Social Media Alert – Facebook

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

9 Reasons to Switch from Facebook to Google+
PCWorld
Can Google+ steal users from Facebook? Yep. There are good reasons to
switch from Facebook to Google+, ranging from ease-of-use to respect for
data privacy. By Mark Sullivan, PCWorld When people ask “can Google+ beat
Facebook?” they’re misstating the …
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Facebook to ‘launch something awesome’ next week
CNET
by Don Reisinger Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said today that his company
will “launch something awesome” next week, Reuters is reporting. According
to the news service, Zuckerberg told reporters in his company’s Seattle
office that the team there had …
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Lugar Introduces Practical Energy Plan on Facebook
Hoosier Ag Today
Thursday Senator Dick Lugar introduced his Practical Energy Plan
exclusively via Facebook. Lugar was joined in the live stream by Dave
Conover, Senior Vice President of the Bipartisan Policy Center and former
Bush Administration official. …
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Why Google Plus is a Big Minus for Investors
Forbes (blog)
Today people are using the internet more as a way to network, communicate
and cooperatively share information – using sites like Facebook,
LInked-in and Twitter. Although web usage is increasing, old style
“search-based” use is declining, …
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Social Media Alert – LinkedIn

=== News – 3 new results for [LinkedIn] ===

Can Jeff Weiner Realize LinkedIn’s Full Potential?
BusinessWeek
After ringing the bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange , the
chief executive officer of LinkedIn watched as shares of his company soared
above $120, nearly triple the price set by bankers the night before. That
valued LinkedIn at more than …
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How Lawyers Can Use LinkedIn to Connect to New Clients
Texas Lawyer
LinkedIn has become an accepted professional relationship-building tool,
but many lawyers still aren’t sure how to benefit from it. At a June 23
seminar on using LinkedIn effectively, lawyers who weren’t using the social
networking tool said they knew …
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Bubble Talk Surfaces in Web IPOs
Wall Street Journal
In its stock-market debut this past quarter, LinkedIn Corp. briefly had a
market value that on a similar sales multiple would value Apple Inc. at $3
trillion. Groupon Inc. had a $420 million operating loss last year, yet the
daily-discounts website may …
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Social Media Alert – Twitter

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

President Obama to join Twitter’s Jack Dorsey in White House town hall
Los Angeles Times
President Obama, no stranger to social networks and public meetings, will
participate in a melding of the two July 6, when he will have an online
town hall at the White House moderated by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey.
…
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Federal Trade Commission is asking questions about Twitter
Washington Post
The Federal Trade Commission is taking a closer look at Twitter, sending a
query recently to another tech firm that has sparred with the
social-networking site. UberMedia, which makes products allowing users to
access Twitter from mobile phones, …
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Ashton Kutcher in Twitter War Over Child Prostitution Stats
Christian Post
By R. Leigh Coleman | Christian Post Reporter Hollywood actor Ashton
Kutcher is firing back at “The Village Voice” today on Twitter,
publicly questioning the publication’s facts and practices. The Twitter war
started early Thursday after the Voice …
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MySpace is dead . . . long live Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.
Chicago Sun-Times
The company’s inability to respond to the popularity of up-and-comers
Facebook and Twitter and Tumblr quickly turned it into AskJeeves. The
successes of those other three services point to MySpace’s failures.
Facebook demonstrates that the centralmost …
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Attack of the Mean People
msnbc.com
View Gallery » Powerful TweetersOver the last two weeks, Twitter has added
the likes of the Pope and the president. We check out what else is buzzing
in the Twitterverse.View Gallery » Choice wordsHalperin calls Obama a
“dick” on ‘Morning Joe. …
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Social Media Alert – YouTube

