ThinkUp: Social Media Insights Platform: "ThinkUp is a free, open source web application that captures all your activity on social networks like Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and Foursquare. One of the best ways to learn about ThinkUp is to see it in action."
Washington Post
NEW YORK — Twitter on Friday agreed to hand over about three months' worth of tweets to a judge overseeing the criminal trial of an Occupy Wall Street protester, a case that has become a closely watched fight over how much access law enforcement ...
Second to Facebook the Most Likable Social Site Is Not the One You Think
Business Insider
Social Media users are familiar with what are considered the “top tiers” of social networking, such asFacebook, Twitter and YouTube, due to their popularity amongst peers. However, when it comes to engagement, which of these sites do you think is most ...
Polish Town Highlights Oddities in Facebook's Personal Data Disclosures
PCWorld (blog)
In fact, the first I heard of either place was when I requested dumps of all the data Facebook holds about me, to evaluate how the company is responding to criticism of its data storage practices by the Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland. That's ...
Trending: NHL players use Twitter to vent
ESPN (blog)
Players have made a concerted effort to solicit support from fans via Twitter -- engaging fans with Q&A sessions, sending messages seeking and thanking them for their support and retweeting stories, blogs and columns that support their side in the talks.
ESPN (blog)
This Tiny New York Startup Is Showing Facebook How It's Done
Business Insider
Obviously Twitter should organize the links its users push into the system by topic matter, and then sell ads against those channels. Obviously Facebook's News Feed should have little tabs at the top so users can click into a "sports," "business," or ...
Business Insider
Twitter Hires Elite Apple Hacker Charlie Miller To Beef Up Its Security Team
Forbes
In Twitter's early days, hackers enjoyed breaking into the company's accounts to embarrass news anchors or make obscene jokes about Britney Spears' nether regions. Lately, it seems like world-class hackers are less interested in attacking Twitter, and ...
Wait a Minute! Did Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Really Say Anything New?
Schaeffers Research (blog)
There is no doubt that Facebook is seeing renewed momentum in mobile, particularly with the recent release of its new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS app, which as anyone who has used it knows, is light years ahead of the garbage that was its predecessor.
Swedish police's Facebook appeal to parents of rowdy, drunk teenagers goes viral
Washington Post
Goodwin, an Australian who worked at the Sydney Olympics before moving to Vaxjo with his Swedish wife, said the Facebook appeal had “created a bit of a stir” since he posted it Sunday. It has received more than 30,000 Facebook likes and some 1,300 ...
Wash. man pleads guilty to bigamy in Facebook case
Sacramento Bee
TACOMA, Wash. -- A Washington man whose wife discovered through Facebook that he had married a second woman has pleaded guilty to attempted bigamy. The Tacoma News Tribune reports ( http://bit.ly/QfMKDy) 42-year-old Alan O'Neill says he's ...
Facebook Knows How to Trick You Into Voting
The Atlantic
As it turns out, civic participation also exhibits viral qualities: In an article that appears this week in Nature, political scientists at the University of California, San Diego, demonstrate that a singleFacebook message during the 2010 midterm ...
New York Judge Tries to Silence Twitter in Its Ongoing Battle to ...
By Hanni Fakhoury
An ill-advised order from the judge presiding over the case means that either Twitter must disclose data without a warrant, or risk a potentially expensive contempt of court citation. Malcolm Harris is charged in a New York City criminal court ...
Deeplinks
Life After Twitter: Sulia Builds Its Own Social Network - AllThingsD
By Peter Kafka
Hence the pivot. Sulia still works with Twitter, but now it does so just like any other publisher — it pushes out its updates to Twitter (along with other social outlets like Facebook) and hopes the service will funnel readers back to its own site.
AllThingsD
Facebook Friends: How Many Is Too Many?
By Antone Gonsalves
Like on Facebook. Share on Twitter. Share on Google+. Share on LinkedIn. Forget its $104 billion IP0, Facebook's greatest achievement is building a social network of 950 million people. But what if that tremendous size is also Facebook's ...
ReadWriteWeb
Neil Armstrong Twitter Tribute Recreates Journey to the Moon
By Eric Larson
The John F. Kennedy Library has launched a centralized Twitter tribute, One Small Tweet, to recreate Armstrong's journey to the moon. ... Sign in with Facebook or Facebook. 0. Mashable · Social Media · All Social Media · How-To · Facebook ...
Mashable » Social Good
Facebook Stories - Interactive: Mapping the World's Friendships
Technology bridges distance and borders. Individuals today can keep in touch with their friends and family in completely new ways — regardless of where they ...
ASPR Twitter challenge sparks innovation in tracking local health ...
New web-based app leverages Twitter for real-time early warning of disease ... Through the first challenge, the ASPR Facebook Lifeline App Challenge, ...
Pinterest Scam Pushes Spam Images to Facebook, Twitter
PC Magazine
Pinterest users just want to share photos of cats in buckets and their latest workout regiment, but a recent assault on the social corkboard site has infiltrated users' adjoining social networks. As Sophos' Naked Security blog first reported on ...
How Valuable Is Pinterest To Online Retail Sites?
WebProNews
A new study finds that Pinterest is proving to be quite valuable for online retailers. While it trails Facebook in a variety of metrics, it's gaining ground in those, and is leading in one very important metric. Plus, Facebook's dominance only stands ...
