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Google plus Your World has the tech community up in arms about the impact of integrating Google+ into its search engine on the user experience. Yesterday I opened an email from Google that read, “We’re getting rid of over 60 different privacy policies across Google and replacing them with one that’s a lot shorter and [...]

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At today’s Socialize conference here at the beautiful St. Andrew’s Club onthe 27th floor of the Sun Life Financial Tower there was a great session discussing Google+ and its role within the greater Google suite.  The most interesting idea was that Google+ shouldn’t be looked at as a social network, but rather a social layer [...]

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Today on mediabistro’s Morning Media Menu podcast, GalleyCat editor Jason Boog shared with me his take on how social media is changing the landscape of the publishing industry. What do gardening manuals have in common with the Red Lobster seafood chain? Listen to the podcast to find out.

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Warning: do not read this post if you are in a meeting or stuck in line somewhere. You might pee your pants. Thankfully, this picture also explains the best social network on which to break the news.

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Today at Socialize Toronto, there was a great discussion discussing the role of Facebook ads in business, with a panel of experts on the subject.  The panel included Hussein Fazal, CEO of Facebook Ad platform AdParlor, Seth Lieberman, CEO of Pangea Media, Nikhil Sethi, the Co-founder of Adaptly, Veronica Stecker, the media manager for Gordmans, [...]

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Google plus Your World has the tech community up in arms about the impact of integrating Google+ into its search engine on the user experience. Yesterday I opened an email from Google that read, “We’re getting rid of over 60 different privacy policies across Google and replacing them with one that’s a lot shorter and [...]

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Leading Internet TV network Revision3 has just released their end-of-the-year stats for 2011 and they are pretty impressive. According to a post on the Revision3 blog, the network increased its viewership in 2011 by a whopping 359 percent, with nearly 800 million views over the course of the year.

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This week, MTV K is hiring a social media coordinator, while Cornerstone is looking for a social media strategist and manager. The New York Times Company is seeking a product manager of social and community, and Snooth Media is in need of a social media manager. Get the details on these openings and more below, [...]

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This week our funny video roundup includes a surprising classical music performance, an even more surprising Family Feud answer, a cat drinking beer (seriously!), an epic stop motion animation and the latest installment to the ‘Sh*t ____ Say’ trend—Sh*t Samuel L. Jackson Says!

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Pinterest is easy to use and even easier on the eyes, which are two reasons that traffic to the online pinboard keeps pouring in. If you’ve got pretty things to sell, this infographic from LinchPin SEO can show you how to use Pinterest to turn heads.

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Recently, the FBI busted the founders of the file hosting service MegaUpload.com for copyright infringement on a massive scale. Now it looks like the the government agency is in the market for a social media application to help them foresee and respond to crises.

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