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Top 5 Pins…About Pinterest

Devon Glenn — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:14:55 +0000

“Pinterest: Where women go to plan imaginary weddings, decorate homes that don’t exist, and decorate homes we can’t afford.” Pinterest addicts know they have a problem and they don’t care. Type “pinterest” into the search bar on the online pinboard and about 30 of these illustrated quotes will pop up like homemade wooden signs at a country craft boutique. Here are the top five pins about Pinterest.

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Have You Tried “You Don’t Know Jack” for Facebook Yet?

Neil Vidyarthi — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:49:59 +0000

When it comes to games on Facebook, developer Jellyvision Games has a message for Facebook users: You Don’t Know Jack. The quiz-show game launched on the social network Tuesday, following Jellyvision’s console and Apple iOS versions, which debuted last year, Mashable reported. I was a huge fan of this title when it first came out, with its loud, exciting graphics and thrilling timed questions, it always stands out as one of the most exciting ways to play a trivia game.

Doctors, Patients and Social Media [Infographic]

Neil Vidyarthi — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:14:07 +0000

How are Doctors connecting to the social media revolution? There are serious issues with providing any sort of medical advice online, and it seems that physicians have a dilemma when it comes to interacting with their patients — do they accept the friend request or not? This is clearly something that will come up more with social networks as we are required to determine the scope of friendships with those that we know (and may be a reason that Google+’s Circles may have some long term appeal).

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The MTV Movie Awards Let Users Tweet for the Best Hero Category

Neil Vidyarthi — Thu, 31 May 2012 09:13:55 +0000

I’m afraid to admit it in public, worried about being cursed as a mainstreamer by hordes of nerd hipsters, but I used to watch the MTV Movie Awards every year. They combined the excitement of the year’s top blockbusters with a little visual panache and excitement, and most importantly, humor. They’ve kept up their reputation as the years have gone by, and even though I don’t get to watch every single time, I still hear the news about the innovative steps and exciting events they try to plan each year. Well, this year they’ve introduced live social voting, and an entire category will be determined by the live social audience during the show.

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Romney Buys #Amercia Promoted Tweets | Google+ Local Launches | Oracle CEO Loved Facebook

Tim Sohn — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:00:25 +0000

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Mitt Romney’s Amercia: No Laughing Matter (U.S. News & World Report)
Mitt Romney should have been doing a victory lap the day after clinching the Republican presidential nomination. But when Americans woke up Wednesday morning to a new Romney mobile app that misspelled “America” as “Amercia,” memes proliferated. The Hill With the hashtag #Amercia still trending late on Wednesday morning, users searching for the word on Twitter were also seeing a promoted tweet from the GOP nominee’s official Twitter account. Twitter’s promoted-tweets tool allows users to pay to promote individual tweets, anchoring them at the top of search results for specific keywords. MSNBC.com It didn’t take the Romney campaign staff long to send “Version 1.0.1″ of the app — which is described as having some “bug fixes” — to Apple, but the damage was already done. Twitter users went nuts, a new Tumblr blog was created, and plenty of media ridicule followed. The Daily Beast The Telegraph may have drily won the Internet with its memorable dek: “White House hopeful Mitt Romney has meticulously spelt out his vision for a better America while on the campaign trail this year. But his new mobile app did not feature the same levels of preparation.” Here are five other cringe-inducing political typos and misnomers of the recent past. USA Today As the Scripps National Spelling Bee wraps up today near Washington, we’re once again confronted with the annual question: In a world of spell check and r u there texting, does spelling even matter anymore? continued…

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What Kind of Social Media Superhero Are You? [Infographic]

Devon Glenn — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:47:27 +0000

Now that social networks have moved online, nearly every industry needs a hero: someone who can deal with customers and information in seemingly superhuman ways. All communications professionals deserve a new title to go with their added responsibilities, but let’s face it, some of the titles sound made up. This delightful infographic explains the difference between a social evangelist and an online ambassador. And yes, those are real jobs.

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Meet Meograph: A New Tool for Mapping Multimedia Stories

Devon Glenn — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:45:04 +0000

In cartoons, a plane can hop from point to point on a map to show the passage of time and distance, landing on an “X” and leaving a trail of dashes in its wake. The Internet has few options for that kind of storytelling. If you like videos and infographics, you’ll want to check out Meograph, a visualization tool that combines both in a multimedia overlay on Google Maps.