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

YouTube – Minecraft 1.7 Piston Trailer‏
By TeamMojang
Hat Films brings us another awesome trailer video for the upcoming update
of Minecraft. Subscribe to these geniuses here:
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Top Favorites
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YouTube Blog: Pottermania at YouTube: live streams, movies and extras
By Matt McLernon
If that’s still not enough wizarding for you, YouTube also has unique
movie-related content that can’t be found elsewhere, including
behind-the-scenes footage, parodies and remixes to accompany all the Harry
Potter films. …
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YouTube Blog
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YouTube – TFS Abridged Parody Episode 24‏
By TeamFourStar
Episode 24: The Best Laid Plans of Saiyans and Nameks Cast: Takahata101 -
Dende, Super Kami Guru, Porunga Lanipator – Vegeta, Kuririn, Piccolo, Popo
MasakoX …
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YouTube – Paul Oakenfold – Tokyo (Robert Vadney Remix)‏
By armadamusic
Out on Beatport, July 8th. Sometimes, there are tracks and remixes that
deserve to be kept exclusive. To be sure they don’t fade to the background
and drown …
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Armada Music Channel
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Teenage girls charged in fight posted on YouTube — Maine News …
By -UnBylined-
Police said a group of students filmed the fight and posted the footage on
YouTube. The short … Maine news, sports, politics and election results,
and obituaries. The Bangor Daily News is your source for breaking news in
Maine and …
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Social Media Alert – YouTube

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

How Twitter and YouTube Took Unfinished Book to No.1
Wall Street Journal
An hour later, he upped the stakes by promising to sign all pre-orders and
the entire first-print run, while also launching a YouTube live show. Mr.
Green discussed his plans for signing the book and also read a section to
give viewers a sense of what …
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Boy Asks Justin Bieber to Prom
Gather Celebs News Channel
A high school boy has asked Justin Bieber to prom via YouTube. But why does
he want the Baby singer to be his date? It’s obvious why some girls and
guys would want the Biebs to go to prom with them, as plenty of teens are
crushing hard on the …
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YouTube video shows Spaceship over London
South Asian Link
The footage, posted on video-sharing website YouTube, was filmed near the
BBC Radio 1 building in Great Portland Street and it shows specks of white
light flying at high altitude over the capital. A larger object, assumed to
be a mothership, …
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Heelys Announces Independence Day Sale — Buy a Nano and Get 15% Off
Total …
MarketWatch (press release)
To view the Hx2 2010 holiday commercial, go to:
read more . HEELYS NANO — MSRP: $85 The
all new Nano was designed in house at Heelys and works by simply removing
the wheel from one of the skate shoes and snapping the …
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Social Media Alert – “Social Media”

=== News – 3 new results for ["Social Media"] ===

Can Justin Timberlake help bring Myspace back?
USA Today
2 social-media platform, with the right strategy, could be massive,” says
the CEO of Specific Media, the ad-targeting firm that snapped up the
beleaguered social-networking company after a prolonged bidding process.
Ordinarily, this would be a tale of …
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What to do for Social Media Day? Get connected!
Christian Science Monitor
June 30 marks the second annual Social Media Day. It is organized,
naturally, via social media to celebrate the revolution in the way humanity
communicates. Here’s how to join in. A woman prepares to log on to the
Facebook website on January 26, …
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Utah social media event aims to help women
Salt Lake Tribune
By Vince Horiuchi Utah bloggers and businesswomen Rachael Herrscher and Jyl
Johnson Pattee have been to a lot of conferences about social media, but
they never felt fulfilled by any of them. So one day, they got together and
started talking about how …
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Social Media Alert – LinkedIn

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

Google+ Adds to Crowded Social Networking Field (LNKD, GOOG, RENN, SINA)
tickerspy Newswire
by Eric Monte | June 30th | Filed in: Stock Sector News Facebook and
LinkedIn (LNKD) may see increased competition going forward as it appears
there will be a new competitor in social media. Google (GOOG) this week has
launched a new social media …
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Social Media Alert – Facebook

