Social Media

Google’s policies are once again under scrutiny as Microsoft and others have caught the company circumventing users’ privacy settings to track them with cookies. But Google representatives have pointed out that they are not alone.

I remember when I first visited Japan in 1997.  Our group of North Americans were shocked at how even teenage girls had their own cell phones, complete with dangling bells and ornaments.  What surprised us more was their use of “SMS” messaging to send chat messages to one another.  After I’d returned from the trip, [...]

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I had the opportunity to interview Corey Gottlieb, Managing Partner at Socialitical to find out more about how politicians are using social media to engage with potential voters, and what sorts of trends are popping up in the political social media scene.

Google’s policies are once again under scrutiny as Microsoft and others have caught the company circumventing users’ privacy settings to track them with cookies. But Google representatives have pointed out that they are not alone.

The Internet and the real world can be two very different places, but this infographic shows that a brand’s value in one is intimately tied to its performance in the other.

Surveillance used to be reserved for catching criminals (and celebrities in bathing suits). Now, thanks to location-based social media tools, our lives have become an Internet reality show that’s supposedly produced for our own entertainment. Today on the Morning Media Menu podcast, I joined GalleyCat editor Jason Boog to figure out if we should be flattered or completely freaked out.

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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a social media manager?  That involves taking care of tweets, hitting up Skype, managing Facebook pages and being connected at all times.  The folks over at Socialcast have done some pretty good research for an infographic called “A Day in the Life of a Social Media [...]

It’s official: sports fans – and sports teams, organisations and athletes - love social media. Platforms such as Twitter and Facebook have given fans the opportunity to stay connected  with organizations, teams, sporting personalities, news outlets – and each other – which has been hugely successful for everyone involved. Read more at AllTwitter  

When, where and how much to share are big issues when it comes to social media, especially now that geolocation and search have gone social. But the panelists at a Social Media Week event on Tuesday night agreed that the rewards of connecting online far outweigh the potential for sharing too much information.

Yes, folks. LiveJournal is still alive and well and today they’ve got a big announcement. They are unveiling LJ Media, a new social publishing group that aims to turn popular LiveJournal communities into thriving media sites.

When Google plus Your World came out, many critics were underwhelmed. Although there were privacy concerns about personalized search results, the site’s social media elements were actually conservative considering the arsenal of tools available for finding people online. At a Social Media Week panel on Tuesday, pioneers in geosocial networking predicted a more sophisticated – [...]