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Is It Really a Social Media Bubble? [Infographic]

Neil Vidyarthi — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:44:12 +0000

The folks at Online Degree Dictionary have put together a startling look at the current social media business market, and they focus on comparing it to the real-estate bubble and dot-come bubble from the last 15 years. Are things really different this time? The infographic takes a cynical position, stating that social media has no real guarantee of future probability, and these sky high valuations are tremendously risky and are — in fact — a bubble.

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How To Follow The Right People On Social Media

Donya Blaze — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:51:15 +0000

Want to get the most out of social media? Stop what you’re doing right now and clean up the list of people you follow. Friends and family are fine, but if you’re not following your competitors and other influencers in your field, you’re missing out.

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AllFacebook Marketing Conference is Only Four Weeks Away

Neil Vidyarthi — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:51:41 +0000

AllFacebook Marketing Conference is headed to San Francisco is just four short weeks. Join us on June 28-29 and discover how to build your business and gain customers by taking advantage of Facebook’s latest tools, apps, research, and advertising opportunities. Save $200 with our early bird rates when you register by June 7.

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Grooveshark Launches Beluga to Help Artists Understand their Listeners

Neil Vidyarthi — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:41:35 +0000

Grooveshark, one of the best free streaming music sites on the web, has launched a new service called Beluga, which “allows anyone in the world to easily view extensive data about an artist and their fanbase.” The service is meant to give artists the ability to better understand who, how and when people are playing their music. It’s an impressive service that makes Grooveshark very attractive to artists, and is possibly a defensive move in case artists come down hard on the site for holding so many licensed tracks.

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Goodbye Google Places, Hello Google+ Local

Neil Vidyarthi — Wed, 30 May 2012 10:55:01 +0000

I, unlike anybody else I know, was one of those guinea pigs that got addicted to the test stuff, and have been using Google Places here and there for local recommendations for a year. I’m not going to say it had the best selection or leveraged my social graph — it just ran fastest of all the local suggestion apps on my Android device. So it is a bittersweet goodbye as Google has replaced Google Places with its new Google+ Local, a service that offers you reviews and impressions of local places from your friends and others.

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Is Facebook’s Poor Stock Performance Dragging Other Social Networks Along With It?

Devon Glenn — Wed, 30 May 2012 10:06:33 +0000

Facebook’s stock was down 9.81 percent as of Tuesday afternoon, sending ripples of disappointment through the investment community as shareholders are trying to figure out what to do now that the world’s largest social network has failed to deliver massive returns in its first few weeks on the stock market. Meanwhile, smaller networks like Groupon, Yelp, and Zynga have also felt the pain of plummeting stock. Is Facebook to blame?

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Hulu Joins YouTube’s 1 Billion Views Club

Megan O'Neill — Wed, 30 May 2012 09:18:06 +0000

A new member has just been inducted into YouTube’s 1 billion views club and the channel may come as somewhat of a surprise to some—it’s Hulu! That’s right, the 37th channel to cross the 1 billion views mark on YouTube is another video streaming site.
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Salesforce.com Buying Buddy Media? | Facebook Shares Reach New Low | Twitter Speeds Up

Tim Sohn — Wed, 30 May 2012 08:00:28 +0000

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Salesforce Set to Snap Up Facebook Friend Buddy Media for More Than $800 Million (AllThingsD)
Cloud-computing pioneer Salesforce.com is close to a deal to acquire Buddy Media, the five-year-old company that helps brands manage their Facebook presence. Sources say the two companies have agreed to terms that will value Buddy Media at more than $800 million, but that the transaction hasn’t closed yet. Fast Company Founded a little more than four years ago by Michael Lazerow, Buddy Media has raised $90 million in venture funding from the likes of Peter Thiel, Ron Conway and Institutional Venture Partners. VentureBeat Presumably, Salesforce could add Buddy Media to its long roster of services targeting the enterprise like Chatter and Force.com. It’s unclear how much crossover there would be with Salesforce-owned Radian6, another social media management service. BetaBeat An acquisition for Buddy makes sense. After Facebook’s bungled IPO, there was little room left for companies with offerings reliant upon Facebook to go public themselves. And judging from Buddy’s hiring of an “IPO-ready CFO” last August, an IPO was its preferred route. Forbes The deal would be a major validation for social media marketing, a still nascent but fast-growing segment of the online advertising market. A number of startups are in this field, such as Wildfire Interactive, Hearsay Social, Lithium and Vitrue, which was acquired last week by Oracle for $300 million. Last year, Salesforce bought Radian6 for $326 million. continued…

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