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

Facebook brewing something “awesome” in Seattle
GigaOm
30, 2011, 3:15pm PT No Comments On Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg told
reporters in a visit to Facebook Seattle the company plans to “launch
something awesome” next week, according to a Reuters report published
Thursday. The new product was developed at …
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Note to Google: Microsoft Had the Right Idea
PC Magazine
Instead of making Google+, Google should have followed Microsoft’s “embrace
and extend” philosophy and just cloned Facebook. By John C. Dvorak People
always complain about how Microsoft never had an original idea and
essentially stole ideas and …
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How Top Brands Conduct Ecommerce on Facebook: Best Practices
Inside Facebook
By Josh Constine Brands can use ecommerce storefront apps to sell products
directly from their Facebook Pages. Some apps allow customers to checkout
without having to leave Facebook, while others let them complete the
transaction on a brand’s website. …
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New Facebook HQ suffers mysterious thefts
CNET
by Chris Matyszczyk There are those who have claimed Google stole something
from Facebook this week. You know, the design for a social network. But it
seems the allegations of thieving may not have stopped there. The Bay City
News Service reports that …
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Emanuel via Facebook: Recycling should be expanded citywide
Chicago Sun-Times
Kevin Hauswirth, director of social media for the Mayor’s office, checks
Facebook updates as Mayor Rahm Emanuel participates in a town hall meeting,
webcast on Facebook from the WYCC studios on the Kennedy-King College
campus, 6301 S. Halsted, …
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Facebook in the top 10 most hated companies in America
ZDNet (blog)
By Emil Protalinski | June 30, 2011, 1:03pm PDT Facebook has a very poor
rating according to American Customer Satisfaction Index. In fact, it’s the
10th most hated company in the US. Emil Protalinski has covered the tech
industry for five years for …
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Social Media Alert – Twitter

=== News – 7 new results for [Twitter] ===

FTC Makes Twitter Inquiries
Wall Street Journal
By AMIR EFRATI The Federal Trade Commission is reviewing Internet
messaging-service Twitter Inc. and its interactions with at least one other
company that build programs using Twitter data, according to a person
familiar with the matter. …
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Twitter: We’re crowdsourcing questions for Obama
CNET
by Declan McCullagh Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who we’re told will not
be choosing any of the ‘town hall’ questions. President Obama has an
unusual problem when appearing at Internet “town halls”: the distinct
presence of marijuana. …
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Ashton Kutcher & Village Voice Engage in Twitter War Over Child Prostitution
Mashable
Ashton Kutcher is engaged in a Twitter war with The Village Voice, after
the alternative weekly published an article criticizing Kutcher and his DNA
Foundation. Specifically, The Voice takes issue with the figures related to
child prostitution in the …
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Twitter Who? LinkedIn Is Sending Us Far More Referral Traffic Now
TechCrunch
If I asked you which of the major social sites you thought sent us the most
traffic, you might think it was Twitter. After all, the TechCrunch Twitter
account has over 1.7 million followers. When you compare this to the (just
under) 250000 fans our …
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Twitter Users Sending 200M Tweets Per Day
PC Magazine
Well, someone is apparently making good use of the micro-blogging site
because Twitter on Thursday revealed that it is now handling 200 million
tweets per day. That’s up from 2 million tweets per day in January 2009 and
65 million per day in June 2010, …
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Amber Rose Addresses Nude Photos Leak Via Twitter
MTV.com
Seeing leaked nude photos of yourself on the Internet is sure to make any
one mad and after revealing pics of Amber Rose made the rounds on the Web
Tuesday (June 28), the closely-shaven bombshell took to Twitter to vent.
After reports throughout the …
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From the Pope to the President: The Best of Twitter
msnbc.com
#tcot 2:08 pm, Jun 30 via Twitter fredthompson: Obama campaign: fundraising
numbers lower than expected. Just like every other number in the economy.
Probably just a coincidence. #tcot 2:07 pm, Jun 30 via Twitter ariannahuff:
QOTD: “our families should …
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Social Media Alert – “Social Media”

