Putting Social Media Data in Perspective

Putting Social Media Data in Perspective
Huffington Post
While marketers have always recognized the importance of understanding the consumer, social media has given rise to a whole new era of 'digital eavesdropping,' opening up new ways for brands to listen to customers' online conversations, opinions and ...

NYPD Tracking Gang Crime Via Social Media
The Associated Press
Loading... Published on Oct 2, 2012 by AssociatedPress. The NYPD will be doubling the size of its gang unit to combat a surge in social media-fueled violence. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly unveiled the plan Tuesday at a law enforcement conference ...

Social Media Adding To The Debate
Hartford Courant
Television has dominated the presidential debates for more than 50 years, dating to the famous Kennedy-Nixon debates. But now, political junkies don't need to wait 60 or 90 minutes to hear the analysis from the designated campaign commentators in the ...

A Former Player's Guide to Social Media, Image Consciousness and Self ...
Bleacher Report
In an industry saturated in carefully manipulated public image, intensely guarded and packaged for family entertainment, each player is forced to walk a tightrope between honesty and neutrality. After all, in order to keep the gravy train a-flowing ...

Bleacher Report

The 4-Step Social Media Content Strategy
Practical Ecommerce
At the recent Dreamforce 2012 conference, sponsored by Salesforce, Scott Monty, head of social media at Ford Motor Company, said, “Content is the currency of social." What Monty was saying is that successful social media marketing involves creating ...

Can a Social Media Campaign Get People to Vote in the Real World?
PBS MediaShift
Amid this backdrop, and with the election just a month away, two advocacy groups have joined together to launch "The Internet Votes" initiative, seeking to tap into the power of social media to get out the vote. The two groups, Personal Democracy Media ...

Lolo Jones faces social media firestorm after tweet some call insensitive
Examiner.com
What do you think of this mistake becoming a big deal across social media sites? It seems quite clear that Lolo Jones had no idea Eric LeGrand was paralyzed, after all he initiated the Twitter chatter with his racing challenge. Should people back off ...

Examiner.com

Turning social media into cash: 6 insights from the new tech titans
paidContent.org
Executives from a new generation of tech media companies, from Twitter to Tumblr, gathered in New York on Tuesday to discuss how to make money in an age of social, mobile media. The Advertising Week event, titled Masters of Monetization 2.0, featured ...

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IA brief: State laws may require firms to re-think social media policies
Reuters Blogs (blog)
Some adopted and proposed state legislation on social media conflicts with that delicate balance, even preventing firms from fulfilling current regulatory obligations. The legislation may require a firm to modify its policies and procedures in areas ...

Social media found to be a critical tool in job creation
gulfnews.com
Dubai: A survey conducted by the Governance and Innovation Programme of the Dubai School Government (DSG) found that social media holds the potential to play an important role in boosting skills sets, enhancing employment prospects and supporting ...

Army calls social network use an indicator of violent extremism — RT
By RT
When the US Army asked the Asymmetric Warfare Group for a guide to identifying the radicalization of troops into violent extremists, some items — like asking about WMDS — were expected to make the list.
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For Social Media Buy-in, Lead with the "Why" - Amy Jo Martin ...
By Amy Jo Martin
In social media, I'm not sure we've done a good job yet leading with the why when trying to get executive buy-in. You don't have to look further than their behavior to see it. CEOs don't think twice about hopping on the corporate jet to New York ...
HBR.org

Is social media insurance scammy or just plain smart? | Digital Trends
By Molly McHugh
In the age of the hacker, is it time we get on board with social media profile protection or is it up to us to keep our own data safe?

NYPD To Double Gang Unit, Combat Social Media-Fueled Crime ...
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly unveiled Tuesday the "Operation Crew Cut" initiative, which will double the number of detectives in the NYPD's gang unit, to focus on loosely affiliated teen groups that are responsible for about 30 percent of the ...
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The 'Lost' Steve Jobs Speech and Two Other Stories You Need to ...
By Stan Schroeder
Social Media News. Welcome to this morning's edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Listen to the 'Lost' Steve ...
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LinkedIn 'influencers': Obama, Romney give networking tips
Christian Science Monitor
LinkedIn is launching 'influencers,' a feature that will encourage users of the professional networking site to sign up to follow the musings and advice of a panel of luminaries including Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and Richard Branson. LinkedInhopes ...

