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Facebook Testing a ?Stalker Button?
Facebook is apparently testing a new subscription feature that would allow users to receive alerts any time a specific friend takes certain actions on the social network.AllFacebook reports that it ha...
Facebook Beefs Up Security with Remote Logout Feature
Facebook is bolstering the security of user accounts through the launch of a new feature that gives users the ability to see their overall account activity and remotely log out of active sessions.Have...
Facebook Connect Disappears from iTunes Ping
Late last evening, Apple released iTunes 10 and its new Ping social network to the public. Assuming you were able to access the service, you may have noticed the ability to add friends via Facebook Co...
The Truth About E-mail: We Check It All the Time [STATS]
E-mail has invaded every aspect of our lives. We don’t need a survey to tell us as much, but new research from Xobni and Harris Interactive confirms that we’re not alone in dealing with e-...
Hey, iTunes Ping: What About the Bands?
Update: Commenter Bruce Hoffman contacted TuneCore about this issue and received this response: “Thanks for writing! Not only will Ping have ‘People’ accounts, but it will also have ...
RIP Meme: The Double Rainbow Guy Sells Out to Microsoft
We were enamored of your childlike delight. We reveled in the remixes. But now, Double Rainbow Guy, we are less than amused. What’s the sure-fire way to kill a viral video? Festoon it with dolla...
Skype Introduces 10-Way Video Calling
Skype — apparently pleased with its five-way beta group video-calling functionality — has just released a new version of Skype 5.0 for Windows that doubles group support. It now allows for...
8 Funding Contests to Kick Start Your Big Idea
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How Social Data Built a Better Health Care App
Alexander B. Howard is the Government 2.0 Washington Correspondent for O?Reilly Media, where he reports on technology, open government and online civics. He?ll be reporting live from the upcoming Gov2...
Google Chrome Version 6 Arrives on Browser?s Second Birthday
It’s hard to believe that two years have passed since the Chrome browser first hit the web. In that time, Chrome has come to control more than 7.5% of the worldwide browser market, according to ...
Hotel Industry Leading In Social Media Marketing
The travel industry was one of the first industries to be heavily impacted by the Internet, and it is no surprise that they are one of the leaders in social media marketing. According to a white pape...
Social Networks and Recruiting
According to a survey by recruiting platform Jobvite nearly three-quarters of companies surveyed are using social networks for recruiting, and 58.1% said they had successfully hired a candidate found...
Are Teens Leaving Facebook?
There is no doubt that Facebook is the dominant social networking site, but as parents and grandparents join Facebook, data suggests that the site might be losing its coolness amongst teens. Accordin...
Twitter Campaign Learning?s
We have been running a campaign on Twitter for the last couple of months for a client of ours. While I cannot go into specifics about the campaign, I can share some of our learning?s: Build Credibili...
Facebook Ads versus Google Adwords
Google Adwords has dominated the online advertising space for the last three or four years but Facebook I believe is positioned to really challenge Google for some of those advertising dollars. We re...
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