March 2010

Google vs. China: Everything You Need to Know

March 23, 2010

via theweek.com I’m a long-time subscriber to The Week, which aggregates news stories from dozens of sources, offering both print and online editions. Their staff brilliantly summarizes news events and topics from all sides into short, blog-like articles. It’s a blessing when there just isn’t enough time in the day to get the entire picture [...]

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New Password-Stealing Virus Targets Facebook

March 18, 2010

(Reuters) – Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook’s estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information. via reuters.com I was wondering what was going on. Strange photo comments, invites to “free movie download” groups from friends I never talk to, etc. And [...]

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The Location War May Be Even, But Foursquare Dominates Twitter

March 17, 2010

via techcrunch.com Awesome. Posted via web from Posterous

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Where are Twitter Users Going?

March 17, 2010

via latimesblogs.latimes.com Interesting take from LA Times about research done by Hitwise. Posted via web from Posterous

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Foursquare Takes Lead in Where-Am-I Apps

March 12, 2010

via edition.cnn.com Posted via web from Posterous

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SmartBlog Interviews Beth Kanter: What Nonprofits Need to Know About Social Media

March 12, 2010

Beth Kanter is the author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media, one of the longest-running and most popular blogs for nonprofits and co-author of the forthcoming book, “The Networked Nonprofit,” to be published by J. Wiley in 2010. Beth is also the CEO of Zoetica, a company that serves nonprofits and socially [...]

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Tracked Down & Returned MacBook Pro Shipped to Me By Accident

March 11, 2010

via tweetie So there I was sitting at my desk when I receive a call to come pick up quite a large package in the mail room. Back at my desk, I open it up only to find the box of a brand new 17″ MacBook Pro staring right back at me. Unpleasantly confused, my mind [...]

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The Social Media Cheat Sheet

March 10, 2010

via thenextweb.com Posted via web from Posterous

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PolicyTool for Social Media

March 10, 2010

PolicyTool is a policy generator that simplifies the process of creating guidelines that respect the rights of your employees while protecting your brand online.* It’s easy. The streamlined process simply requires you to answer a brief questionnaire and provides you with a complete Social Media Policy customized to your company. PolicyTool has been developed by [...]

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Facebook Your Way to a New Job

March 9, 2010

Many job seekers have asked me whether Facebook can be used in the job search process. Well the answer is definitely, “Yes, it can.” While I would generally suggest that a job seeker spend his or her time seeking opportunities on other networks simply due to the more social nature of Facebook, there are definitely [...]

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