Christian Science Monitor

LinkedIn Adds 'Following' Feature: Hot Trends
TheStreet.com
For the first time, LinkedIn users will be able to post messages and share articles and photos and have them seen by their followers. LinkedIn is starting the new feature by pre-selecting 150 users who can be followed, including President Barack Obama, ...

Is it really worth a bride's time to be pining over Pinterest?
Baltimore Sun (blog)
Yes, it's all the rage and yes, there are great ideas and money saving tips, but it's time to remind my fellow brides out there that Pinterest is not the end-all to wedding planning. In fact, if you are planning what I like to call a #Pinwed, I'd ...

LinkedIn links up with panel of 'influencers'
Boston Herald
SAN FRANCISCO — LinkedIn is adding more expert advice to its website and making it easier for its users to find their pearls of wisdom. The online professional networking service hopes the proffered tips and advice will help it extend its clout beyond ...

Why LinkedIn's Endorsements are Awful But You Should Use it Anyway
NBC Chicago (blog)
This lets anyone who is on your LinkedIn list who may or may not have ever worked directly with you acknowledge one of your skills. This is incredibly stupid for a variety of reasons. But I'll start off with the first sign that shows this wasn't fully ...

Here's The First App With Pinterest Integration
Business Insider
This is a big deal for both Consmr and Pinterest. This means that you can interact with your Pinterest account inside of the Consmr app–scan a health, grocery, baby, or beauty item's barcode with it and Consmr will pin a picture of it to your Pinterest ...

Business Insider

Fall pins trending on pinterest more than ever
The IUSB Preface
Fall is among us, which means that pumpkin-flavored everything is once again at our fingertips. Local liquor stores are beginning to sell pumpkin ales, coffee shops are selling seasonal pumpkin lattes, and carving pumpkins will come sooner than later ...

LinkedIn Corp (NASDAQ:LNKD) Follow the Yellow Brick Road
BasicsMedia
LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) has over 175 million users and was considered a mostly closed network used for networking among business people and professionals to expand their interests and circles of influence. Its has also been heavily used for by these ...

BasicsMedia

LinkedIn branches out with new blogging and 'following' features for ...
By Donald Melanson
LinkedIn branches out with new blogging and 'following' features for select group · LinkedIn has always been based on the notion of "connections" rather than "followers," but the social network has made a bit of a break with that tradition today.
Engadget

Gary Vaynerchuk on How LinkedIn's Influencers Can Succeed
By Ken Yeung
Today, LinkedIn released a new feature on its site that allows users to subscribe to their favorite thought leaders. Right now, up to 150 influencers have been selected and are now sharing their thoughts with the more than 175 million users on ...
The Next Web

Ugh, LinkedIn Gives “Thought Leaders” Another Platform for ...
By Hamish McKenzie
This morning, LinkedIn launched a blog platform for “influencers”. Readers can now follow 150 annointed thought leaders and comment on their blog posts, as well has having the option to “like” and share them. What's interesting about this: ...
PandoDaily

Is LinkedIn Coming After Twitter? - AllTwitter
By Mary C. Long
So not only is LinkedIn flourishing after breaking up with Twitter, it seems to be adopting its most popular feature – the thing that makes Twitter, Twitter: following others. No, this new option isn't wide open for everyone. The ability to follow is ...
AllTwitter

Is Pinterest The New Tumblr? A Look Into Today's Stats to Plan for ...
By Chelsea Burcz
Is Pinterest the new Tumblr? Kind of like Facebook became the new Myspace? It might very well be.
IFB

LinkedIn Blog » Introducing the Ability to Follow Thought Leaders on ...
Not just any professionals, but 150 of the most influential thought leaders on LinkedIn who will be sharing unique knowledge and professional insights. Starting ...
blog.linkedin.com/2012/10/02/follow-people/

Twitter teams with Nielsen on brand surveys
CNET
For now, Twitter envisions the surveys as useful tools for determining "purchase intent, overall awareness, and other advertising metrics and analytics that can lead to greater engagement."Twitter didn't provide too many details on the surveys today ...