LinkedIn and Yelp Look to Take Advantage of Rapidly Growing Mobile Ad Market
Investor's Business Daily
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Sep 14, 2012) - Mobile advertising has been a major focus for the Social Media Industry as companies look to profit from the rapidly rising demand for mobile devices. According to data from StatCounter Inc. mobile devices ...
Sixel: Avoid exaggerating on LinkedIn profile
Houston Chronicle
But a good recruiter isn't going to take everything at face value any more on LinkedInthan on a résumé, he added. Details have to be verified along with a closer look behind a title. A chief information officer at a small company is a much different ...
Houston Chronicle
India among top 3 in most SMB professionals on LinkedIn
Business Standard
India has one of the world's highest number of professionals on professional networking siteLinkedIn, as per a study by the site. the world's largest professional network with more than 175 million members worldwide and over 16 million in India, today ...
4 Simple Steps to Making the Most of LinkedIn
PayScale (blog)
By Sandy Jones-Kaminski. LinkedIn has become a Wall Street darling and a crucial player in many recruiting and job hunt efforts. If you are a job seeker, career ladder climber, or career coach, you should know about the following four LinkedIn ...
Case Study: LinkedIn And The Law Of Attraction
Business 2 Community
Today's post features my friend and fellow Toastmaster Andrew Acosta. Andrew and I both belong to The Metropolitan Club of Chicago and found ourselves chatting one day about our businesses and where we find our best prospects. I gave Andrew some ...
Small businesses love to flirt with social media
Boston.com (blog)
If I had a dime for every survey that measured the activity level of small business owners in social media, I'd be a millionaire. Or at the very least, close. The frustrating part about the survey process is that most come to different conclusions ...
Better Social Media Engagement Tops Marketers Wish List
Forbes
While some may scoff at the notion that increasing revenue should always be the top priority, many will see the forest through the trees and realize that better customer engagement via social media will lead to increased revenue when done correctly of ...
Webb stays positive via social media
ESPN (blog)
J'Marcus Webb didn't shy away from his social media routine Friday despite a disappointing performance and controversial run-in with Jay Cutler during Thursday's loss in Green Bay. Webb, who is an avid tweeter, put the following statement on his ...
ESPN (blog)
New iTunes combines social media, iCloud and Spotify features
Washington Post
... also confirms that it will shut down Ping, the social network that was part of iTunes, on Sept. 30. PCMag reports that iTunes 11 will have more social media features instead, such as 'liking' songs and using Facebook and Twitter to share music ...
New Tool Verifies Authenticity of Gov't Social Media Sites
E-Commerce Times
"Across government, agencies are innovatively using social media to get the word out about their programs and services, engage with the public on platforms the public chooses to use, and better meet their missions," said Bev Godwin, director of the ...
The Designers Who Got The Most Social Media Buzz During Fashion Week ...
Business Insider
Hear from Ford, Pepsi and other Fortune 500 co's on measuring social media impact at "Social Media ROI," Business Insider's conference on top tactics for Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest and more. September 27, 2012 ...
Predators lie in wait on social media
Herald Sun
The 24-year-old, already with her own business, had been lured to the hotel room by people she met on social media sites. There she was drugged, tied up, tortured and killed. She had been missing for some time, reported so by her distressed family ...
ETF Still The Better Social Media Bet Than Facebook
Fox Business
One exception, at least for a little while, was the Global X Social Media Index ETF (SOCL). Not surprisingly, SOCL caught investors' attention not only because it was the first (and still the only) ETF devoted to the social media space, but also ...
NYPD Releases Guidelines for Social Media Use in Investigations: Report
NBC New York
The NYPD has released a memo that lays out rules for using social media during investigations, but critics say the new guidelines raise question about privacy issues, according to a report. Commissioner Raymond Kelly released the five-page memo last ...
A Social Media Reminder from Tony Hawk | Social Media Today
By stephenapp
Like a lot of you reading this post, I follow brands, athletes and celebrities on social media. I pay attention to tweets, Facebook status updates and Instagram posts. I occasionally comment, retweet or repost on Instagram, and I like statuses that ...
Social Media Today - The world's...
An Unhealthy Trend: Social Media Becoming the Bully's Playground ...
By Melissa Fach
I love social media. I think it is a fantastic way to interact and learn. However, I am seeing a pattern that is disturbing and unhealthy. When children are growing up, the most important part of school is social interaction, learning to get along with ...
Search Engine Journal
Social Media Explorer Wins GLI Inc.Credible Award!
By Kat French
We're so pleased to have been nominated, and were absolutely stunned to have won. The 1500 nominees and 30 finalists for the Inc.Credible Awards represent the thriving small business culture here in the Ville, and we're proud to be ...
Social Media Explorer
Up-close photos of TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 | Socialmedia.biz
By JD Lasica
JD Lasica is founder of Socialmedia.biz. We work with large and mid-size businesses and organizations on social media strategies and optimizing your online presence. Contact JD by email, follow him on Twitter or leave a comment below.
Socialmedia.biz
Is There a Tug-o-War Between Mainstream and Social Media ...
By Guest Contributor
The (US) election had just happened, social media had played an important role, however most conferences were still obsessing about shiny tools and the latest buzzworthy platforms. I wanted to bring people together around a more ...
Social Media Week
Social media tools your startup should be using | Socialmedia.biz
Social media tools are everywhere, but how do you know which ones your startup should focus on? In our work at Socialmedia.biz and Blonde 2.0, we've had ...
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