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Michael Wolff: Facebook is . . . MySpace?
USA TODAY
Not only is Facebook challenged by its inability to grow advertising revenue fast enough -- the primary culprit in its 50% share-price plunge -- but now it's facing a carve-up of the social experience. This is not just by the high-fliers in its space ...

Campaigns Use Social Media to Lure Younger Voters
New York Times
If the presidential campaigns of 2008 were dipping a toe into social media like Facebook and Twitter, their 2012 versions are well into the deep end. They are taking to fields of online battle that might seem obscure to the non-Internet-obsessed ...

New York Times

The power of social media
Sydney Morning Herald
The Jones affair, and an outbreak of obscenities after Julia Gillard's responses in an education forum on Facebook yesterday raise big questions about the power of social media. Unfortunately, in an age when everyone wants black and white responses ...

Power of Social Media not Utilized
Sacramento Bee
The banking and telecommunication sectors in North Africa have not utilized the power of social media yet, according to Amine Jabali, Managing Partner, Peppers & Rogers Group. Social networking is becoming more and more relevant in today's world, ...

Social media posts admissible in court
Middletown Journal
Whether it's a divorce proceeding or criminal trial, posts on social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Skype are regularly popping up as evidence in courtrooms locally and across the country. Ian Friedman, past president of the ...

Claim: Obama campaign illegally solicited foreign donors via social media website
Daily Caller
Those foreign donors are allegedly visiting the Obama campaign's donation solicitation Web pages through a social media website the campaign controls, and through an outside website that serves mostly Internet users from outside the United States.

Daily Caller

BUSINESS TIPS: Maintaining social media presence takes hard work
San Angelo Standard Times
Social media marketing for most businesses is the right thing to do. But, it is not something that should be undertaken halfheartedly. Creating an online presence in the social media environment and not actively updating the site is akin to going to a ...

Polycom adds Facebook and Google+ connectivity to video conferencing platform
V3.co.uk
The company said that the release of its CloudAXIS Suite would allow users to initiate videoconference sessions with users via Facebook and Google+ through the Polycom RealPresence service. The update will allow service providers to enable Polycom ...

V3.co.uk

LibreOffice vs. OpenOffice, Part Deux
E-Commerce Times
"I use LibreOffice, and will no longer use OpenOffice," said Google+ blogger Linux Rants. "Oracle's heavy-handed attempt at taking it over soured me to the entire project. I realize at this point that it's been given back to the community, but the ...

Google Steps Up Its Social Media Profile
Equities.com
Google is heating up the battle between Google+ and Facebook for social media domination with Google acquiring Instagram look alike Nik Software. Samuel Junghenn founder of Online Marketing Agency Think Big Online says the move cements Google's ...

Soul Soufflé: The new BITSGian hangout abode
AOL
Students at BITS-Goa crave for good food. Many food joints either occasionally deliver their delicacies to students on campus or offer special BITS student discount. One such successful partnership that has progressed is with Soul Soufflé located in ...

Why Google Hangouts Are Awesome
Business 2 Community
But despite all these features you can't invite more than 10 people to a Google Hangout. Can't be done. Why? For the simple reason that Google's idea of an ideal meeting is 10 people. As Google VP of Business Operations Kristen Gil wrote, '…meetings ...

Social media threaten greeting card makers
Boston Globe
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It's your birthday or you've just had a baby, gotten engaged, or bought your first house. If you're like many Americans, you have friends who are texting congratulations, sending you e-cards, or clicking ''Like'' on your Facebook wall.

Boston Globe

Kent State student harnesses social media for charity
Ravenna Record Courier
While many use Twitter and Facebook to keep tabs on friends, flaunt vacation photos and rant about politics, one Kent State University student is using social media in a more philanthropic way. Alexandria Rhodes, an English major who graduated ...

Social Media Newsfeed: Spotify Losses | British PM on Twitter ...
By Tim Sohn
Social Media Newsfeed: Spotify Losses | British PM on Twitter | Facebook Suit.
SocialTimes

'Belonging' Is a Key Driver of Brand Love in Social | Social Media ...
By Nick Bennett
I was invited to talk on a panel at Social Media Week London, on 'The psychology of love and brands', hosted by a very intelligent agency, Social Kemistry. It sparked some interesting debate around a psychological approach to social ...
Social Media Today - The world's...