Facebook is latest tool in NYPD's fight against gang bloodshed
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
"By capitalizing on the irresistible urge of these suspects to brag about their murderous exploits on Facebook, detectives used social media to draw a virtual map of their criminal activity over the last three years," the commissioner said in remarks ...

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Daily Report: Facebook's Advertising Plan
New York Times (blog)
Facebook on Tuesday made a pointed pitch to Madison Avenue: We know how to get your messages to real people, nearly one billion of them, because we know exactly who they are and whom they trust. Somini Sengupta of The New York Times, writes that ...

New York Times (blog)

YouTube and Facebook Remain Blocked in Kashmir
New York Times (blog)
“Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have become sources of passing messages and information for separatists.” Aala Fazili, a 30-year-old postgraduate student, said that Facebook and YouTube allowed Kashmiris to communicate with the world without their...

New York Times (blog)

Facebook Exec Says New Product Will 'Unlock Significant Spending Around The ...
Business Insider
During a session with reporters at Advertising Week in New York yesterday, Facebookad sales boss Carolyn Everson said she expects the Facebook Ad Exchange, called FBX, will "unlock a significant amount of spending around the globe." It was an ...

Business Insider

Facebook Is Blue Because Mark Zuckerberg Is Colorblind
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (blog)
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg showed up on Russian late-night television talking about his latest meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and why he chose blue for Facebook. Zuckerberg's remarks in English were translated to Russian by a ...

LinkedIn follows Twitter, lets you subscribe to 'thought leaders'
Los Angeles Times
LinkedIn follows other social networks who have this feature including Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and Instagram. But LinkedIn is trying to stand out by promising long-form content from so-called "thought leaders" that will include videos, photos and ...

Facebook Revamps Its Help Center
ABC News
If you've used Facebook, chances are you've needed help with reporting spam, un-tagging photos or understanding the site's ever-changing privacy settings over the years. Facebook's redesigned help center aims to make it easier for users to navigate and ...

ABC News

Facebook: For ads, clicks aren't all that counts
PCWorld (blog)
While that may work for ads on Google, Facebook says that focusing on the per-click return isn't the best method for businesses seeking to spread brand awareness. Per-click metrics don't show the "outcomes that happen in the grocery store, in the car ...

FBI says it's using Facebook, Twitter to find 'wanted terrorist'
CNN
(CNN) -- The FBI says it is deploying Facebook and Twitter to find "a wanted terrorist" who grew up near Boston and may now be living in Syria. He is Ahmad Abousamra, 31, a French-born dual citizen of the United States and Syria. Abousamra was indicted ...

Facebook Pages Manager for iOS Version 1.5 Released
By Emil Protalinski
Emil is a technology journalist writing for The Next Web. Over the years, he has covered the tech industry for multiple publications, including Ars Technica, Neowin, TechSpot, ZDNet, and CNET. Stay in touch via Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ ...
The Next Web

Facebook Launches Redesigned Help Center [PICS]
By Anita Li
Getting help from Facebook may get a little easier, since the social network debuted its redesigned Help Center Tuesday. ... 0 Comments. To leave a comment on this story, please log in withFacebook or Twitter ...
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Twitter Partners With Nielsen For @TwitterSurveys To Measure Ad ...
By Anthony Ha
Twitter just announced a partnership with Nielsen that should give brands a new way to measure the impact of their advertising campaigns. Apparently, in the same way that you now see Promoted Tweets in your tweet stream, you might also ...
TechCrunch

