trying to convince her to go to the polls next week via Google+ and Twitter. Nani Teruya does not vote because she believes ...
The Importance of Studying and Observing Your Audiences on Social Networks
Business 2 Community
Websites like Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, Google+ and Twitter provide companies with an insight into what customers really want and what they are truly interested in, which is, a variety of content. At one point in time, it was popular to share ...
7 Reasons To Buy Google
Seeking Alpha
Although still well behind Facebook which now has 1 billion users, the initiative is off to a good start, and any further growth in Google+ will be a positive catalyst for the company going forward. Healthy Balance Sheet - Google maintains a strong ...
Google AuthorRank Helps Personal Branding
Business 2 Community
You use the tag by dropping it into your html code that surrounds your name somewhere on the page, preferably your author bio. You also need to include a link back to your Google+ account (see, we told you those things would come in handy!), like this: ...
The Best Part About Google+ Hangouts Is That The Technology Itself Completely ...
Telepresence Options
Today, the team announced some new features, nothing "major," but some really nice things that make the Hangout experience even more enjoyable and easier to use. When you're in a Hangout, you can now display or hide a new sidebar, which shows you ...