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

Happy Social Media Day From Mashable
Mashable
Social media is a force to be reckoned with. In the past year, it has been
an outlet for victims of injustice, spread information in times of crisis
and changed the way we live our lives overall. It’s certainly a revolution
worth celebrating. …
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Did Twitter, Facebook really build a revolution?
msnbc.com
This is the cover story of the July 4 issue of The Christian Science
Monitor weekly magazine, focusing on Facebook, Twitter and the limits of
social media as the tools of civic upheaval. By Jina Moore Correspondent
NEW YORK — It felt like we watched …
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Heineken looks to social media for brand push
MarketWatch
AE), which on Thursday confirmed it had signed a multi-million euros online
advertising contract with Google Inc. (GOOG), is in talks with Facebook
Inc. and other companies about similar deals as it looks to boost its brand
presence on social media …
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American Express announces new social media initiatives
Home Accents Today (blog)
Today, American Express OPEN is launching YourBuzz, a free tool to help
small businesses manage their online presence, learn what is being said
about them and their competitors, and connect with customers in social
media. The product is available for …
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Justin Bieber’s Google Ad Shows Power of Social Media (Video)
PopEater
By Kelly Fisher Posted Jun 30th 2011 05:01PM Following in the footsteps of
Lady Gaga, teen pop sensation Justin Bieber is the latest celeb to be
Google-fied for the tech company’s latest ad for Google Chrome. The clip,
similar in vein to Gaga’s “Little …
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Social Media Alert – Facebook

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

The One Google Plus Feature Facebook Should Fear
By Nick O’Neill
While tech pundits are widely praising Google’s new Plus product, I’ve
found the one feature that could take away from Facebook where it’s most
dominant: Time on the site.
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All Facebook
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Create Facebook friend lists the Google+ way, with Circle Hack
By Martin Bryant
Circle Hack is a really quick and easy way to arrange your Facebook
friends, with a UI that copies Google+’s circles.
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The Next Web
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Facebook Expands Sorting Options on Comments Box Plugin
By Stan Schroeder
Facebook has announced two new features for its Comments Box plugin, which
lets third party websites embed Facebook comments: Chronological Sort, and
Boost.
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Mashable!
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg joins Google+ – Tech Products & Geek …
By Jennifer Bergen
Jun. 30, 2011 – Although Google+ is still invite-only, its number of users
is climbing. Of course, Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are on
the social networking,
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Geek.com
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How Google+ Copied Facebook
By Ellis Hamburger
Circles = I guess Google missed the memo that Facebook killed That area
underneath your profile picture Streams are just glorified versions of
Facebook Lists, an easy way to view updates from The Notifications
drop-down looks exactly …
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Business Insider
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Social Media Alert – LinkedIn

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

Flipboard Adds LinkedIn, New Content Discovery Features
PC Magazine
That includes a new content guide for browsing sources, a social search
bar, a new one-tap interaction that lets readers quickly dive into
articles, and LinkedIn compatibility. Users can now tap the red ribbon at
the top of Flipboard’s interface to …
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LinkedIn Open Groups API
ReadWriteWeb
As you’re exploring these resources, check out this helpful resource from
our sponsors: AIR for AppUp: What You Need To Know LinkedIn announced today
its LinkedIn Groups API, available in JavaScript or REST flavors. The new
API will enable developers …
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IPOs: Global Turmoil Does Not Affect U.S. Issuance
Seeking Alpha
While technology stocks such as Linkedin (LNKD) tend to receive more of the
press, there are other sectors for initial public offerings besides
technology investors should consider. HCA Holdings (HCA), Kinder Morgan
(KMI), and Nielsen Holdings (NLSN), …
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Zynga Set To File For IPO Tomorrow, Company Value Estimated At $15-$20
Billion
pnosker.com
Zynga will tomorrow add itself to the list of dotcom 2.0 companies filing
for IPOs, joining the ranks of other 21st century Internet companies
including Groupon, Pandora, LinkedIn, and expected soon, Facebook. The
Zynga IPO is estimated to value the …
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Pinstripe Announces Social Media Day Contest Winner
PR Newswire (press release)
Haymond focused on LinkedIn after determining that a large community of IT
professionals use LinkedIn to manage their career information and market
themselves. Using LinkedIn, Haymond was able to establish a solid network,
build a community of IT …
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Social Media Alert – “Social Media”

