Social Networks - SocialTimes http://socialtimes.com Your Social Media Source Copyright 2012 Mon, 28 May 2012 03:37:47 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Facebook Announcement | Zimmerman Defense on Social Media | Cyber Attacks Target Social Media  Click here to receive the Morning Social Media Newsfeed via email.

New Facebook Tool Helps Organ Donors ‘Share Life’ (ABC News/Good Morning America) In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today the addition of a new tool on Facebook that will allow users to share their organ donor status with their friends. Users can add that they are organ donors to their Facebook timeline, and share their story about when, where or why they decided to become donors. ABC News Conversations over the dinner table with his med-student girlfriend helped Zuckerberg formulate this big idea. And it was his friendship with Apple founder Steve Jobs, whose life was extended by years following a liver transplant, in part, that spurred the 27-year-old Facebook founder and CEO to help put that idea into practice. The New York Times It is a rare foray by Facebook into social engineering from social networking, and one with a potentially profound effect, according to experts in the field of organ donation. continued…

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]]> Tim Sohn http://socialtimes.com/facebook-announcement-zimmerman-defense-on-social-media-cyber-attacks-target-social-media_b95249#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/facebook-announcement-zimmerman-defense-on-social-media-cyber-attacks-target-social-media_b95249 http://socialtimes.com/?p=95249 Tue, 01 May 2012 08:10:02 +0000 China’s Renren Looking to Hit 200 Million Users this Year Renren, after a pretty tough couple of months that’s seen the stock come down from an IPO of between $12 and $14 to around $5 today, has joined other Chinese stocks in some of their best rallies of the year.  Renren CEO Joseph Chen pointed out that mobile demand is boosting the user numbers.  This could mark a revolution in the way Chinese users use the social network — mobile has always been a popular form of networking in the East, as proved by the Japanese social networks GREE and DeNa.

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]]> Neil Vidyarthi http://socialtimes.com/chinas-renren-looking-to-hit-200-million-users-this-year_b89634#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/chinas-renren-looking-to-hit-200-million-users-this-year_b89634 http://socialtimes.com/?p=89634 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:42:56 +0000 Storywheel is a Mashup of SoundCloud and Instagram — The Coolest Slideshow Around? We’ve covered Instagram plenty of times as the service has improved and won awards over the last few months — its quality filters combined with dead simple interfaces make it one of the best photo apps around.  Well, at the 2011 Music Hack Day Boston conference, Johannes Wagener and Katharina Birkenbach combined it with SoundCloud to create StoryWheel, and it’s pretty cool.

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]]> Neil Vidyarthi http://socialtimes.com/storywheel-is-a-mashup-of-soundcloud-and-instagram-the-coolest-slideshow-around_b88357#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/storywheel-is-a-mashup-of-soundcloud-and-instagram-the-coolest-slideshow-around_b88357 http://socialtimes.com/?p=88357 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:28:31 +0000 “The Social Network” Writer Aaron Sorkin May Pen Steve Jobs Movie “Social Network” screenwriter Aaron Sorkin may write Steve Jobs movie.
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]]> Kelsey Blair http://socialtimes.com/aaron-sorkin-may-pen-steve-jobs-movie_b85304#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/aaron-sorkin-may-pen-steve-jobs-movie_b85304 http://socialtimes.com/?p=85304 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:37:50 +0000 Social Media Improving Police-Resident Relationships What’s the biggest advantage to using social media as a police agency? It isn’t sharing information; it is connecting with communities.
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]]> Kelsey Blair http://socialtimes.com/social-media-improving-police-resident-relationships_b85046#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/social-media-improving-police-resident-relationships_b85046 http://socialtimes.com/?p=85046 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:17:50 +0000 Teen Tweets Before Committing Suicide: The Importance of “Cyber-helping” A teenager tweets before committing suicide and no one responds. What does it say about social media and youth?
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]]> Kelsey Blair http://socialtimes.com/teen-tweets-before-comitting-suicide-the-importance-of-cyber-helping_b84692#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/teen-tweets-before-comitting-suicide-the-importance-of-cyber-helping_b84692 http://socialtimes.com/?p=84692 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:20:05 +0000 Get Social or Perish, Says Hearst-Columbia Changing Media Landscape Panel  

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This year, editor in chief of Black Enterprise, Derek Dingle, started Tweeting. It wasn’t during a press conference. It was during a boxing match. He was watching Bernard Hopkins, who was about to become the oldest heavyweight champion ever, cheering him on through the social network.

