200+ Facebook Groups Have Been Hijacked By "Control Your Info"

As of yesterday, 286 Facebook groups have been hijacked by a team called Control Your Info. The group's aim is to point out the administrative flaws associated with Facebook groups, or supposed lack thereof....

The 'Real-Time" Of Social Media

Few things have changed faster than the way we communicate. Coupled with the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or green movement, there has been an explosion of information available about how and what companies and organizations are doing to improve society and the...

Is Your Startup a "Nice to Have" or "Must Have"?

With the downturn in the economy, numerous people are talking about starting a new business or company. Whether it’s a technology startup or new restaurant idea, I’ve heard of more and more people meeting to brainstorm and working to bring their ideas to fruition.Whether...

How Social Media Sites Can Ruin Your Vacation

I'm not talking about Twittering your followers while your laying out on the beach, teasing about how fabulous the weather is, or how warm the water is, or even how the scent of suntanning lotion is filling the air. Your followers will probably feel a little jealousy, but...

Burberry Goes into the Social Media Trenches: Art of the Trench

Burberry, the chav staple, is going into the trenches of social media embarking on a new social networking venture called Art of the Trench. The century old brand is getting with the times and unveiling...

Ivy Bean, world’s oldest Twitterer, turns 105 today

She was called “world’s oldest facebooker” at the time, but she dared not stop at this social media milestone. UK resident Ivy Bean, who turned 105 today, has joined Twitter in May, making her world’s oldest...

NowPublic *still* discriminates against microbloggers?

I am checking out NowPublic for the first time in almost a year, and I realized why I don't contribute to it: they discriminate against microbloggers/link journalists, they only deal in stories that are 100's of words long.Maybe *that's* why they went out of business,...

Welcome to the social media revolution

The social media revolution is absolutely all-encompassing and expansive in its reach. "Social Media isn't a fad, it's a fundamental shift in the way we communicate." - www.socialnomics.com As social media...

White House's Plan on Social Media: Privacy Intrusion or Paranoia

National Legal and Policy Center announced that they had uncovered a plan by the White House Ne Media operation to conduct a "massive, secret effort to harvest personal information on millions of Americans from social networking websites." The scope is to include 7 major...

Using Social Media as an HR Tool

If you’re a business owner, have you considered the myriad of ways that social networking sites can help you in your hiring decisions? Given the number of individuals using social networks like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter, it’s almost foolish not to do a little...

One Million Giraffes Challenge the Internet

Before you proceed to read this article, do the following: 1) Put down your mouse 2) Pick up a pencil 3) Take a deep breath 4) DRAW A GIRAFFE! In case you don't know, there has been an online buzz about creating...

Gnomedex report from PBS' Mark Glaser

I've been down to a few Gnomedexes in the last couple of years and they're worth attending if you want to dig deep into emerging media and technology.  Mark Glaser is there and reports: "SEATTLE -- I am here...

Social media and the Greek uprising

One of the most striking features of the recent series of revolts, rebellions and riots in Greece over the last few weeks has been the use of social media to relay events to a wider audience. What has been...

Why Is Facebook Trying To Be Twitter?

Facebook is driving me crazy.  Only a few days after I made a post talking about how Facebook differs from Twitter and why I was changing how I use the Facebook service that Facebook decides to make major changes and become more like Twitter. The gist of my previous post...

Follow Your Favorite Deity on Twitter For Spiritual Guidance

Need some spiritual guidance? Now we have twitter, why bother praying?God26,635 followers, 1,951 followingGod only follows the 1,951 lucky few, so there is no guarantee that he knows what's going on in your life. Be proactive! Make sure you DM him regularly to keep him...

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