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Some studies show that 11 percent of online adults are using status updates, but if you think about the history of the status message and its roots in instant messaging, that number actually seems pretty small.Even though we predict big things to come from these short status updates, the reality is that the present day stat (Read More)
Slate Magazine
As Twitter-mania reaches new levels, Slate V presents a mockumentary about a company that wants to take microblogging to the next level. (Read More)
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Mark Ghuneim, (@mediaeater) is the Founder/CEO of digital marketing agency and technology incubator Wiredset and social media tracking service Trendrr.It’s amazing to think just a few short years ago the “interweb” was abuzz with the dominance of Friendster, YouTube was a simple beta test of cat videos, and the word tweet w (Read More)
TechWag
Image by Will Lion via FlickrThere are hundreds of social networks, of course we have all heard about Facebook, MySpace, Linkedin, and dozens of others that are equally popular. Then there are some that are not popular in the US, but are popular in other countries. Orkut, a Google product, is popular in Brazil, HI5 is popul (Read More)
: I was expecting a little more about the next tier of Social Networks. The biggies are obvious. What are the options and how to the compare say if you wanted connections in Japan or Europe. What are the best networks for business. Are there networks for specific types of businesses? What are the difference between how US networkers interact and those from other countries? The article had good promise, but left me wondering what the point was.
: If you are a business then you want to participate in the networks that your 'buyer personas' are participating in. How do you find that out which networks they use? You either do it by setting up your own Google Alert dashboard, as described in http://www.socialmedian.com/story/3804236/howto-search-the-social-web-ultimate-toolkit - or you use something like radian6.com - or you get someone like me to do it for you . . .
Six Revisions : Web Development and Design
Image editing software has become ubiquitous in this digital age. Whether you’re creating a web interface or simply cropping and enhancing your family photos – you’ll need your favorite image editor to do it.In this article, you’ll find the top image editing applications currently out in the market.Last week, readers of S (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
This morning at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Jyri Engeström, co-founder of Jaiku and now Google employee, spoke about building sites around social objects. What this means is that the social sites we visit today are not just friend networks - they're also built around objects that connect people with shared interests. (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
People have been whispering about a new web application in development called Hunch. Today, Flickr co-founder and Hunch head honcho Caterina Fake divulged some more details about the new project on her blog. The new project aims to become a site that can help anyone make a decision about anything. The way it will do this is (Read More)
Mashable!
Before launching any new website, feature, or upgrade, it has to be tested. The worst nightmare of any programmer, designer, or business is to launch a broken website that drives away users and hurts reputations. It will only create more work, more headaches, and lost profits.Luckily, there are many great tools for web de (Read More)
MakeUseOf.com
Social media conversations are everywhere. Even most “die-hard” web 1.0 addicts (who once considered social networking insane) have engaged into social media by now.People share thoughts, exchange opinions and reviews every single second. It is really hard to keep track of those conversations and sometimes you just need to. (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
According to the latest data from Hitwise, Twitter sends most of its traffic to Google, Facebook, TwitPic, and MySpace. Overall, Twitter sends about 1 in 5 users to social networks and another 1 in 5 to entertainment sites like Twitpic, YouTube, or Flickr. Even though some people think that Twitter is just a 'poor man's ema (Read More)