Readers joined his playful oldies-take-on-young-bloods banter. “Yeah,” one of his followers responded. “We’re going to show those young guys.”

“I was getting an immediate response from readers,” says Dingle, “developing connections with individuals, and a network.” In a flash, he got it.

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]]> Julie Andrews http://socialtimes.com/get-social-or-perish-says-hearst-columbia-changing-media-landscape-panel_b83619#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/get-social-or-perish-says-hearst-columbia-changing-media-landscape-panel_b83619 http://socialtimes.com/?p=83619 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:00:56 +0000 Are Social Networks Positively or Negatively Impacting Our Real Life Friendships? You have hundreds of friends of Facebook, but how many real life friends do you have? According to a new study, not as many as your parents did.
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]]> Kelsey Blair http://socialtimes.com/are-social-networks-positively-or-negatively-impacting-our-real-life-friendships_b83547#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/are-social-networks-positively-or-negatively-impacting-our-real-life-friendships_b83547 http://socialtimes.com/?p=83547 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:52:05 +0000 American Homeland Security to Amp Up Social Media Intelligence What do the uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East mean for United States social media users? It could mean that big brother will be paying more attention to tweets and status updates as Homeland Security reviews social media guidelines.
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]]> Kelsey Blair http://socialtimes.com/american-homeland-security-to-amp-up-social-media-intelligence_b83227#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/american-homeland-security-to-amp-up-social-media-intelligence_b83227 http://socialtimes.com/?p=83227 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:00:08 +0000 AdKnowledge Acquires Facebook Advertising Solution Provider AdParlor Facebook Ad solutions provider AdParlor, which has been around the block for quite some years now, has recently been purchased by Adknowledge.  It’s a  move that will help this large privately held ad network move into the social ad management space. More after the jump. continued…

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]]> Azam Khan http://socialtimes.com/adknowledge-acquires-facebook-ad-platform-adparlor_b82845#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/adknowledge-acquires-facebook-ad-platform-adparlor_b82845 http://socialtimes.com/?p=82845 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:59:48 +0000 Religion And Social Media: Can They Mix? Can religion and social media work together? One religious conference ponders this question.
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]]> Kelsey Blair http://socialtimes.com/religion-and-social-media-can-they-mix_b82183#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/religion-and-social-media-can-they-mix_b82183 http://socialtimes.com/?p=82183 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:02:26 +0000 Social Media Helps Turkey After Earthquakes When disaster strikes, it is social media to the rescue. When an earthquake hits Turkey, people turn to social media in key moments.
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]]> Kelsey Blair http://socialtimes.com/social-media-helps-turkey-after-earthquakes_b82083#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/social-media-helps-turkey-after-earthquakes_b82083 http://socialtimes.com/?p=82083 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:51:24 +0000 Libya Reacts to Gaddafi’s Death on Social Media Muammar Gaddafi died and Libyan social media users expressed their feelings on Twitter and Facebook.
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]]> Kelsey Blair http://socialtimes.com/lybia-reacts-to-gaddafis-death-on-social-media_b81970#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/lybia-reacts-to-gaddafis-death-on-social-media_b81970 http://socialtimes.com/?p=81970 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:11:01 +0000 Avvo Releases Comprehensive Social Media Guide for Doctors Physicians take note. Avvo has released a new social media guide for health care professionals.
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]]> Kelsey Blair http://socialtimes.com/avvo-releases-comprehensive-social-media-guide-for-doctors_b81623#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/avvo-releases-comprehensive-social-media-guide-for-doctors_b81623 http://socialtimes.com/?p=81623 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:00:01 +0000 Quora Post Generates Heated Discussion Over Steve Jobs’ Cancer Treatment “Why did Steve Jobs choose to not effectively treat his cancer?” It’s a loaded question, but one that a Quora user decided to respond to. The result is a thread that is as informational as it is controversial.
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