Social Media Alert – Twitter

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Apple rumored to add system-wide Twitter photo integration to iOS 5
Apple Insider
By Josh Ong As rumors swirl of an upcoming image service from Twitter, a
new report alleges that Apple will participate as a major launch partner by
adding a “Send to Twitter” option in iOS 5. Various sources have confirmed
that Twitter plans to …
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Weiner calls lewd photo on Twitter a ‘distraction’
Washington Post
Anthony Weiner (D-NY) declined to answer reporters’ questions about a lewd
photo sent to a woman who follows him on Twitter or why he was hiring a
lawyer for the case instead of having law enforcement officials pursue the
matter. …
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Twitter Adds a One-Stop ‘Follow’ Button for Sites
PC Magazine
By Mark Hachman Twitter has added an easy button to “follow” a Web site or
an individual, adding a twist to the traditional RSS feed. Instead of
receiving a feed of articles, as RSS does, the “follow” button allows users
to quickly and easily sign up …
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Morrison keeps it fun, simple on Twitter
Flamarlins.com
By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com | 05/31/11 9:46 PM ET PHOENIX — To the chagrin
of Marlins management, left fielder Logan Morrison loves to communicate
with his fans through Twitter. As of game time on Tuesday night at Chase
Field he had 30599 followers. …
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Social Media Alert – LinkedIn

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LinkedIn’s Big Trouble In Social China | Fast Company
By David Zax
A number of sites would love to lay claim to the title, “the LinkedIn of
China.” Not least, LinkedIn itself.
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Social Media Alert – LinkedIn

=== News – 2 new results for [LinkedIn] ===

LinkedIn underwriters feast on surplus in offering
San Francisco Chronicle
AP Watch out you don’t get ripped off by your initial public offering
underwriters like LinkedIn did, say a number of observers. Ripped off how?
Hundreds of millions of dollars that should have gone into the Mountain
View company’s bank account on IPO …
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Biz Break: A real estate ‘double dip’; plus: Steve Jobs and Apple’s iCloud
San Jose Mercury News
And: Intel (INTC), LinkedIn, Activision, Silicon Valley tech stocks. Home
prices in most of the nation’s largest metro areas have dropped to their
lowest level since the real estate meltdown started in 2006, according to
the most recent Standard …
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Social Media Alert – Facebook

=== News – 5 new results for [Facebook] ===

Eric Schmidt’s Gang Of Four: Google, Apple, Amazon, And Facebook
TechCrunch
They are Google (of course), Apple, Amazon and Facebook, and they are
behind the consumer revolution on the Internet today. Not only are all four
companies “growing at incredible rates.” Schmidt notes that all four
are together worth about half a …
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Facebook Can Wear Down on Romantic Relationships
33 KDAF-TV
Online Dating University identified ways Facebook users spend their time on
the site and determined how they can be detrimental to a relationship. If
there’s one thing people like to keep current on their Facebook profile,
it’s the relationship status. …
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Twitter adds one-click ‘Follow’ button to third parties
CNET
by Steven Musil Twitter appears to be following Facebook’s lead by adding a
one-click “Follow” button for third-party Web sites. The new button, which
Twitter rolled out today, allows users to instantly follow a specific
Twitter account without having …
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AdGrok Team Joins Twitter To Help With Revenue — Except Founder/CEO Who
Goes …
Washington Post
You see, one of AdGrok’s founders and its CEO, Antonio Garcia-Martinez, is
not joining Twitter and has instead taken a job at rival Facebook. Both
Garcia-Martinez’s Facebook and LinkedIn confirm that he has accepted a role
as a product manager at …
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Empires and Allies By Zynga Launching June 1 On Facebook
G4 TV (blog)
FarmVille creator Zynga has officially unveiled Empires and Allies, its
newest and most ambitious Facebook game to date that brings together the
social gaming brilliance of CityVille with the nation building strategy
foundation of Risk. …
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Social Media Alert – YouTube

