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Being Bad For Great Justice: A New Privacy Scandal Rocks Second Life

Until Linden Lab starts actually managing their own (virtual) land and dealing with security issues in an effective manner, the problem of self-appointed, unvetted, volunteer "policing" NSA wannabe…

By Avril Korman · 27 Aug 2011

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Gmail Sees First Google+ Integration

Google+ is starting to make small appearances on other Google services. Googler Mark Striebeck has announced that, using an expanded widget, Gmail…

By Rob D Young · 25 Aug 2011

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Facebook Updates Sharing Options, Credit Google+?

Facebook has launched a set of new privacy options that give users greater control over tags and post visibility. The new controls…

By Rob D Young · 25 Aug 2011

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Developing A Social Messaging Approval Process

Are your status updates, tweets, or other social media messaging stuck in limbo due to a lack of approval from the powers…

By Kaila Strong · 25 Aug 2011

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Google+ Adds Real-Name Verification

As a way to ensure that neither celebrities nor public figures are being impersonated on Google+, Google has added a verification button…

By Rob D Young · 23 Aug 2011

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StumbleUpon Starts Exploring, Looking More Like Search

The StumbleUpon random website browser has become a popular way to explore the web, having won more than 15 million loyal users.…

By Rob D Young · 21 Aug 2011

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German State Bans Facebook Pages, Like Buttons

A privacy organization in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein has demanded local websites remove their Facebook Pages and take off any…

By Frank Watson · 20 Aug 2011

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2 Books Offer Killer Social PR, Facebook Ad Tactics

If the social media book fits; buy it, download it, read it and share it. This summer two noteworthy books hit the…

By Lisa Buyer · 17 Aug 2011

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Leveraging Facebook Ads for Obscure Charity Donations

How to target the right people for donations to three hypothetical charities: a religion-focused Islamic charity with an English-speaking international focus; a…

By Merry Morud · 16 Aug 2011

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LinkedIn Tweaks Their Experimental Social Ads

LinkedIn has been experimenting with new social ad formats that tell users when members of their network follow a given advertiser. Unlike…

By Rob D Young · 15 Aug 2011

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Users Respond to Google+ and Facebook Interfaces Nearly Identically [Study]

A study from Eye Track Shop trying to show whether Google+ ads have more or less potential than Facebook ads demonstrates how…

By Rob D Young · 15 Aug 2011

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Launch of Google+ Games Heats Up Social Gaming Battle With Facebook

Google+ has added its first 16 games. The good news for developers is that Google is only taking a 5 percent commission,…

By Rob D Young · 14 Aug 2011

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The Name Game: Display Names and the Law Of Unintended Consequences

The Lab's new name game has hardly been a ringing success. People really don't like it when you mess with their choices…

By Avril Korman · 13 Aug 2011

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Hey, Facebook: Not Liking the Group by Topic Feature or Seeing Strangers In My Top News Feed

Earlier this week Facebook rolled out a clunky “grouping” feature, which lumps together any mention of a topic (say Google, for example).…

By Danny Goodwin · 12 Aug 2011

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Twitter Adds @User, Activity Tabs, New Reply Feature

Twitter is adding an @User tab, Activity tab, and the ability to tweet to any user from their profile page. These features…

By Rob D Young · 12 Aug 2011

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No TV? Emergency Search When Google Is Not Fast Enough

In keeping track of how the riots were escalating from London to all over Britain, became an adventure in getting the best,…

By Jonathan Allen · 11 Aug 2011

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UK Riots: Social Media Has The Message, Is The Message

The UK riots are being discussed in terms of how social media was a crucial tool in creating the protests. Whilst the…

By Frank Watson · 10 Aug 2011

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Survey Predicts Google+ Will Pass Twitter, LinkedIn in 2012

Just a month after Google+'s launch, the social site has gained immense momentum. A survey from YouGov shows that Google+ is likely…

By Rob D Young · 10 Aug 2011

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5 Plus Google +1 SEO Tips from Googleplex in Mountain View

Timothy Jordan, Developer Advocate at Google, discusses what highlights attendees can expect from his session on "Getting more from Google+ and the…

By Jonathan Allen · 09 Aug 2011

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Exploiting Tomorrow: As New Virtual World Features Develop, Security Struggles To Catch Up

The speed at which changes and new concepts are being pushed out from Linden Lab has increased - shifting towards something more…

By Avril Korman · 07 Aug 2011

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Facebook’s News Feed May Drop Filter & Add Functions

Facebook may be toying with a remake of their News Feed that exposes users to a dramatically higher level of content while…

By Rob D Young · 05 Aug 2011

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Foursquare Makes Pages Self-Serve, Pitches to Businesses

Foursquare, the mobile geo-location social network, has made a big shift designed to target businesses and brands. You can now build a…

By Rob D Young · 04 Aug 2011

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Do Marines Need A Few Good Tweeters? Pentagon Wants Social Media Experts

The U.S. military sees social networking as a source of information they can filter to gain insight into potential global conflicts and…

By Frank Watson · 04 Aug 2011

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Facebook Shows Broad Lead in Social Advertising Preference

Two studies show that Facebook is the preferred choice in social advertising by a broad margin. However, digital advertising on the whole…

By Rob D Young · 04 Aug 2011

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Guerrilla Marketing for a Job at Google: The Resume Your Resume Could Look Like

Matthew Epstein, creator of googlepleasehire.me, has successfully grabbed the attention of Google staffers and social media followers the world over in a…

By Miranda Miller · 04 Aug 2011

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