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Facebook Plans for the End of Its Salad Days

BY Kit EatonWed Sep 30, 2009 at 1:04 PM

Facebook's growth continues relatively unfettered, but the site's management is keen to get all the hooks in place to keep it relevant when growth begins to slow. Now it has taken a number of steps to address the issue.Today Facebook ...READ»

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ReadWriteWeb’s Top 50 Real-Time Web Companies

BY Christine HueberMon Sep 28, 2009 at 8:21 AM

Below is a listing from Read Write Web of their 50 leading companies of the Real-Time Web. Like any list, we all have our own favorites. I invite you to list more below in the comments.READ»

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Twitter Optimizing Tool: TweetSurge.com

BY Christine HueberFri Sep 25, 2009 at 6:51 PM

This amazing application will hugely optimize your Twitter time and focus. I found it while browsing my Ping.fm account. TweetSurge.com borders on magical in its efficiency and usefulness because it so easily enables you to grow and identify your target niche market on Twitter. TweetSurge.com allows you to identify your target users by the common language they tweet. For example, you can find and follow users based on keywords or keyword phrases. You can also find users within specific regions, zip codes, or longitude/latitudes. Lastly, TweetSurge provides the ability to search through a user’s description and location field on Twitter.com. TweetSurge.com offers a wide variety of tools designed to assist you optimally manage your Twitter account, whatever the size. It also has tools that will allow you to respond automatically 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to your followers … like auto-follow and -unfollow. Very sweet, in my opinion! Have your own tips, tricks, or stories of efficient and useful Twitter applications, to share? Let’s hear them in the comments below. To your continued success, Christine Elisabeth von Malsen Hueber Your Exclusive Social Network Strategy & Business Management/QuickBooks Solutions Expert http://www.ChristineHueber.com ChristineEHueber @Gmail.com *Please do connect on LinkedIn* http://www.Twitter.com/CEHueber http://www.FaceBook.com/Christine.Hueber http://www.FaceBook.com/ChristineEHueber *Fan Page* +1 530.582.8091 Direct P.S. Please do comment … I’d love to hear your thoughts! P.P.S. What else would be interesting and useful for you to read about here? Please let me know in your comments or via my email above. Thanks! READ»

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Interactyx Limited Expands Affiliate Program

BY Alfred NovasFri Sep 25, 2009 at 12:15 PM

Interactyx Limited is pleased to announce the ongoing expansion of our affiliate program that is focused on reaching new international markets and providing additional penetration into select domestic industries with TOPYX®, the affordable eLearning 2.0 Software as a Service (SaaS) solution with integrated social networking, mobile learning and eCommerce functionality. This is part of a larger strategy to better serve the domestic and international markets by partnering with key affiliates strategically positioned in high demand areas across the world. Interactyx Limited is continuing to review and accept high-value partnership opportunities.READ»

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Interactyx Limited Expands Affiliate Program

BY Alfred NovasFri Sep 25, 2009 at 12:15 PM

Interactyx Limited is pleased to announce the ongoing expansion of our affiliate program that is focused on reaching new international markets and providing additional penetration into select domestic industries with TOPYX®, the affordable eLearning 2.0 Software as a Service (SaaS) solution with integrated social networking, mobile learning and eCommerce functionality. This is part of a larger strategy to better serve the domestic and international markets by partnering with key affiliates strategically positioned in high demand areas across the world. Interactyx Limited is continuing to review and accept high-value partnership opportunities.READ»

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Can Social Networking Change Our Political Consciousness?

BY Kit EatonWed Sep 23, 2009 at 8:12 AM

Twitter, Facebook and the many other social networks that have emerged are reminding us exactly how small the planet is, and how seemingly mundane or personal issues (where you live, what you feel) have all kinds of ...READ»

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Optimize Your Time and Focus: 3 Success Tips

BY Christine HueberTue Sep 22, 2009 at 7:19 PM

Want to optimize your time and focus? Try these 3 effective, short and sweet techniques that I've had great success using ... that I think you might benefit from test-driving as well.READ»

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Is Foursquare Poised to Rule Local Advertising?

BY Chris DannenMon Sep 21, 2009 at 3:01 PM

Foursquare created buzz with its mobile social networking app that encourages users to get out and explore the businesses in their neighborhood. It even made a game out of meeting up at your local watering hole. Now the company is planning Foursquare for Business, giving it access to what may be a local advertising goldmine.READ»

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Three Times More Time Spent Facebooking Than Googling: Are We Wasting Time?

