Monthly Archives: October 2008

Age of consumer and technology both influence adoption rates

VIA ARS Technica By Jacqui Cheng | Published: October 31, 2008 – 01:05PM CT Many of us undoubtedly know people who seem inherently resistant to adopting new technologies—perhaps your coworkers, your parents, or your friends have become increasingly curmudgeonly in … Continue reading

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In the Social Web, We Are All Brand Managers

Via PR 2.0 Effectively organizing, curating, showcasing, and managing a strategically crafted online personal, professional, and corporate brand is critical to how our peers, those we already know and the others we have yet to meet, perceive us in the … Continue reading

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Facebook May Be Growing Too Fast. And Hitting The Capital Markets Again.

Via Tech Crunch by Michael Arrington on October 31, 2008 When Facebook raised $240 million from Microsoft in 2007, and another $235 million in debt and equity in 2008, everyone thought they had plenty of cash to get through their … Continue reading

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10 of the Best Social Media Tools for PR Professionals and Journalists

Via Mashable October 30, 2008 – 12:31 pm PDT – by Sarah Evans 25 Comments In the ever-evolving world of social media, public relations professionals (PR) and journalists have more opportunities than ever to build strong relationships. It serves each … Continue reading

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Google Now Indexes Scanned Documents

Via Tech Crunch by Jason Kincaid on October 30, 2008 Google has announced that it will now begin including scanned documents in its search results – a feat that requires an immense amount of processing power and advanced image recognition … Continue reading

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Judges Rule Anonymous Commenters Protected by State Shield Laws

Via Media Shift by Jeffrey D. Neuburger, October 30, 2008 Political campaigns often produce a blizzard of ancillary election-related litigation — for an example, just look to the 2000 presidential campaign. When the press reports anonymous accusations during an election … Continue reading

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Gmail Labs Adds Text Messaging Feature. KTHXBAI.

Via Tech Crunch by Robin Wauters on October 31, 2008 We don’t see it in our Gmail settings (yet), but Webmonkey reports that Gmail Labs has added a very useful opt-in feature for sending text / SMS messages to mobile … Continue reading

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New 2008 Social Technographics data reveals rapid growth in adoption

Via Groundswell by Josh Bernoff Data is my secret weapon. Every time I visit a company, we bring data we’ve collected about the social behaviors of their customers, structured according to the Social Technographics Ladder we introduced last year, a … Continue reading

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Online Video — And Our Attention Span — Get Longer

Via the New York Times By Saul Hansell Many people watch free, advertising-supported episodes of shows on sites like Hulu. The conventional wisdom is that people on computers only have the attention span to watch very short video clips. But … Continue reading

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Why Wal-Mart Will Succeed In Social Applications

Via Groundswell by Josh Bernoff I just got back from a trip to Bentonville, Arkansas, home of America’s largest and perhaps most controversial retailer. While there, I met with the company’s top management, IT staff, and a couple of social … Continue reading

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