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

The Science of Social Media
By Fast Company
Ever wonder what is really motivating you to hit “retweet,” “like,” or
“share”? According to new research that will no doubt prompt
viral-marketing departments to quick action, we share something because,
for whatever reason, …
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Gawker
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Mastering Social Media to Build a Thriving Online Business …
By NatalieSisson
My name is Natalie and I’m addicted to Social Media for all the right
reasons. Not only is it one of the best ways for me to keep in touch with
my international friends and family in real time, it’s also responsible, in
large part, …
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Social Media Today – The world’s…
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Social Media – Evolution or Revolution? | Social Media Today
By RalphPaglia
Back in the mid-90s, I joined in on what we called the wild, wild web. And
it was wild. There were no rules, no major search engines, and most of all,
no experts to tell us how to do things. We were free to experiment… and
we did.
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Where Would We Be Without Social Media? | Psychology Today
By Janine Driver
Social media day is officially upon us. June 30th marks the spot. O.K….so
it might not be your favorite holiday but it is definitely something to
celebrate! After all: where would we be without it? No mindless hours on
Facebook to …
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NewsGator Social inSites: Today is Social Media Day!
By Jenay Sellers
In honor of the global celebration of technologies that have enabled people
to collaborate world-wide, we’re celebrating Social Media Day today – and
every day! At NewsGator, we’re realizing more than ever before that social
media is …
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NewsGator Social inSites
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Social Media Alert – Twitter

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

Twitter Is Under Federal Investigation
By Nicholas Carlson and Dan Frommer
A year ago, Twitter told developers it was about to squash some of them.
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Business Insider
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Twitter Is Being Investigated By The FTC
By Greg Finn
Business Insider broke the news today that the Federal Trade Commission is
investigating Twitter apparently due acquisition tactics of applications.
Twitter.
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Search Engine Land: News & Info…
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Obama to Hold ‘Twitter Town Hall’ – NYTimes.com
By By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The president will answer questions about jobs and the economy posted with
the hashtag #askobama.
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The Caucus
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Top 10 Twitter Trends This Month [CHART]
By Matt Silverman
We’ve gathered a month’s worth of trends to find out what was most relevant
to tweeters in the month of June.
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Mashable!
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@Jack To Moderate President @BarackObama’s First @TownHall On …
By Leena Rao
President Obama has held town halls on both Facebook and YouTube, and to
round things out a bit, the White House has announced that the President
will be holding his first town hall on Twitter next week. The President’s
town hall, …
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TechCrunch
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Social Media Alert – YouTube

=== Web – 2 new results for [YouTube] ===

YouTube – WikiLeaks’ Brilliant Mastercard Commercial Parody‏
A spoof of the fact that major credit card and online payment companies
have withheld over $15 Million in donations to WikiLeaks.
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YouTube – Mexico vs England 1-1 [27/06/11] FIFA Women’s World Cup …
Standard YouTube License. 90 likes, 5 dislikes; As Seen On: | RoyalFooty -
Latest… Show more Show more. Show less Show less. Link to this comment:
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Social Media Alert – YouTube

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

Should Agencies Be Worried About Heineken’s Google Deal ?
AdAge.com
The deal covers at least 20 countries and calls for the brewer to advertise
on Google platforms, including YouTube, in return for consulting services,
including audience targeting and joint research projects. Both companies
will bring “together their …
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Stop Whining About The “Rolling Stone” Queen Of Pop Article
Popdust
The comments section of Rolling Stone, which recently did an exhaustive
analysis of album sales, single sales, airplay, YouTube hits, social-media
likes, critical approval, and anything else that can be crunched into a
number to crown Lady Gaga the …
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Harry Potter premiere to be streamed live on YouTube
Metro
The eagerly-awaited premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part
2 will reportedly be streamed live via YouTube. Taking place in London’s
Leicester Square on July 7th, the world premiere will be broadcast on the
official Harry Potter channel …
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‘The Life and Times of Sneezing Baby Panda’ mockumentary based on viral …
New York Daily News
The Sneezing Panda is going from YouTube to the big screen. The viral video
– which has more than 106 million hits online — is being turned into a
mockumentary by the same wildlife documentarians whose 1999 film featured
the adorable scene. …
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Goggle-eyed watchmen
Hindustan Times
In the latter half of 2009, most of India’s requests (119 of 142) related
to Orkut, followed by YouTube (15). Only one such, removal of something
from Google Books, was a court order. There were also two requests to
disallow some pages from appearing …
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War Horse YouTube Video Trailer: Prompts Twitter Response
Online Social Media
Here at OSM we often bring you news of game or movie trailers, such as the
new “Angry Birds Summer Pignic” trailer, a “Muppets” full trailer
2011 which has gone viral on YouTube and of course the much-awaited trailer
for “Harry Potter and the Deathly …
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Social Media Alert – Facebook

