Danger Room:
America’s spy agencies want to read your blog posts, keep track of your Twitter updates — even check out your book reviews on Amazon.In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into Visible Technologies, a software firm that specializes in monitoring social media. It’s part (Read More)
The Guardian:
Facebook is the most viewed site in Britain, according to Ofcom researchThe online social networking boom shows no signs of abating, with almost twice as many British internet users having an online profile than two years ago, helping to make Facebook the most viewed website in the UK, according to new research.As more peop (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Scout Labs, which provides a web-based platform which companies use to monitor online chatter about their products, has raised $4 million in a round of funding, according to an SEC filing. The startup said earlier this month that it had raised a round but did not say how much money it involved. Cash comes from new investors (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Interbrand recently released its 2009 list of the best 100 global brands. Social media monitoring and analytics firm Sysomos took a closer look at this data today. While Interbrand bases its list on criteria such as financial data, international scope and economic value added, Sysomos decided to re-evaluate the top 20 brand (Read More)
Mashable!:
Clay McDaniel is the principal and co-founder of social media marketing agency, Spring Creek Group. Find him via @springcreekgrp on Twitter.By now, most consumer marketers know they could be using Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and other social media platforms to boost brand recognition, engage customers, and drive sales. But ge (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
As part of the lead-up to our inaugural event this Thursday 15th October, The ReadWrite Real-Time Web Summit, we're pleased to announce our list of the top 100 Real-Time Web companies. A couple of weeks ago we posted our top 50. Thanks to the comments on that post and messages we received in the days after, we discovered 50 (Read More)
Mashable!:
There’s been a huge reaction to our post earlier today about AMP’s new iPhone app – “before you score” – that aims to help guys land women. The responses have ranged from threats of boycotting Pepsi to comments about what politically correct sissies we’ve all become to adulation of AMP for humorously portraying modern chiv (Read More)
Mashable!:
Susan Payton is the Managing Partner of Egg Marketing & Public Relations, an internet marketing firm specializing in blogger outreach, social media, and PR. She is also the blogger behind The Marketing Eggspert Blog. Follow her on Twitter @eggmarketing.It’s clear that the public relations landscape is changing. No longer do (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
We've added a bunch of great events to our guide this week. The one we're most excited about (of course) is our own ReadWrite Read-Time Web Summit, which takes place this coming Thursday in Mountain View. You can download the entire event calendar in iCal format or import it into your Google Calendar. You can also import i (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
There are some basic rules about social media in the workplace that we've all come to terms with: think twice before "friending" your boss, immediately detag incriminating Friday night photos, and be careful what you Tweet.But a new study from Robert Half Technology, a consulting firm, shows that for many US employees, moni (Read More)
mashable:
If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to Leverage Social Media for Career Success and How to Find a Job on (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
As part of our lead-up to The ReadWrite Real-Time Web Summit, which is just over two weeks away, in this post we're listing 50 leading companies of the Real-Time Web. Like any list, it is bound to be missing some worthy companies - so we invite you to list more in the comments. Our aim is to unveil the top 100 Real-Time Web (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Last year on its tenth birthday, Google announced its Project 10^100, a call for unique ideas to help as many people as possible.In the 12 months between then and now, the company has fielded around 150,000 submissions in 25 languages; the ideas were reviewed by around 3,000 employees around the world. Now Google is asking (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Is there demand for yet another social media monitoring tool? Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) seems to think so, saying it will begin testing a new web-based platform called LookingGlass next month, according to a report in ClickZ. LookingGlass monitors conversations on social media sites, including Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube, so (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Andy Bichlbaum is having himself a busy week. With the help of a cadre of dedicated volunteers, he and his partner in crime, Mike Bonnano -- who form the culture jamming, "identity correcting" satirists known as The Yes Men -- produced and distributed a spoofed copy of the New York Post, filled with critical news and infor (Read More)