=== News – 6 new results for [YouTube] ===

Saudi Arabian woman driver freed after ‘quitting’ campaign
Washington Post (blog)
By Elizabeth Flock Manal al-Sharif in her driving video (Screengrab from
YouTube) A Saudi Arabian woman who was jailed for driving a car and
encouraging other women to do so has been released after nine days. The
Saudi government says Manal al-Sharif …
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YouTube Reinstates Blocked Video of Child Allegedly Tortured in Syria
The Nation. (blog)
By Tuesday, however, the video that shot from the web to Al Jazeera to the
streets of Syria — where people marched carryng signs emblazoned with the
deceased child’s portrait — had been blocked on YouTube, the very site
where it first launched. …
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Ambridge teen charged in YouTube beating
Beaver County Times
AMBRIDGE — After viewing a YouTube video of a “vicious” after-school
beating, Ambridge police added aggravated assault to the list of charges
against an Ambridge 14-year-old, according to police. The teenager charged
in the case handed his phone to a …
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Mexican teacher gets award for courage during shootout
Fox News
The story of Rivera’s cool handling of the dangerous situation came to
light over the weekend when some friends posted a video to YouTube of her
ordering the children to get on the floor and singing to them amid bursts
of automatic weapons fire. …
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My Morning Jacket debuts Circuital live on Youtube concert
International Business Times
My Morning Jacket is debuting its sixth studio album, Circuital, today and
it’s slated to be a big event. The band has teamed up with American Express
for a live concert of Circuital. At 9pm ET, the group will broadcast a live
concert event,directed by …
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Elephant moves debris after Missouri tornado
Salon
So here you go, courtesy of the least expletive-using commenters on the
YouTube page: The company that owns these elephants abuses them, shame on
anyone here who approves of this._ This circus can’t even get a license
anymore in its own home town …
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Social Media Alert – LinkedIn

=== News – 2 new results for [LinkedIn] ===

LinkedIn has 18 Million Users in Asia Pacific
Penn Olson
by Willis Wee on June 1, 2011 in Business LinkedIn recently opened an APAC
office in Singapore, as was officially confirmed by LinkedIn with a media
release sent to us yesterday. In the same statement it was revealed that
LinkedIn has 18 million users …
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LinkedIn isn’t the only four-letter ticker symbol on NYSE
USA Today
By Matt Krantz, USA TODAY Q: Is LinkedIn (LNKD) the first or only New York
Stock Exchange listed stock to have a four-letter ticker symbol? By Mark
Lennihan, AP A financial news ticker in New York City shows stock prices.
…
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Social Media Alert – “Social Media”

=== Blogs – 2 new results for ["Social Media"] ===

Social Media Marketing On The Rise With Small Business Owners …
By dleitch@morevisibility.com
According to a study conducted by Webs, and reported in a recent Media Post
blog , “Currently 69% of small business owners surveyed by Webs are using
social media — including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and blogs — at
their companies; …
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Social Media Today
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Simplified Social Media Marketing
By Todd Defren
The strategies and processes for Social Media Marketing grow ever more
sophisticated. The claims made by gurus, ninjas and tools vendors are
increasingly freighted with wondrous delights and intricate jargon. …
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PR-Squared – Social Media Marketing…
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Social Media Alert – “Social Media”

=== News – 4 new results for ["Social Media"] ===

Study Finds Greater Minority Involvement in Causes via Social Media
International Business Times
A Georgetown study on the use and effects of social media has released its
first batch of findings: compared to Caucasian users, Hispanic and
African-American users of social media are significantly more likely to
learn about and become involved in …
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Should staff be let loose on social media?
Financial Times
Morgan Stanley is to allow its advisers to use social media interactively
for the first time, the first big financial management group to do so. How
do such organisations encourage the innovative use of social media while
reminding employees they are …
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Pastoral Transitions in a Social Media World
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
For those who have gone through this process before, you know that it can
be a difficult one for all involved and that there are no hard and fast
rules about how approach the transition in this day and age of social
media. First a little context …
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Store using social media to catch thief ‘caught on camera’
kwgn.com
But he says sometimes a video might give out information that jeopardizes a
case, adding that it’s best to speak to a detective working a specific case
to see if it’s okay to release this information via social media outlets.
For everyone else, it’s a …
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Social Media Alert – YouTube