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

Hands On With The Facebook Phone We’ll Never Have
PC Magazine
By Sascha Segan AT&T and HTC announced the first Facebook phone for the US,
the HTC Status, yesterday, but social networkers in four other countries
have had a Facebook phone for a while: the INQ Cloud Touch, which isn’t
coming to the US. …
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Google+ a social project ready to invade Facebook Land?
Chicago Sun-Times
I already see many improvements over Facebook. Google+ duplicates many of
Facebooks’ features, but makes things like “groups of friends” into a
simple, accessible, and intuitive way of sharing items, instead of a
complicated Power Feature. …
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Zuckerberg Says Facebook Will Announce ‘Something Awesome’ Next Week
TIME
By Chris Gayomali on June 30, 2011 Facebook’s been mum in light of Google+
grabbing all the headlines this week. Apparently, it’s just biding its
time. On Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told a group of reporters
visiting his company’s Seattle …
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Amway Learns to be Itself on Facebook
ClickZ News
And the brand has recently focused on how it can best leverage Facebook to
help open doors for its global network of sellers. It’s a
country-by-country process, best illustrated by the fact that Amway’s
soon-to-be-live Thailand page on the social site …
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Social media day: Did Twitter and Facebook really build a global revolution?
Christian Science Monitor
Social media day: From Iran to Tunisia and Egypt and beyond, Twitter and
Facebook are the power tools of civic upheaval – but social media is only
one factor in the spread of democratic revolution. In Yemen, a cellphone
camera is used at an …
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Zynga Wants to Be More Than Just a Facebook Friend
Wall Street Journal
Does it matter that it’s a guest at Facebook’s party? The social-gaming
company is expected to file documents for an initial public offering
shortly. And word is the company is looking for a $20 billion valuation.
One issue likely to jump out is the …
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Can Justin Timberlake Bring Sexy Back to MySpace?
PC Magazine
By Leslie Horn Last year, Justin Timberlake played former Facebook
president Sean Parker in the Oscar-nominated film The Social Network. Now
it appears that Timberlake’s life is imitating art. The Grammy-winning
singer holds a stake in Specific Media, …
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Facebook for iPhone 3.4.3 Can Display Menu in Landscape Mode to Its 45
Million …
Inside Facebook
By Josh Constine Facebook released v3.4.3 of its Facebook for iPhone native
mobile app yesterday. Though the release notes only list “Various bug
fixes” and “Improved security”, we’ve discovered the update permits
users to view the navigation menu in …
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Social Media Alert – LinkedIn

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

The LinkedIn Blog » Blog Archive LinkedIn, meet Flipboard. A …
By Liz Reaves Walker
We’re thrilled to introduce a new way for professionals to access LinkedIn
& LinkedIn Today’s top industry news in Flipboard’s iPad app starting
today. The new app includes what your friends and colleagues are sharing on
LinkedIn, …
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The LinkedIn Blog
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Flipboard 1.5 Integrates LinkedIn, Adds A Content Guide For …
By Alexia Tsotsis
1. People can now navigate to an infinite number of feeds. 2. Navigation
through content is much more efficient via a Content Guide. 3. Users can
follow their LinkedIn graph through added LinkedIn integration.
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TechCrunch
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Flipboard Just Added Excellent LinkedIn Integration
By Ellis Hamburger
Bring in all the news your friends are sharing using LinkedIn.
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Business Insider
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LinkedIn Groups get their own API at long last – TNW Design & Dev
By Martin Bryant
As a launch demo for what it can do, LinkedIn is showcasing Microsoft’s
Worldwide Partner Conference 2011 site. Through the API, attendees can
share comments about event sessions and activities for others in real-time,
and use LinkedIn …
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The Next Web
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Social Media Alert – “Social Media”

