Social media News
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Twitter managers recently released data on their own employees. Around 59% of them are male and 70% are white. Facts like this are re-igniting the debate on how to get more minorities and women into the technology sector.
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The race for smart-watches just gained another competitor. The Razer Nabu moves one step closer to becoming a reality as $1 beta tester editions just ended recently.
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Around 100 accounts were reportedly found using names stolen from Westerners and descriptions taken from real people. Reporters claim each account promotes Chinese propaganda.
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Social media has been fun...but how much money is in it? Popular sites like Facebook and Twitter are working to capitalize on our screen time, now moving beyond online advertising and into online shopping itself. Will these sites master e-commerce?
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With sights on creating its own e-commerce platform, Twitter will soon reach this goal with the recent acquisition of CardSpring. The cost of deal has not yet been revealed, but the feature will be soon forthcoming.
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Microsoft has taken a big PR hit after announcing that it will lay off 18,000 employees. The tech giant needs a PR boost and a revamped image, which it might get by...buying Yahoo!
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My name is Paula, and I am addicted to my smartphone. Oh wait, no, I am actually addicted to social media. Either way, I am part of a new trend in dining.
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Moments after winning the 2014 World Cup, German forward Lukas Podolski snapped one of the most memorable selfies in sports history. Podolski posted on his Twitter account a photo of fellow German player Bastian Schweinsteiger kissing his cheek.
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The new app, LinkedIn Connected, aims to turn contacts into connections and give users what they want on their mobile devices.
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It’s a small experiment where we ask people to take a break from Facebook and report to us how they feel and how they spend their free time.
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Saskatoon -
Photographer Colleen Niska was taking photos of a bride and groom on a rural road in Saskatoon, Saskatchwan when she noticed that there was a tornado in the distance.
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Twitter can be an overwhelming tool. We want to build a following, so we follow many. But how do you ensure that you see what you really need and want to see? How, you ask? Via lists, that's how.
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Social media has effected the way small business goes about attracting new customers and keeping in touch with regulars, but according to reports, it might all be for nothing and could actually hurt the bottom dollar over a period of time.
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Making the most of another's platform and marketing your brand to the max can get risky when the platform decides to change gameplans. That's exactly what happened when YouTube decided to take down some songs from its collection of online choices.
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Geneva -
Pope Francis has less than one-third the Twitter followers of President Obama, but what the Pontiff lacks in bare Twitter numbers, he more than makes up for when it comes to retweets.
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It is always a great feeling to win something. Whether its a win in the lottery, or a competition, or even some kind of award, there is that warm, fuzzy feeling of being rewarded with a prize.
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The imprisonment and sentencing of three journalists in an Egyptian court has sparked outrage from human rights groups, journalists, media organizations, and scores of activists on social media, as well as criticism from the White House.
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The GIF, a popular animated image format in the 80s, persevered and found a new place on the Internet. Where is this new place? Chances are you are using it now.
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A frightened 10-year-old girl turns to social media for help when a tree crashes on top of her father during a thunderstorm.
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Many Iraqis and those concerned about Iraq and its future in light of the current threat to the country posed by the rampaging ISIS terror gang have taken to social media sites to show their opposition to ISIS and support of a secular unified Iraq.
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The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has opened its first official accounts on Twitter and Facebook. The aim is for the spy agency to "engage directly with the public."
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Dallas -
In an extremely disturbing and disheartening turn of events bystanders pulled over at a terrible accident not to help, but to film the horrific fire and those trapped inside.
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New York -
Look, listen, leap for the marketing win: Social Media World Forum North America 2014 (#SMWF) conference highlighted the importance of listening, data gathering and analysis to enable business opportunities.
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It seems McDonald's new Happy Meal ambassador, dubbed rather originally "Happy," is not going down well on the social media. Going more by the name of "McScary," people are just not impressed.
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As you work up to high-concept, artistic, “Big Brand” content, take time to create the ground level content that will convert your social media traffic into REAL traffic.
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Twitter is adding yet another feature, and this one is to help weed out those on your feed whom you don't want to hear from.
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Toronto -
The Digital Media Summit is Canada’s social media and interactive marketing conference, recruiting the sagest gurus, including Shingy and Gary Vaynerchuk, to help people optimize their digital and social media strategies.
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“Look Up,” a video by writer and director Gary Turk on his Youtube channel, which urges people to leave behind their social media accounts and smartphones has gone viral, with 28 million views since April 25.
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A North Carolina woman updates her Facebook status while driving on the highway, then dies shortly afterwards in a car accident.
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If you work in marketing products online then there are a number of conferences you can attend this year led by some of the best at the game in order to further your knowledge of your business. We look at five great US-based ones.
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Facebook's Highlight feature
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"Museum Quality: Collecting and Archiving Across Multiple Platforms" panel (L-R):
Amy Vernon, Frederic Montagnon, Matthew Roche, Steven Rosenbaum, Oliver Starr, Duncan Alney
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Using Facebook on a smartphone
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Infographic: Facebook and Windows Live Profile Dominate Social Media in Latin America - iCrossing
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Using a conference hashtag
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"Social Media Mixtape: Curating Music" panel (L-R): Mike Caruso, Elias Roman, Dan Zaccagnino, Richard Zelson
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News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch attends the Oxfam/MySpace Rock for Darfur event with his wife Wendi Deng and MySpace Co-founders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe.
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Friends Reunited website
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Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association conference on youth marketing
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Screenshot of Facebook's Graph Search in action
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Bill Clinton steals the spotlight - again.
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