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Don't Assume China Mimics US-Style Social Media
Written by Guest Author / November 22, 2009 12:00 PM / 5 Comments
China enjoyed center stage this week thanks to President Obama's visit. Naturally, trade relations were on the agenda. For Internet companies sitting in the US, news reports that chronicled the Continue reading »


Gmail Users Better-Connected, More Likely to Tweet than Members of other Webmail Services
Written by Sarah Perez / November 19, 2009 7:22 AM / 10 Comments
The social media data company Rapleaf has just released the final parts of their 3-part study involving the demographics and online behavior of webmail users. In the first part of Continue reading »


Study Finds Social Media is Actually Social
Written by Sarah Perez / November 5, 2009 5:53 AM / 18 Comments
In our society, there's an image of a computer nerd as this sad, pale, and lonely guy sitting in the dark gazing at a glowing screen. As it turns out, Continue reading »


Brizzly Adds Facebook - Aims to be The Blogger.com of Social Media (2000 Invites Below!)
Written by Richard MacManus / October 28, 2009 12:00 PM / 11 Comments
Brizzly wants to be to microblogging what Blogger.com was to blogging five years ago. Currently, Brizzly offers a user-friendly browser-based interface for Twitter and Facebook. The Facebook integration went live Continue reading »


Why There's Nothing to Fear in Social Search
Written by Guest Author / October 27, 2009 8:38 AM / 6 Comments
Social search was in the news this past week when Google and Bing announced that they would be getting access to the Twitter fire hose. A flurry of subsequent posts Continue reading »


Retailers Try Twitter - Still Prefer Facebook, YouTube and MySpace
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 26, 2009 9:38 AM / 2 Comments
Social networking sites are quickly becoming one of the most important places where retailers can meet potential customers and interact with their current customer base. According to a new report Continue reading »


U.S. Navy CIO: Social Media Should Be Part of Military IT Standard
Written by Jolie O'Dell / October 21, 2009 9:00 PM / 9 Comments
In a blog post this week, U.S. Navy CIO Rob Carey wrote that social media is a resource for the American military that should be used to build trust and Continue reading »


DiningIn: Evite with Group Food Orders
Written by Dana Oshiro / October 20, 2009 5:48 PM / 4 Comments
In my last workplace, ordering food for the group was always a dreaded task. Regardless of how much you enjoy the company of your colleagues, there's always someone with a Continue reading »


From SMCEDU: 5 Steps to Make the Social Web Work for Higher Ed
Written by Jolie O'Dell / October 12, 2009 10:22 PM / 9 Comments
A new offshoot of Social Media Club, the Social Media Club Education Connection (SMCEDU) is a Chris Heuer-led organization intended to promote social media in higher education curricula. At a Continue reading »


Spiffbox Says it Pays to be Social - No Really, They Pay You with Cash
Written by Sarah Perez / October 6, 2009 7:00 AM / 7 Comments
When building a new Web 2.0 site, especially a new social network, there's always one hurdle that needs to be overcome - establishing a large enough userbase to make it Continue reading »


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