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

8 Ways Social Media Has Changed Our Lives
Mashable
As we head into our Social Media Day festivities, we’d like to take a look
at the effect social media has had on our daily lives. We asked you to show
us how social media had changed your life through our partnership with
CNN’s iReport, and received so …
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Like + Tweet + 1 = social media overload? Google introduces new +1
button …
New York Daily News
The tech giant’s new +1 button has appeared on its recently launched social
media site, Google+. The button also has appeared alongside articles on the
Google News homepage. Users can even +1 Google ads off the search page. …
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Social Media Day: Times reporters in 140 characters
Los Angeles Times (blog)
Thursday is Social Media Day. Social websites Twitter and Facebook haven’t
been around for even a decade, yet the sites have had a significant effect
– locally and abroad — on news in the last year. As journalists, we’re
always trying to figure out …
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Arizona’s military finds social media sites to be valuable tools
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)
PHOENIX – They’ve been to Iraq and Afghanistan and now Arizona’s citizen
soldiers are deploying to Facebook and other social media platforms.
Captain Valentine Castillo of the Arizona National Guard tells ABC15 the
move to social media is a natural one …
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Social Media Alert – Twitter

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Obama to answer questions in first-ever Twitter town hall
CBS News
President Obama will appear on a live webcast next Wednesday to answer
questions that come to the White House via Twitter. The event will mark the
first-ever presidential Twitter town hall. The White House tweeted the news
on Thursday, naturally, …
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Biz Stone on Twitter’s Independence
The Atlantic
By Jennie Rothenberg Gritz It would be all too easy for the founders of
Twitter to become revolutionary heroes. In 2009, when the Iraqi people
staged massive protests, the world learned about their ideals and their
suffering through 140-character …
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LAPD ask Twitter royalty Lady Gaga and Ashton Kutcher for help with …
Telegraph.co.uk
By Nick Allen, Los Angeles Police want stars with large followings on the
micro-blogging website Twitter to issue messages to residents telling them
to stay home. Officers have made contact with representatives for pop star
Lady Gaga, actor Ashton …
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‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:’ Excitement Grows on Twitter
Hollywood Reporter
Excitement is growing on Twitter for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,
the final big-screen adaptation of JK Rowling’s wizard books. It hits
theaters on July 15 – and several IMAX showings have already sold out. I
open at the close. …
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Google Plus To Replace Facebook And Twitter?
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Initial reports suggest that Google+ is a potpourri of Facebook, Twitter,
LinkedIn, MySpace, RSS Feeds, blogging, and any other imaginable social
networking or marketing tool out there on the World Wide Web. That would
sufficiently describe Google+; …
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Ashton Kutcher attacks Village Voice in late night Twitter tantrum
Village Voice (blog)
By Nick Pinto Thu., Jun. 30 2011 at 1:21 PM The cause? This week’s Village
Voice cover story, which takes a hard look at the That 70′s Show star’s
campaign against child trafficking. Kutcher might be hurt that the article
characterized his baffling …
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Tweet this: Tuck criticizes McCoy for Twitter stab at Umenyiora
NFL News
20 and that Twitter “has made people cowards.” Where does LeSean McCoy-Osi
Umenyiora rank in the pantheon of tweet tit-for-tats? Adam Rank selects the
best — and “Two things: One, yes we will take that personally, and two, he
might want to watch some …
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Romney blasts Obama on jobs in key state
msnbc.com
9:31 am, Jun 30 via Twitter chucktodd: The @barackobama Twitter townhall on
7/6 will be the same day POTUS and VP are due on Cap Hill for debt talks.
9:31 am, Jun 30 via Twitter dens: @madvibes @jonathancrowley @shooops And
when are we allowed to start …
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