Is Your Small Business Facing Social Media Questions - Socialnomics
By Dave Thomas
The social media giant reported that it had recently topped the one billion mark in users, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg noting, “This morning, there are more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month. If you're reading this: thank ...
Socialnomics

6 C's of Social Media Marketing For Small Business - SmallBizLady
By Melinda Emerson
6Cs of Social Media Marketing For Small Business If you decide that you want to start using social media marketing to promote your small business, now is a great time to get started. First make sure that your website is helpful, up-to-date, ...
SucceedAsYourOwnBoss.com

Social media among threats to greeting card makers | Maryland ...
By Associated Press
Pete Burney, Hallmark's senior vice president who overseas production, says “competition in our industry is indeed formidable” and that “consumers do have more ways to connect digitally and online and through social media.” Over the past ...
Maryland Daily Record

Cole charged over Twitter outburst
FOXSports.com
A statement on the FA's website said: "Chelsea FC's Ashley Cole has been charged by The FA in relation to a Twitter comment which was improper and/or brought the game into disrepute." Cole has until 4pm on Thursday, October 11 to respond to the charge.

FOXSports.com

Facebook Cut to Sell by BTIG on Mobile-Strategy Concerns
Bloomberg
Facebook Inc. (FB)'s 2013 earnings will be “significantly below” analysts' estimates, said Richard Greenfield, an analyst at BTIG Research, citing the social- networking site's struggles to get revenue from mobile users. “We've been growing ...

Bloomberg

Facebook Should Put Zynga Out of Business Immediately
TheStreet.com
The idea that Facebook or Amazon.com (AMZN) should buy Zynga stinks of surface-scratch thinking from people who couldn't come up with an original idea to save their virtual farms or frontiers. In fact, Facebook, Amazon and any other company even ...

Twitter's New SEO Play: A Profile Directory Of All User Accounts
Search Engine Land
Google's response then — and many times since — has been to mention how Twitter turned off the firehose and isn't giving Google direct access to its content anymore. But Twitter engineers joined with peers at Facebook and MySpace to create a “Don't ...

Facebook More Tempting Than Sex
NBC Southern California (blog)
Resistance to Facebook and Twitter proved the most futile. And while some resisted sex, the majority did not -- but that doesn't mean that social media has lost the battle for our souls and minds. According to the study's author, Wilhelm Hoffman, it's ...

Facebook Putting Money Above Users; BTIG Says 'Sell'
Wall Street Journal (blog)
BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield cut shares to sell from neutral this morning, saying “we see a growing tension between the Facebook user experience and monetization.” Essentially, as Facebook works harder to capture ad revenue via mobile devices, the...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

#Facebook 1 Billion Users & Promoted User Posts
Search Engine Journal
Last week was yet another BIG news week for Facebook. First for the fluff that Zuckerberg did interviews for. Facebook officially hit one billion active monthly users. Since I spent “Search Week” attending #SMX East in the city that never sleeps, I'll ...

Why Facebook doesn't have to be cool anymore
NBCNews.com
Richard launches Facebook and quickly scrolls down the page, looking at newly posted photos and then clicking on a video of one of his favorite songs that a friend posted. Music plays as Richard continues scrolling. It's "Whipped Cream," Herb Albert's ...

Yes, Facebook is still free (so ignore the recurring price grid hoax)
NBCNews.com (blog)
... a monthly subscription isn't one of them. ...

Twitter's t.co is Down: All the Service's Shortened Links are Dead
By Emil Protalinski
Stay in touch via Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. dylanized. It's ridiculous that one component breaking, can bring virtually the entire twitter platform to a halt. This shows how bad of a decision thet.co shortener was, a first step towards Twitter ...
The Next Web

Toilets Are Like Facebook: Decent Parody Ads Finally Emerging
By HVvids
As soon as Facebook's first-ever ad debuted, the Internet waited for the memes and parodies to emerge. Amazingly, nothing really broke through the clutter. There were snickers and giggles, some minor wordplay on Twitter and Eastwood ...
HyperVocal » Sex & Culture

Like-A-Hug Facebook-Connected Vest Lets The Wearer Know They ...
By Matt Burns
Like-A-Hug Facebook-Connected Vest Lets The Wearer Know They Are Liked ... View Staff Page Follow me on twitter ... For each “like” you receive on Facebook, this vest inflates a little big, giving the wearer a little squeeze of comfort.
TechCrunch

Multiple Twitter Users Threaten to Assassinate Mitt Romney: 'Shoot ...
By Jason Howerton
Nothing displays that fact more clearly than the dozens of horrific death threats made against GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney via Twitter, which were uncovered Sunday night. . . .
TheBlaze.com - Stories

Native Facebook app for Android is in the final phases of internal ...
By Daniel Cooper
Remember when Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook's HTML5 Android app was a mistake? Well, one of our tipsters, embedded deep ... Trending posts from Engadget on Twitter, updated hourly. Just Mobile talks about working with Apple ...
Engadget

Very Pinteresting! Facebook Cranks Up Another (Potential) Revenue Stream ...
All Things Digital
Here's another one — or at least a potential one: Facebook is adding a feature that will make it easier for brands to push photos of their products to Facebook users, who can then collect the images in a Pinterest-style folder, or simply head to a ...