=== Blogs – 5 new results for [YouTube] ===

(Exclusive) YouTube’s New Strategy: Create a Network Of Networks
By Erick Schonfeld
YouTube is now showing approximately 3 billion videos a day. A growing
proportion of those are shown with ads—more than 2 billion a week—and
YouTube as a business is expected to pass $1 billion in revenue next year.
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Android’s YouTube Store lockout is textbook copyright extremism …
By Cory Doctorow
My latest Guardian column, “Google’s YouTube policy for Android users is
copyright extremism,” examines the theory of copyright behind Google’s
announcement that it would bar people who unlocked their phones from using
the new YouTube …
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Chemistry on YouTube: “Periodic Table of Videos” Wins SPORE Prize …
By Sheerly Avni
A few years ago, we posted about an ambitious project out of the University
of Nottingham called The Periodic Table of Videos. The project is pretty
much.
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Open Culture
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Girls Involved In Scottdale YouTube Fight Found Delinquent « CBS …
By angelakdka
The 16-year-old and 13-year-old, both students in the Southmoreland School
District, were both found to be delinquent on a charge of disorderly
conduct.
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Social Media Alert – Twitter

=== Blogs – 5 new results for [Twitter] ===

3 New Ways to Attract More Twitter Followers from WordPress.com …
By Nick Momrik
1. Add the new Follow Button to posts, pages, or text widgets. You can even
show a count of your followers, customize the colors, and display a link to
your Twitter page. Check out the Twitter Follow Button support document for
all the …
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WordPress.com News
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iOS 5 to Include Twitter Integration? [Updated] – Mac Rumors
By Arnold Kim
TechCrunch reports that Apple will be integrating Twitter photo sharing
directly into iOS 5:We’ve heard from multiple sources that Twitter is…
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MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors…
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Why Twitter integration in iOS 5 is Apple’s game-changing social …
By Brad McCarty
There’s a rumor floating around that Twitter will be integrated at the
system level into iOS 5. While parts of the story seem to make sense,
there’s a bigger picture that’s being left in the cold. First off, let’s
look at the rumor: …
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The Next Web
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Can Twitter Survive the British Privacy Onslaught? Tech News and …
By Bobbie Johnson
A string of libel lawsuits in the U.K. have put Twitter’s approach to user
privacy on the stand — the company is getting a bashing for its treatment
of “Mr Monkey.” But should it be applauded for its approach to privacy,
…
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GigaOM · Tech News, Analysis and Trends
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Twitter News Galore! – PRNewser
By Tonya Garcia
AND, the Twitter blog has details of the new Follow button that the service
has launched. (H/t to Mashable.) You can add a Follow button by going here.
Among the partners for the new button are Justin Bieber, BNet.com, MTV, …
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Social Media Alert – hubspot

=== Web – 1 new result for [hubspot] ===

Improving Google Page Rank with HubSpot Webgrader & Linkgrader Tools
HubSpot’s free Website Grader and Link Grader tools help you develop a
strategy to increase your inbound links and improve your Google Page Rank.
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Social Media Alert – Facebook

=== Blogs – 4 new results for [Facebook] ===

Does Facebook Hurt Relationships? [Infographic] – Facebook
By Courtney Boyd Myers
Have you ever broken up with someone on Facebook? I’ve seen the pain it
causes. The early “Cancel Relationship” that leaves one person stunned
and the other with 100 new Likes on their wall. Relationships are hard
enough with just two …
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The Next Web
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Facebook nears 700 million users worldwide – Tech Products & Geek …
By Jennifer Bergen
May. 31, 2011 – It probably has nothing to do with Facebook CEO Mark
Zuckerberg’s decision to eat only what he kills, but Facebook is about to
hit the 700 million user.
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Geek.com
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How Facebook Manages 500+ Engineers
By Nick O’Neill
Want to know how Facebook manages daily code pushes from over 500 software
engineers? In the company’s latest tech talk they described exactly that.
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All Facebook
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IMF boss rape video? Mac malware spreads via Facebook links …
By Graham Cluley
Mac OS X malware is being spread by sick messages spreading virally across
Facebook, claiming to be a video of controversial IMF boss Dominique
Strauss- Kahn.
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Naked Security
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Social Media Alert – Twitter