BY Kit EatonFri Sep 18, 2009 at 8:26 AM

A new survey by Nielsen examined the habits of Net users in August, and turned up a fascinating statistic: People spent three times more on Facebook than Google. Is this significant, or indicative we're all a bunch of ...READ»

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Exclusive Interview: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg on the Value of Viral Loops

BY Adam PenenbergThu Sep 17, 2009 at 10:52 AM

This interview was conducted during research for my book, Viral Loop. You can read an excerpt here at Fast Company, or find out what your friends are really worth by installing the Viral Loop widget. While still a teenager Mark ...READ»

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Now You Can Make Phone Calls From Twitter, Thanks to Jajah

BY Kit EatonThu Sep 17, 2009 at 6:14 AM

Twitter's about to get a fascinating new tool in its social communications toolbox courtesy of Jajah: Phone calling. It's a VOIP solution that will work for anyone with a Twitter account. Does this signal a future as an extensive ...READ»

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Social New, Now & Next: The Baltimore Marathon on "Social Media Steroids"

BY Lena L. WestWed Sep 16, 2009 at 12:43 AM

I'm always interested in organizations that are taking the use of social media to the next level. And, Corrigan Sports qualifies. They plan to use some latest social media hotness, R2iSMASH, to showcase the Baltimore Marathon on Oct. 10.READ»

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Helping Companies Take on "the Cloud"

BY Lena L. WestTue Sep 15, 2009 at 11:39 PM

More and more companies are diving into cloud computing, but there are security, quality and scalability concerns. That's where Sonoa Systems comes in.READ»

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Twitter Doesn't Sell Advertising, Yet 20% of Tweets Mention Brands

BY Kit EatonTue Sep 15, 2009 at 8:51 AM

Twitter's founder has indicated his lifecasting site won't be getting into the advertising game anytime soon, but a survey has found something to indicate the contrary: 20% of Tweets mention a brand somewhere in their text. The ...READ»

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African Social Networks Aiding in Blackmail of Gays

BY Chris DannenMon Sep 14, 2009 at 1:49 PM

Social network blackmail schemes are on the rise, but nowhere have they become more malicious than in the east African nation of Ghana, where gay Internet community members are being trapped, kidnapped and robbed, often with the aid ...READ»

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Please and Thank you

BY Adam ContosSun Sep 13, 2009 at 6:55 PM

Why don't enough people in this world use the two easiest, and most impact-ful words in our language? READ»

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How to Make the Best Damn Facebook Notifier for Mac

BY Chris DannenThu Sep 10, 2009 at 3:46 PM

Facebook just released their first experimental desktop app. It's a menu-bar add on for Mac OS X called "desktop notifications," but once it's installed, it does more than notify--but not much more. You can update your status, as well ...READ»

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Debunking the "Facebook Exodus:" Some May Leave, but More Stay Longer Than Ever

BY Clay DillowTue Sep 8, 2009 at 11:28 AM

There's been a lot of talk about the legendary "Facebook exodus" of late, not least of which stemmed from a New York Times Magazine article of the same name detailing why, for one reason or another, users are beginning to flee the ...READ»

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Does Using Facebook Boost Brainpower While Twittering Diminishes It?

BY Kit EatonTue Sep 8, 2009 at 9:29 AM

There's an interesting piece of news about the exploding social network phenomenon, not related to the growing number of users for once: Instead a psychologist is suggesting Facebooking makes you smart while Twittering makes you ...READ»

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Collaboratories: How can you compete with the most innovative companies in the world?

BY Alfred NovasTue Sep 8, 2009 at 3:06 AM

In this week's Business Week magazine, its main article entitled Big Blue's Global Lab discusses how companies such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Proctor & Gamble and Eli Lilly are collaborating all over the world with their geographically disbursed offices, universities, governments and even other companies in their R&D efforts. IBM actually calls theirs "collaboratories" - with the potential to set up over 100 worldwide over the coming years. "The world is our lab now," states John E. Kelly III, director of IBM Research.READ»

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Fox's Twitter TV Experiment Tweets Its Way to Epic Failure

BY Kit EatonFri Sep 4, 2009 at 9:12 AM

When Fox revealed its plan to broadcast reruns of Fringe and Glee with a live Twitter feed overlay, I said they had to be really really careful. But Fox didn't listen. From user comments online it looks like ...READ»

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Five Incredibly Entertaining Niche Social Networks

BY Lynne d JohnsonWed Sep 2, 2009 at 5:17 PM

Social networking has completely tangled itself into the fabric of our daily lives, and though Facebook is still de rigueur, people with specific interests and advertisers who want to reach those people are becoming more the norm. For ...READ»

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Four Ways to Make Apple TV Fabulous

BY Kit EatonWed Sep 2, 2009 at 9:45 AM

There has been ample speculation that the Apple TV will get a long overdue refresh during the September 9 Apple press event. And yesterday news surfaced that shipping time for the device has leaped to 1-2 weeks, which could be an ...READ»

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Nokia Spins "Lifecasting" App, Forgets It's Really Facebook's Mojo

BY Kit EatonWed Sep 2, 2009 at 6:57 AM

Nokia's moving fast to catch up with current tech memes: As well as leaping into the smartbook and netbook fray, it's also getting into social net "lifecasting" thanks to a new Ovi app that connects to Facebook. That all sounds ...READ»

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Why I Love My Gen Y Assistant

BY Lindsey PollakTue Sep 1, 2009 at 2:12 PM

I recently hired a part-time assistant to help me get a bit more organized. As someone who studies generational relationships in the workplace, I was curious to learn how my personal experience as a Gen X-er managing a Gen Y-er would ...READ»