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The New Faces of Social Media

From YouTube celebrities to chief social-media officers, these unexpected players exert outsize impact and power online -- offering new channels of communication that businesses can't afford to ignore.READ»

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Gap, Digg.com: How to Respond to Critics

Recent redesigns by Digg.com and Gap stress the importance of humility in the social media age.READ»

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Digg Redesigns, Loses More Than a Quarter of Audience

Last night, social news aggregator Digg.com sent a message to its publisher community confessing that its recent site redesign had got off to a "bumpy start." That's a pleasant way of describing the huge backlash the service has ...READ»

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Chutes and Ladders: A Tale of Digg and Twitter

Twitter's traffic skyrocketed 33% over the summer, according to one survey. Meanwhile Digg's influence was fading even before its controversial makeover.READ»

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Apple TV Rumors: You and Your Grandmother Will Never Watch TV the Same Way Again

The rumors spin ever faster about Apple's iTV device--it'll apparently change everything, and now there's some evidence that Apple is training its in-store employees for "something big."READ»

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Digg, WikiLeaks, and Censorship, American Style

Anti-free-speech/user-privacy articles are all over the news this week. And though the fuss over U.S. net neutrality may have been wrong, censorship is alive and well in America--it just takes a slightly different form.READ»

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Fflick Tracks Movie Buzz Among Your Twitter Friends (Hope They Have Good Taste!)

Fflick (sic, awkwardly) tracks positive and negative feelings about movies by taking a close look at your friends' movie-related tweets. Of course, that assumes your friends know what they're talking about.READ»

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Why Tech Nerds Love Flying Virgin America

Social media manager Jill Fletcher on how Virgin America became the airline of choice for the nerd set, and the customer service challenges presented when everyone on board is connected.READ»

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Next for Flipboard: Satisfying Social Media Hunger Before Cravings Hit

  If you've poked around the social media world at all the past few days you have probably heard about Flipboard, a new iPad app that creates a customized "social media magazine" based on what's happening in your Twitter or ...READ»

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uSocial: Celebs Faking Number of Twitter Followers

Brace yourself for some bad news. Justin Bieber doesn’t actually have 3.6 million Twitter followers—he’s faking it. At least, that’s the claim from social media marketing company uSocial. The Australian firm says it has ...READ»

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"Google Me" Social Network Rumors Fueled: It's Real, Heavily Staffed

Those rumors about Google's Facebook-rivaling social network just got a whole lot more interesting. A former Facebook exec has been quizzing contacts inside Google and discovered that it's all real, with large numbers of Google staff ...READ»

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Rumor: Google to Launch Facebook Competitor, "Google Me"

Is Google jumping back into social networking?READ»

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First Look: Digg Version 4

A not-so-confidential email was sent around earlier today showing off the new, redesigned Digg version 4--and we've got a first look at it.READ»

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The Green Education of Our Future Leaders

The most important thing we can being doing today is educating our kids and future leaders on sustainability and environmentalism.READ»

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GREEN EDUCATION FOR OUR FUTURE LEADERS

Sustainability Education at all levels is the training needed today for our next wave of innovative leaders and the very people who will help us retool our corporations to safely and responsibly operate in the world. When I met with Rachel Gutter last year to discuss her work with the USGBC, she told me that the kids today are sustainability literate. They know no other way. They are engaged in solution and operate with a collaborative world-view approach. From what I have learned from Tom, this is not only true, but vital skills needed as we transform the world.READ»

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Crib Sheet: Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook f8 Keynote

Facebook is invading the rest of the Internet, foisting its social manifest on your online life. Documents, toolbars, new search options, recommendations, plug-ins, and 30 new partners--this is what you need to know.READ»

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Checking in at Foursquare's Hot Tubbin', Rooftop, Rock Star Moment

Rabid users of the social game threw 150 parties on 4-16 (four-squared). Fast Company reports from the New York City rooftop soiree, where Foursquare founders and 500 fans toasted the wildly popular app.READ»

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SEO Advertising Is the Direct Route of Paid SEO Marketing

Paid SEO Marketing is best known as pay-per-click (PPC) or pay-per-lead (PPL), and SEO Advertising often takes the form of Google's adwords.google, Bing's advertising.microsoft and Yahoo's advertising.yahoo. While Yahoo and Bing have ...READ»

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Google Buzz Buttons to Invade Your Favorite News Sites

Hey, Google Buzz lovers! Have I ever got some news for...hello? Anyone? If you're out there, listen up, because this is actually kind of big.READ»

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Yelp Tweaks Its System for Transparency--and Lawsuit-Dodging

Yelp has found a work-around for those wicked extortion rumors (and that pesky lawsuit). In a blog post with the no-nonsense headline "We're Increasing Transparency and Eliminating 'Favorite Review'," Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman ...READ»

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The 50 Most Innovative Companies...on the iPad

Several of our 50 Most Innovative Companies have entries in the iPad App Store--and unsurprisingly, they're often among the most innovative apps around.READ»

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YouTube’s Redesign Focuses on Social Features & Ease-of-Use

If you’ve logged onto YouTube in the past 24 hours, you’ve probably noticed the welcomed changes throughout the Google-owned site. In its largest redesign yet, YouTube has streamlined the viewing experience. They are...READ»

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Inc. Magazine interview on how to start a web business.

It's not everyday I get a call from Inc. Magazine to be interviewed. The distinguished writer J. J. McCorvy called because he was writing an article about how-to start a successful web business. I'm very honored! It's amazing to be recognized by such a well respected magazine. It only took me fifteen short years in the business..:-) READ»

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Angie Chang and Shaherose Charania, founders of Women 2.0

Women 2.0 is the brainchild of Angie Chang, Shaherose Charania, Shivani Sopory, and Wen Wen Lam -- four Silicon Valley tech entrepreneurs who wanted to see more women like them start companies and thrive.READ»

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Steven Staltare

Steven Staltare, stevenstaltareREAD»