=== News – 8 new results for [Twitter] ===

Twitter Getting Photos In Order Ahead Of iOS 5 Integration
TechCrunch
Yesterday, we first reported that Twitter was on the verge of launching
their own photo-sharing service. That report has since been confirmed by
Liz Gannes, who happens to work for All Things D, which is hosting a
conference where Twitter CEO Dick …
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Twitter’s Follow Button Arrives for Publisher Sites
ClickZ News
Twitter is making more waves today, debuting a “Follow” button for
publisher sites that’s akin to Facebook’s “Like” button. Announced via its
blog, the San Francisco-based company has now established another pathway
for brands to build an audience on …
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Rep. Weiner Has Angry Exchange With Capital Hill Reporters Over Twitter
Scandal
Mediaite.com
Anthony Weiner, seems to be souring on the subject of his Twitter account,
brushing off questions about his Twitter feed and the photo of a man in his
underwear that was sent from that account. “I’m not going to talk about
this anymore,” Weiner said …
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Twitter Buys Online Ad Company
PCWorld
By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Twitter, which has made generating ad
revenue one of its priorities, has acquired AdGrok, a company whose
software is designed to simplify the creation and management of campaigns
using Google’s AdWords search advertising …
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Quote of the Day: Marlins’ President David Samson on Logan Morrison’s
Twitter …
msnbc.com
As we’ve mentioned before, Logan Morrison has a pretty heavy Twitter habit.
He also has a pretty big following due to his quite colorful Twitter
persona. So it’s no surprise that, if something Marlins-related is both
cool and popular, …
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NY Rep. hires lawyer; lewd photo on Twitter
Washington Post
Anthony Weiner has hired a lawyer to investigate what steps to take
regarding a lewd photo sent from his hacked Twitter account. (May 31) (/The
Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: Comments our editors find
particularly useful or relevant are …
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Twitter Will Be Directly Integrated Into iOS 5
Business Insider
After news broke yesterday of Twitter’s new photo sharing service, we’re
now hearing that there are even bigger plans in store. Sources tell
TechCrunch that Twitter will be directly integrated into iOS 5, the next
operating system for iPhone and iPad. …
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LeAnn Rimes Defends Thin Body on Twitter [Pictures]
Long Island Press
By Daphne Livingston on May 31st, 2011 Country singer LeAnn Rimes is off
honeymooning with new hubby Eddie Cibrian on a beach somewhere, and decides
to post a picture of herself in a blue bikini on Twitter. picture to get
even more attention from the …
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Social Media Alert – hubspot

=== Web – 1 new result for [hubspot] ===

Twitter Launches New Follow Button for Websites
It just got a whole lot easier to increase your Twitter following Today
Twitter announced it has introduced its new official Follow Button The new.
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Social Media Alert – “Social Media”

=== News – 4 new results for ["Social Media"] ===

Why Some Social Media Experts Are Good
Business Insider
I read Peter Shankman’s “Why I Will Never, Ever Hire a Social Media Expert”
earlier this week, and it struck me as pretty silly, but the more I’ve been
thinking about it through the week, the more I realize that it is good for
a nice, cathartic snark. …
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Twitter Photo-sharing Could Shift Your Social Media Strategy
PCWorld
Because many SMB owners have limited time to spend on social media sites
like Twitter or Facebook, there is a tendency to share, but not respond.
This is a wasted opportunity. Even for SMB owners with limited time,
responding to inquiries or concerns …
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Disrupted Economies and Disruptive Technologies
Huffington Post (blog)
Social media marches forward despite a rising chorus of bubble suspicion.
The precariousness of jobs and budgets pushes Americans to seek deals
online, socialize online and use fewer resources. Sony and Nintendo are
struggling and Zynga’s online social …
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Mexicans turn to social media for news about drug crimes
McClatchy Washington Bureau
Meneses said Mexicans hungry for information have flocked to social media
for information on everything from roadblocks, to public gunfights,
carjackings and kidnappings. “Citizens have organized themselves to tell
each other what is happening. …
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Social Media Alert – LinkedIn