Test Drive: Zappos Introduces PinPointing, a Pinterest Shopping Companion Tool
New York Times (blog)
Zappos, the online shopping Web site, is trying to change all that with PinPointing, a service that recommends Zappos products based on Pinterest pins and boards. The pins and boards triggering suggestions don't necessarily feature Zappos products.

New York Times (blog)

Study: Twitter, LinkedIn Gaining On Still-Dominant Facebook Among US Work ...
AllFacebook
Facebook is still the social network of choice among the U.S. work force, with 83 percent of respondents to a survey by social recruiting platform Jobvite having Facebook profiles, but Twitter and LinkedIn showed strong gains in 2012 versus 2011.

AllFacebook

5 Better Ways to Network on Twitter and LinkedIn
Forbes
Social media was once described as a professional cocktail hour—a way to connect, share, and interact with others beyond the confines of your cubicle. But now, it feels more like an epic college kegger; the kind where you find yourself wandering in a ...

Forbes

LinkedIn: 10 Office Tools And Workplace Norms That Are Going Extinct
TechCrunch
LinkedIn today is illustrating this trend as part of its “Office Endangered Species,” study of more than 7,000 professionals that looked at what office tools and trends will most likely go away by the year 2017. Here are the top 10: 1. Tape recorders ...

TechCrunch

Anthropologie, Rumi Neely And More To Follow On Pinterest This Week ...
Huffington Post
http://pinterest.com/rumineely/ Rumi Neely: We'd heard rumors about this account run by the California blogger of"http://www.fashiontoast.com and it lived up to expectations. Known for her keen eye, she always ...

With Relaunch, LinkedIn Competitor BranchOut Tries to Persuade Users to Stick ...
All Things Digital
It's kind of like LinkedIn reimagined in the style of other modern social Web sites — with an activity stream, a Facebook Timeline equivalent for job milestones, and a Pinterest lookalike for collecting professional moments and finding inspiration ...

How to optimise LinkedIn's new company pages
Econsultancy (blog)
LinkedIn has always concentrated on putting the individual first, so building a unified company presence on the site has had unique challenges in the past. Hopefully this makeover will give companies a chance to give their branding a more dynamic ...

Unmetric Releases Benchmarking Tool for Pinterest
Small Business Trends
“Pinterest represents a notable opportunity for many social marketers, especially in any market where products or brand-related lifestyle can become a visual experience. In the three P's of successful social marketing, people, promotion and performance ...
 
Small Business Trends

University Presses & Libraries Turn to Pinterest to Promote Books ...
By Kate Rix
I'll admit it: I'm not a big Pinterest user. Until very recently I thought the social networking site was a bit twee—too much about cute clothes and.
Open Culture

American Job Seekers Still Choose Facebook over LinkedIn, Twitter
By Emil Protalinski
75 percent of American workers are actively looking for, or consider themselves open to, new jobs. This is the 2012 number, up from 2011′s 69 percent of the workforce. On the flipside, one third of job seekers feel less optimistic about finding ...
The Next Web

W&M Blogs » Why LinkedIn?
By Ashleigh Brock
I am a certified LinkedIn addict. I use it every day, multiple times a day in my job to help students and alumni. I do not do so because it's trendy, or because I think it's cool to be connected on social media. I use LinkedIn because it's an easy, ...
W&M Blogs

LinkedIn Quick Tip: Monday = 'Endorse Day' | CAREEREALISM
By J.T. O'Donnell
Linkedin recently launched a new feature that lets you endorse people for their skills. Find out why you should endorse people on Mondays.
CAREEREALISM.com

6 Newly Redesigned LinkedIn Company Pages
We are excited to roll out our newly redesigned LinkedIn Company Pages to more than 2 million companies. Learn more at ...
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LinkedIn Embraces Publishing: This Week in Social Media | Social ...
Social media news and new developments making social media marketing easier. (New ...
www.socialmediaexaminer.com/linkedin-embraces-publishing...

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