How Do You Use Facebook on Your Phone?
By Casey Chan
I thought one of the first things people do when they buy a smartphone is download the FacebookApp for iOS or Android and just never look back. Turns out I'm ... Share. Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Tumblr; Instapaper; Email this post. Tweet ...
Gizmodo

Why the trick to Twitter as a data source is more data — Data | GigaOM
By Derrick Harris
On Tuesday, MIT Technology Review reporter David Talbot wrote a post titled “The Real Debate Will Take Place on Twitter and Facebook.” It's not an uncommon sentiment, as pollsters, marketers and anyone else whose job entails discerning ...
GigaOM

Brad Staats, US congressional candidate, says Facebook gun post ...
A Republican candidate for Congress says his Facebook post featuring a photo of his gun and a ...For more U.S. news, follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
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Introducing Facebook Gifts - Facebook Newsroom
Starting today, you can give real gifts to your friends on Facebook using Gifts.
newsroom.fb.com/News/Introducing-Facebook-Gifts-1bd.aspx

Google+Hangout: Economy and the presidential debate
USA TODAY
On Wednesday, the candidates will focus on domestic policy, and our hangout will cover specifically the economy. What do you need to hear from Romney and Obama to be convinced that they have a winning plan for bringing the U.S. out of its economic ...

A sneak peek at the WonkFix Google Hangout
Washington Post
... on Oct 2, 2012 by WashingtonPost. Join Ezra Klein, Chris Cillizza and Nia-Malika Henderson for a preview of the WonkFix Google Hangout, happening at 2pm ET on Wednesday, October 3rd atwashingtonpost.com before the first presidential debate.

Google+ trends: Nokia plans to sell headquarters, India out of Twenty20 series
Yahoo! Philippines News
On Wednesday, October 3, Google+ users are sharing the news that tech giant Nokia may be planning to sell off its headquarters in Espoo, Finland, as part of the company's cost cutting scheme. The Nokia news surfaced in the Finnish-language paper ...

With Playground, Watchitoo Creates a Video Hangout for Businesses
StreamingMedia.com
Videochat company Watchitoo has taken the best features of a Google Plus Hangout and given them the business treatment. Today, the company launched Playground, a videochat platform that lets up to 25 attendees meet and share files. There's nothing to ...

StreamingMedia.com

A&E's 'Duck Dynasty' hosts Network's first Google+ Hangout today
Monsters and Critics.com
To celebrate, cast members Willie, Si and Phil Robertson are hosting the networks very firstGoogle+ Hangout today Oct. 3rd at 8 PM ET / 7C. Join the guys as they answer fan questions live at http://plus.google.com/+AE. In addition to the live fan chat ...

Wednesday roundup: Buying 10000 bullets, pool in peril, a new Target hangout
Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)
Easy access to ammo gets fresh scrutiny after workplace rampage: Buy as much as you want. That was the reaction to a request for 10,000 bullets at gun stores spanning Richfield to Robbinsdale. There are no limits on how much ammunition a person can ...

Shhh. We're At A Google+ Party
Search Engine Roundtable
I spotted a picture of one on Flickr where you see balloons and Google+ signs with people just on their mobile devices. Yep, no one is talking to each other. That is a Google+ party. This post is part of our daily Search Photo of the Day column, where ...

Join Steve Dilbeck and Dylan Hernandez as they discuss the Dodgers
Los Angeles Times
With just two games remaining in the season, the Dodgers still have a slim shot at making the playoffs. That gives the guys who cover the team for The Times -- Dylan Hernandez and Steve Dilbeck -- plenty to talk about. And they will do just that on a ...
Charity Navigator: Video: #GivingTuesday Hangout #2
By Sandra Miniutti
Wednesday, October 3, 2012. Video: #GivingTuesday Hangout #2. Don't worry if you missed yesterday's #GivingTuesday Google + Hangout, you can watch a recording now: What you don't know what #GivingTuesday is? Visit our site for all ...
Charity Navigator

White House Hangout: Combatting Human Trafficking - YouTube
White House Hangout: Combatting Human Trafficking ... White HouseHangout: Combating ...
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