=== News – 1 new result for [LinkedIn] ===

Discounted short-sale deal not needed, thanks
MarketWatch
By John Shinal SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — The huge number of reader
comments on my last column on Apple Inc. and LinkedIn Corp. has prompted me
to do something I don’t plan on making a habit of, and that is writing
about a previous one. …
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Social Media Alert – Facebook

=== News – 4 new results for [Facebook] ===

A First-Person Shooter Facebook? Activision Teases Call of Duty Social
Network
PC Magazine
That is more than the average Facebook user spends per day on Facebook. And
yet, right now, there are very few tools to unite and super charge that
social community,” said Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg in a statement.
Activision will hold a public beta …
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Facebook vs. Google: Game On
IEEE Spectrum
Such are the bucolic pleasures of FarmVille, the Facebook game that led the
way in a games revolution that transformed how hundreds of millions of
people are entertained online. In the process, a new generation of players
has pushed aside the …
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Report: Facebook Nearing 700 Million Members
PC Magazine
By Leslie Horn The Facebook army just keeps getting bigger. According to
Facebook statistics blog Socialbakers, Facebook is about to hit 700 million
users. Most of the growth came from Brazil, where Facebook added more than
1.9 million new users in May …
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Facebook’s Future on the Open Market
Knowledge@Wharton
Within the next year, Facebook is expected to follow LinkedIn’s lead and
become a public company. Beyond speculation about what LinkedIn’s success
means for Facebook’s IP or other social media companies like Zynga, Groupon
and Twitter, experts wonder …
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Social Media Alert – “Social Media”

=== News – 5 new results for ["Social Media"] ===

Forget Facebook. Old media, it’s time to bring sexy back.
Dallas Morning News (blog)
Yes, social media sites are an important part of how we now communicate.
But so are the telephone, email and UPS. It sometimes feels like
journalists have some bizarre Twitter fetish. At a recent party with a
bunch of political reporters, …
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Medicare, Other Issues Have Republicans Suppressing Social Media
Huffington Post (blog)
Apparently missing the key role played by social media like Facebook and
Twitter in the continuing Arab Spring, Republican Congressmen Barletta and
Marino are adopting the tactics of former Egyptian President Mubarak. In an
edict imposed by the …
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Study: Social Media Causes Engagement for Minorities
BET
A new study says that African-Americans and Hispanics are more likely to
learn about social issues through social media. By Danielle Wright The days
of posting paper-flyers and knocking on doors may be over. Want to know the
best way to spread the word …
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Firehouse.com Earns Top B2B Media Industry LIKE for Best Use of Facebook
PR Newswire (press release)
WASHINGTON, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — As business-to-business media
companies look for new ways to grow their social media assets, Cygnus
Business Media’s Firehouse.com may have unlocked the secret to engaging
niche audiences using a few simple …
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JACR: The social media frontier—far from lawless
Cardiovascular Business
The explosion of social media has made social networking a popular and
often beneficial platform for communication and marketing by patients and
physicians; but compared with other industries, providers may expose
themselves to serious legal risks be …
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Social Media Alert – LinkedIn

=== News – 1 new result for [LinkedIn] ===

Online network Viadeo eyes Africa after shelving IPO
Reuters Africa
By Bate Felix DAKAR (Reuters) – Viadeo, the world’s second-biggest online
networking site for professionals behind LinkedIn, plans to double its
users in Africa within a year, its chief operating officer for the
continent said on Tuesday. …
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Social Media Alert – hubspot

=== News – 1 new result for [hubspot] ===

How To Get Retweeted: Ask For It, Study Says
Huffington Post
That’s the advice from a new report by Internet marketing company HubSpot.
The company, which analyzed over 10000 tweets that included a retweet
“ask,” but were not “@” replies, concluded that tweets that contain the
phrase “Please RT” or “Please …
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