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Syfy’s New ‘Defiance’ Series Will Make MMOG Players Part of the Action [Video]

Devon Glenn — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:24:26 +0000

Part sci-fi drama, part massively multiplayer online game, Defiance gives the phrase “social TV” a whole new meaning. Premiering in Spring 2013, the the entertainment hybrid is a collaboration between game publisher Trion Worlds and the Syfy cable network. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Defiance.

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4 Reasons Your Stuff Should Be In The Cloud

Ji Hyun Park — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:51:27 +0000

Cloud services are getting bigger and bigger, with media heavyweights like Amazon and Google throwing their versions into the competition. Although Google’s entry isn’t necessarily indicative of the next big thing — Buzz, anyone? — the cloud appears to be here to stay, mostly because of the safety it provides.

“The cloud has eliminated many of the worries about data integrity, security and availability,” said Ross Kimbarovsky, co-founder of crowdSPRING, a crowdsourcing marketplace. Kimbarovsky says cloud service providers “do a far better job protecting our data than we do in protecting our own data. Even the world’s most sophisticated companies would have difficulty matching the security, accuracy and availability provided by these top vendors.”

Whereas laptops can break down or get stolen, “most cloud providers have sophisticated data backups and redundancy in place,” said Frank Dale, president and CEO of Compendium, a cloud-based content marketing platform. “Solutions delivered through the cloud are updated automatically, so users always have the latest version.”

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What Happens To Your Twitter When You Die? Creating A Social Media Will

Neil Vidyarthi — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:57:19 +0000

Mary Long from our sister site AllTwitter has looked at how a person can create a plan for what will happen to their social media accounts after they pass away. It’s a morbid thought but one that may be important to those of us who have a lot of private or personal information on there. Check out Mary’s ideas, as well as a review of some tips from the US government over at AllTwitter.

Oracle Acquires Social Marketing Company Vitrue

Devon Glenn — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:47:25 +0000

Enterprise service provider Oracle has just purchased Vitrue, a cloud-based social marketing platform that integrates brands with major networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, as well as emerging platforms like Instagram, Pinterest, and Klout. Social media marketing is definitely hitting the main stream with this one.

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How YouTube, Google+ and Social Media Affected the Arab Spring [Video]

Neil Vidyarthi — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:27:51 +0000

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a host and producer for the Huffington Post, talks about his experience with various social media feeds as he tried to cover the Arab Spring for the Huffington Post. What’s notable about the video is that he identifies the new journalistic experience and it is remarkably fast and requires a great awareness of the various available technologies. He scans Twitter, YouTube and even monitors a few Google+ Hangouts in there to get as much information he can.

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YouTube Partner Onision: “YouTube Is Murdering Off Some Of Our Favorite YouTubers”

Megan O'Neill — Wed, 23 May 2012 10:43:30 +0000

YouTube has undergone a lot of changes over the past few months, from a new design to the launch of new professionally-produced content channels and more, but at what cost? Many of the most popular YouTubers have reported that since YouTube has started rolling out these new “upgrades” their subscribers, view counts and overall satisfaction with YouTube has been declining…big time.
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What Industries are Growing Fastest on LinkedIn in South Africa? [Infographic]

Neil Vidyarthi — Wed, 23 May 2012 09:15:29 +0000

LinkedIn is definitely on a roll. The company, which is public, has a strong stock with over 600 times earnings and a great support around $100, even on tough days in the market. They’ve also been recording record quarters and have started to aggressively expand internationally. A recent infographic from digitlab looks at one of those expansions, and reveals how LinkedIn breaks down in South Africa. The stats are pretty illuminating.

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In Facebook IPO Probe, Morgan Stanley Subpoenaed | Google+ Photographers Conference | NY Weighs Anonymous Commenting Ban

Tim Sohn — Wed, 23 May 2012 08:40:27 +0000

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Massachusetts Joins Growing Crowd Probing Facebook IPO (PC Magazine)
Massachusetts regulators on Tuesday issued a subpoena to Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter for Facebook’s initial public offering, in an effort to get answers about reports that some investors and not others were informed of earnings revisions for the company ahead of the IPO. The highly publicized IPO is facing scrutiny from several quarters for possible irregularities that may have occurred before the stock was floated and continued through the first day of trading. AllFacebook The hopes of collectors who sought to own one share of Facebook stock from its initial public offering last week were dashed, as paper stock certificates will not be made available, after all. CNNMoney reported that Computershare, which handles shareholder records for the social network, alerted GiveAShare.com and OneShare late last week that there would be no paper stock certificate. Reuters Facebook has agreed to settle a lawsuit that alleged the site’s “Sponsored Stories” feature publicized users’ “likes” without compensation or the ability to opt out, according to a court document filed on Tuesday. The proposed class action lawsuit, filed in a San Jose, Calif., federal court, could have included nearly one of every three Americans, with billions of dollars in damages, court documents say. PCWorld Facebook’s Timeline profiles may be getting a redesign, but this one probably won’t trigger a backlash. The new Timeline design, spotted by TPM Livewire, condenses the biographical information at the top of the page, so it’s nested within the user’s banner image instead of appearing below. Links to the user’s friends list, photos, locations and likes are tucked neatly underneath the banner, next to the user’s profile picture. Alongside those links, a new button called “Summary” leads to a list of major life events. CNET A federal judge has refused to order a Norwegian website that describes itself as “the number one socializing porn and sex network” to turn over its name to Facebook. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White last week ruled that the court had no jurisdiction because Facebook, which sued in California, had failed to show that the owner of website Faceporn had targeted residents of the state. continued…

