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China’s Sina Weibo Overtakes Twitter’s Record for Most Messages per Second

Neil Vidyarthi — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:17:50 +0000

On December 13th, 2011, Twitter users all over Japan broke a record by tweeting about during a television screening of Miyazaki’s Castle in the Sky — it’s a famous anime that is known by all Japanese and Japanese tweeters tweeted quotes from the show during the entire program. That was the world record for message per second on a social network until the first minute of Chinese New Year, Monday January 23rd, when Chinese users broke the Twitter record on their own version of Twitter, Sina Weibo.

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Should Governments Censor Social Networks to Prevent Religious Clashes?

Neil Vidyarthi — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:47:45 +0000

We may not hear a lot about it here in the West, but India is currently undergoing their social renaissance. Services like Facebook, Google Plus and Orkut are huge over there, and continue to grow at staggering rates. One look at this “Who’s Using Google Plus” infographic and you’ll see that Indians are prominent users of G+.

But the thing is, this influx of social networking is like a megaphone for hundreds of millions of people in the country, who never had the ability to speak out in such a public way before. And this is why Indian politicians are currently undergoing the growth pains of having a social tech-savvy populace, and their response so far has been to ask service providers to delete harmful communities.

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A Quick Cheat Sheet to Learning the Chinese Social Networks [Infographic]

Neil Vidyarthi — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:20:48 +0000

If you follow emerging social networks news, you’ll often find yourself standing face to face with odd terms like “renren” or “sina weibo”, and for some, it’s tough to even begin to understand what they represent. Fortunately, the folks over at G+ have put together a fantastic infographic looking at social media behavior in China. From Youku to Jiepang, this one’s got you set.

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What Do Facebook Users ‘Like’ Most? [Infographic]

Kenna McHugh — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:10:19 +0000

An infographic from audience research company Crowd Science explains that Facebook “Likes” are typically spread across various types of content.
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PlayUp Aims to Be Exclusive Social Network for Sports Fans

Anthony Marcusa — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:38:42 +0000

For most sports fans, watching a game has always and will forever be a social event. NFL Sunday, March Madness, the Olympics, and anything involving the playoffs are much anticipated and social-centered affairs. While smartphones and Twitter in particular have connected sports fans around the world while watching games, one social network is attempting to streamline fandom, hoping it will occur exclusively within their online world. continued…

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Google Plus Now Open To All Google Apps Users

Kenna McHugh — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:45:58 +0000

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Google announced on their site that Google Apps is now in service with Google Plus. All Google Apps users, paid Business version or just the free version, can now operate Google Plus for their company or group
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Google+ Traffic Returns To Pre-Spike Levels

Kenna McHugh — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:55:07 +0000

Google Plus’ growth spurt, powered by opening the network to the public, was short-lived according to data analytics company Chitika.
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U.N. Uses Social Media Session Before General Assembly

Kelsey Blair — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:02:14 +0000

If you’re the United Nations, what’s the best way to start a General Assembly? What about with a “global conversation” hosted on social media?
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New Service Lets You Filter Your Friends For Stuff You Care About

Kenna McHugh — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:30:03 +0000

Do you sometimes wish Twitter was a little bit quieter or relevant?

Subjot, a NYC-based startup recently launched to the public, seems to have the answer. The social network can connect you with people you are familiar with in the topics that you care to tweet about.
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What’s It Like To Write A Flop? Go To Quora To Find Out From Conan The Barbarian Screenwriter

Kelsey Blair — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:29:54 +0000

Ever wonder what it’s like to be called a failure? The Hollywood writer of Conan the Barbarian 3D can’t resist answering the question on Quora.

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Google+ Adds Name Verification, Sparks Controversy

Kelsey Blair — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:00:03 +0000

What’s in a name? Google+ sparks a debate by adding name verification to social network. In other words, no pseudonym for you.
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Facebook Down a Zuckerberg: Randi Zuckerberg Resigns

Kelsey Blair — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:41:55 +0000

Zuckerberg is leaving Facebook? Yes, but it’s not the one you think. Randi Zuckerberg, Mark’s older sister, leaves Facebook.
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Social Media Background Checks Get FTC Okay: Would You Pass?

Kelsey Blair — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:41:05 +0000

Ever wonder what it would be like to have your social media fingerprint taken? Well, you might find out. A new company offers social media background checks to companies. Job seekers beware!
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5 Things I Liked (And 2 I Didn’t) About Namesake, The Real-Time Conversation Social Network

Megan O'Neill — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:10:25 +0000

Last week I decided to check out Namesake, the new community for real-time conversation with real people. I had been hearing some chatter about the site, so I thought I’d see what everyone was talking about. Now, I wouldn’t call myself a seasoned Namesake user as I just joined a few days ago and have only taken part in a few conversations, but I do have some feedback from what I’ve seen so far. So here it is—5 things I liked (and 2 I didn’t) about the new Namesake social network.
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The Lowdown on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn for B2B Marketers

Tom Johansmeyer — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:45:59 +0000

I had a strange experience at my local cigar shop over the weekend. I was sitting at De La Concha, puffing away on the house cigar, when I wound up in conversation with another guest. He works in the risk management profession – and I was a marketer in the insurance industry for a while – so we found we had a bit to talk about. Before he left, we wanted to exchange business cards, but neither of us had them on hand. So, he asked me if I was on LinkedIn. I spelled out my name, and he sent me an invitation to connect on his BlackBerry.

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