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Before Twitter, before Facebook (Facebook reviews), before MySpace (MySpace reviews) - heck, even before Friendster (Friendster reviews), there was a service known as GeoCities. For those who grew up on the Net in the 90s, it was about as close as you get to what we know today as social networks.
YouTube has just added a small feature with big implications: the ability to link your Twitter (Twitter reviews), Facebook (Facebook reviews), and Google Reader (Google Reader reviews) accounts to YouTube and automatically send out an update as soon as you upload a new video.
In this post we’ll examine how Twitter (Twitter) has changed the nature of search and created demand for real-time search engines. We’ll also explore why Verified Accounts matter, how savvy marketers are engineering Twitter trends, the nature of sponsored tweets and what’s to come, and the relevance of Twitter chat in third-party applications. This list is by no means exhaustive, but it encapsulates 5 important Twitter trends to keep your eye on right now.
Facebook is hosting a webcast for press tomorrow about "upcoming privacy changes" to the site: the announcement will likely outline Facebook’s transition toward becoming more public – some might say more Twitter-like.
Information has leaked that Facebook is set to roll out location-based features for users and brands as soon as this month. According to Advertising Age, users could see location options any day now.
Facebook just announced a tool that notifies you by e-mail or SMS text message when someone logs into your Facebook profile from an unknown computer.
Microsoft is announcing today that it has integrated Facebook and Windows Live Messenger into Outlook, bringing the streams of millions of Facebook users into inboxes across the world.
Now, according to Google Operating System, Google is testing a feature that will let users log in to multiple Google accounts in the same web browser. Personally, I have at least four different Gmail accounts open at all times, and this feature is very high on my wish list.
Urban Ministries of Durham (UMD), a North Carolina non-profit organization providing food, shelter and clothing to the city’s homeless, is launching a Foursquare initiative designed to unsettle application users and raise awareness around homelessness in Durham.
Someone who uses Facebook several times per day, the study found, has on average "9% more close, core ties in their overall social network compared with other internet users."
In the same way that bar codes don’t have to be boring, quick response codes can also be creative. Thanks to a 30% tolerance in readability, you can have some real fun with clever designs. Besides looking good, this can also make them more successful.
The new Facebook isn’t for him, it’s for users half his age. It’s all about positioning Facebook as the ultimate communications tool for the next generation — one that goes beyond facilitating communication, but also records the history of everyone on the planet.
While you get your brand ready for the new Timeline format, here are six important changes to keep top-of-mind.
Instead of relying on friends to create content on a travel-specific site, Tripbirds instead organizes the geotagged content friends are already creating on other platforms in a way that makes it useful for planning a trip. The strategy solves the critical mass problem that makes some social travel sites impractical.
So, you want to ditch the corporate life and go work for a startup. Cool, but do you really understand what that would mean?
If you are looking for a job you love where you are engaged and challenged, you need to look further than compensation. For employers, get employee feedback on a regular basis. Then, listen and act.
Remember, at an interview, it’s not just the company deciding if you’re right for the team — you get to decide if they feel like the right fit for you.