Daily Archives: November 12, 2008

HOW TO: Build Community on Twitter

Via Mashable November 10, 2008 – 9:42 am PDT – by Sarah Evans 40 Comments Sarah Evans is the director of communications at Elgin Community College (ECC) in Elgin, Illinois. She also authors a PR and social media blog. Your … Continue reading

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Nigeria Joins List of Countries Harassing Bloggers

Via Media Shift by Sokari Ekine, November 10, 2008 On October 19, U.S.-based Nigerian blogger and journalist Jonathan Elendu of Elendu Reports was arrested by the Nigerian State Security Services (SSS) upon his arrival at Abuja airport. It was some … Continue reading

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Army to Use Webcasts From Iraq for Recruiting

Via the New York Times The Army’s Web site for potential enlistees, goarmy.com, will feature a series of webcasts about soldiers deployed in Iraq. By STUART ELLIOTT Published: November 10, 2008 FOR the last two years, the Army has presented … Continue reading

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Google Ad Planner Opens Up To Everyone With Fresh Features

Via Tech Crunch by Robin Wauters on November 11, 2008 Last June, Google introduced a new research and media measurement tool dubbed Ad Planner which we suspected uses the Google Toolbar to collect data. Today, the company is opening up … Continue reading

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TroopTube Restores Streaming Video To Our Nation’s Finest

Via Tech Crunch by Jason Kincaid on November 11, 2008 Since 2007, the Department of Defense has restricted overseas military personal from accessing a number of popular sites including YouTube and MySpace for reasons largely attributed to bandwidth usage and … Continue reading

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Gmail gains voice and video chat via Mac and PC plug-in

Via ARS Technica By David Chartier | Published: November 11, 2008 – 04:05PM CT Gmail’s budding reputation as a communication hub for more than just e-mail received a major endorsement today with the addition of voice and video chat. Google … Continue reading

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Google meets the CDC: flu tracking by search trends

Via ARS Technica By John Timmer | Published: November 11, 2008 – 05:22PM CT If you were to ask 1,000 come up with a list of words associated with the flu, chances are that a list of symptoms including head … Continue reading

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ROADMAP: 5 Milestones in the Future of Mobile Social Networks

Via Mashable Cheng Wu is the co-founder and chairman of Azuki Systems. As mobile social networks gain popularity, many are wondering how to ride the wave of this phenomenon. Leveraging the 3.3 billion potential mobile screens and the viral capabilities … Continue reading

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