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Interview: 21-Year-Old App Developer Brian Wong Talks About Virtual and Real Achievements

Devon Glenn — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:31:49 +0000

Brian Wong never imagined he would become the world’s youngest venture-funded entrepreneur when he founded Kiip in 2010. Nineteen years old and newly laid off from Digg, Wong was in a plane when he noticed that the other passengers were happily playing games on their smartphones. Seeing a potentially “huge market for advertising” through games on mobile devices, Wong decided to create a rewards system for gamers. Eighteen months later, the mobile app dispenses 5 rewards every second from brands like Pepsi and Best Buy, and Wong is building a brand of his own.

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Watch The Finalists For This Year’s Vimeo Awards 2012

Megan O'Neill — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:17:55 +0000

Last month Vimeo released the shortlists and opened voting for the 2012 Vimeo Festival + Awards. Now the polls are closed and the shortlists have been narrowed down to the top four videos in each of the 13 categories. Vimeo viewers are invited to check them out on the Vimeo Awards website.
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Russian Social Network VKontakte Ordered to Remove File Sharing Function

Neil Vidyarthi — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:16:12 +0000

As we covered earlier in the year, VKontakte, Russia’s largest social network, has been in court defending itself against an order to remove its file-sharing functionality from its site. One of the largest record labels, EMI, led the charge and won the case. VKontakte recently appealed, but have lost the appeal again.

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Stephen Colbert Joins Reddit’s Gift Exchange for Troops [Video]

Neil Vidyarthi — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:37:38 +0000

Stephen Colbert, the swiss army knife of late night political satire, has joined Reddit’s Gift Exchange for the troops. The program is part of ‘redditgifts’, a popular subreddit where users sign up to give one another gifts. It’s especially popular during Christmas time each year.

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The Social Media Landscape [Infographic]

Neil Vidyarthi — Tue, 22 May 2012 10:09:38 +0000

Who are the big players in social shopping? How about social referral? Which companies are involved in external facing social business software vs. internal facing social business software? A new infographic from Buddy Media helps light the way, and also reveals just how large the social networking landscape has become. Far from the days of just a few social networks, we live in a world where everyone is relating to social in some way, so a handy visual map is useful to keep track of everything.

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Spotify Launches in Australia and New Zealand

Devon Glenn — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:24:20 +0000

Do records spin the other way in Australia? Spotify may have the answer now that the streaming music service has launched in Australia and New Zealand. “We’re unbelievably excited to be here,” said co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek in a fake Australian accent. “Australians are massive music fans and we’ve created a service that we know they’ll love.”

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Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook Take Home Webbys | Social Media and Elections | FaceTime for 3G?

Tim Sohn — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:58:29 +0000

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Webby Awards: Steve Jobs Gets Honored, Full List of Winners (CBS News/techtalk)
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg was honored Monday with a Webby award for Lifetime Achievement for his work with the Bloomberg media corporation. The award was presented by Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp, who reminded the audience that if it wasn’t for Bloomberg’s contribution to financial technology, we wouldn’t have found out the cost of Facebook stock shares until Monday. CNET Nearly a dozen celebrities, politicians and tech luminaries paid tribute to late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs at The Webby Awards show. A video featuring president Barack Obama, former president Bill Clinton and others expressing admiration for Jobs, who died last October, was shown to attendees and streamed over the Web. The Verge Actor Richard Dreyfuss gave a strange and oftentimes discursive speech that began with a jab at Facebook and Google. “If you’re going to take our privacy away from us, why don’t you tell us something private about yourselves,” Dreyfus said to an awkwardly hushed reception. “And if you’re going to change our world, why don’t you pay for it, because it’s theft.” USA Today Instagram won Webby Breakout of the Year, Pinterest took home a social media award, and Facebook scored the People Special Achievement for Social Change honor. In addition, Skype won for Best Social Mobile & Apps. For the complete list of winners, visit WebbyAwards.com continued…

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