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As Users Choose Social Media over SMS Texts, Mobile Operators Lose Billions

Neil Vidyarthi — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:27:14 +0000

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, I did some research and found that the phenomenon was also spreading all over Europe — Brits in particular sent millions of text messages per year.

It would be a few more years before we had it over on our continent, but once it hit, it hit big. That’s what it’s a bit of a changing of the guard to see that social media messaging (Facebook, Twitter, etc) is costing mobile operators billions of dollars in SMS revenue.

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Socialitical: “Facebook Cannot Be Ignored By Politicians” [Interview]

Megan O'Neill — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:23:25 +0000

With the 2012 Presidential election on the horizon it is clear that more politicians, parties and causes have turned to social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to promote their platforms and converse with constituents. 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.
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YouTube Next Cause Launches To Help Nonprofits Use Online Video Better

Megan O'Neill — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:39:39 +0000

Over the past year or so, YouTube has launched a number of initiatives aimed at helping creators make better content, learn to market themselves and maximize their YouTube success. Last May they launched the YouTube Creator Institute, in October they launched programs through YouTube NextUp to reward top cooking and fitness video creators with training, equipment and more, and now they’ve launched YouTube Next Cause—a program designed to help nonprofits use online video more effectively.
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Microsoft’s Clash With Google Over Privacy Settings May Be Part of a Larger Problem

Devon Glenn — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:38:47 +0000

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.

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Pinterest Lets Publishers Protect Their Images from Getting Pinned

Devon Glenn — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:25:17 +0000

Pinterest is letting publishers opt out of being pinned. The change is in response to criticism that the online pinboard violates artists’ copyrights.

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Disturbing YouTube Trend: Teens Ask The World ‘Am I Ugly Or Pretty?’

Megan O'Neill — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:05:14 +0000

Have you ever wondered what other people think of the way you look? I mean what they really think of the way you look? According to Amy Graff of the San Francisco Chronicle blog, a rising number of teens are posting videos on YouTube to find out.
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LinkedIn Passes 1 Million Indonesian Members

Neil Vidyarthi — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:09:44 +0000

LinkedIn is full of good news these days. Their stock is up nearly 200% over its IPO price, their CEO is impressing the street with a smart evaluation of the future of social and their growth has been incredible, at around 150 million users. To add to this, they are doing well internationally as evidenced by their recent announcement of hitting 1m users in Indonesia.

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Kickstarter Achieves 3rd Million Dollar Project

Neil Vidyarthi — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:40:00 +0000

Kickstarter is the place for independent filmmakers/comic book writers/sculptors/etc to raise money for their ventures. The site lets anybody log on, find a project they like, and donate any given amount. If the donor give certain amounts, the content creators reward that person with a special item; a limited edition version of the film or a hard copy of a comic, for instance.

Just recently, the site achieved it’s 3rd million dollar project, a comic book entitled “Order of the Stick”.

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Badgeville Partners with Klout to Reward Social Influencers

Devon Glenn — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:39:08 +0000

Badgeville has partnered with Klout on a social loyalty program that identifies social-savvy customers by their Klout scores and gives them new and creative ways to earn rewards.

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OK Go Manager Likens YouTube Revenue To Finding Change On The Street

Megan O'Neill — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:01:06 +0000

We’ve all heard the rumors that some of YouTube’s top partners are making 6-figure incomes, so with over 158 million views on their channel you’d expect that OK Go is making quite a killing from the video site, right? Wrong. According to manager Jamie Kitman, the actual money that the band is making from YouTube revenue is hardly substantive.
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How Social Are the World’s Most Valuable Brands? [Infographic]

Devon Glenn — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:51:48 +0000

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.

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The Internet: You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide [Podcast]

Devon Glenn — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:30:08 +0000

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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YouTube Updates Annotations & Adds New Social Features

Megan O'Neill — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:52:36 +0000

YouTube has been busy fine-tuning the site, adding new features and responding to user feedback ever since they launched their major site redesign at the end of 2011. Last month they rolled out updates to their Video Editor, Video Manager and Browse page. This week they’ve announced their next set of new releases, including updated Annotations and some new social features. Read on to find out more.
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Just Launched: Pinwheel Is Like Flickr for Places

Devon Glenn — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:51:26 +0000

The old days of taping signs to a telephone pole are numbered. A new location-based tool called Pinwheel lets people find and leave notes around the world.

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