Submitted by Jasongoldberg
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amazed still some people I know, ages 25-35, professionals, who are not on either Facebook or LinkedIn. What world do they live in? #sm #fb. (Read More)
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: try explaining this stuff to my wife. Facebook, yes - just about.. LinkedIN - anything else - nada, no go, not a hope... we were chatting about it for hours last night. Her conclusion its industry related and us (the tech crowd) find it more useful that here (PhD, Academia... crowd).
: Facebook will continue with this nasty experimentation -- it is probing what it can get away with in pursuit of some way to actually make money.
It is funny.
All of that personal info is an advertisers gold mine, but the facebook user base, originating from academia (ever more professorial than undergraduate these days, hardly an exaggeration) and other professions that eschew the pursuit of profit and look snobbishly down their nose at MySpace for being "corporate" (among other things).
I've said it many times. It is going to be interesting to see the way facebook plays out.
(I just signed on here and was assigned Sarah Palin's visage!? Guess I'll keep for a while as I explore the site.
Submitted by Magitam
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First came organic growth (via universities). Then came integrated growth (via an open network, open platform play). Next comes perpetual and predictable social utility services, and that assumes homesteading more of your online data. This includes things like your social connections, your conversational threads and any (Read More)
Social Media Explorer
Kat FrenchThis may be a 101 level post for some, but I think it still bears putting out there. One of the things that I hear most often from people who are contemplating getting into social media is that it seems really overwhelming. With so many different services, blogs, and sites out there, small business owners and oth (Read More)
The Sydney Morning Herald World Headlines
FORGET the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. President Barack Obama may instead be called upon to use all his skills as a mediator to resolve the Israeli political conflict. (Read More)
Submitted by Jack68:
Xing & Co.: Die neuen Aggregationsmächte im Nachrichtenmarkt?Matthias Schwenk | 4 Kommentar(e)Während Zeitungen noch nach Online-Geschäftsmodellen ringen, verdienen Xing & Co. bereits prächtig an den Diskussionen ihrer Mitglieder. Der Gesprächsstoff hierfür kommt aus den Verlagen, die aufpassen sollten, nicht bloß Steigbüge (Read More)
Huffington Post
NEW YORK — Justin Timberlake wins style props in the March issue of GQ magazine. The magazine picked the entertainer to lead a list of the "10 Most Stylish Men in America." It singled out Timberlake for his impact on fashion, willingness to take risks and "knack for targeting trends" such as hats, three-piece suits, s (Read More)
: Sorry, I was watching Cindy put Mark's XXXX into her XXXX while Mark fondled her XXXX with his XXXX and XXXX was heating up the XXXX ready for the XXXX session later. Did you say something?
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In an interview for the forthcoming documentary "Media Malpractice" Governor Sarah Palin, for the first time at length, takes on the media coverage of her and the 2008 campaign. There is plenty more of the interview to come. To find out more got to www.HowObamaGotElected.com and get on the mailing list. (Read More)
Europe - International Herald Tribune
The European Commission said Russia and Ukraine had reached an agreement to send a monitoring mission to oversee gas deliveries.
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Submitted by Magitam
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Submitted by Magitam
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The unemployment rate jumped to 7.2 percent in December from 6.8 percent in November and a rapidly deteriorating economy promised more significant job losses in the months ahead.
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TwitLinks
Our favorite URL shortening service, Bit. ly , has just released a Firefox plug-in that you'll probably want to add to your browser. It lets users hover over shortened URLs from a wide variety of services, including TinyURL, and see the resulting full URL as well as how many people have clicked through the shortcut. (Read More)
: I now use the firefox plugin "shareaholic" it has bit.ly and around 30 other networks/bookmarking sites which cover places like myspace/mixx/yahoo buzz etc. and regulars like facebook,twitter and delicious - this one button is like a replacement for flock, that weened me from Internet Explorer - to firefox http://blog.shareaholic.com/?src=sm
Outside The Beltway | OTB
Leon E. Panetta, the former congressman and White House chief of staff. (Kevin Wolf/Associated Press)When I saw the news yesterday afternoon that Leon Panetta was Barack Obama’s pick to head the CIA, I decided to hold off on posting and go play with my baby instead. My initial reaction was much the same as to the new (Read More)