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Trends in Social Media Marketing in 2010
Mobile will gain in Social Networking – people will start using cell phones more extensively for social net working needs. Fall in rates, more competition between mobile service providers, and the most anticipated 3G spectrum will fuel this growth. Digital divide of the online and offline world will come together – there would be more […]
Social-Network Users’ data at risk:
Researchers find a way to identify individuals in supposedly anonymous social-network data. One way for social networks to make money is by sharing information about users with advertisers and others who are interested in understanding consumer behavior and exploiting online trends. Social networks typically promise to remove “personally identifying information” before sharing this data, to […]
Orkut and its new Look
Orkut has introduced a completely new get up facing competition with Facebook. (via Orkut Blog) The new look is a mixture taking elements from MySpace the new default color theme, updates is a are very Facebook element and last one also the see the notification like the one in gmail. What would have made a […]
Evaluating Social Network Services
Ryze has the clunkiest interface of the four major social network services — your personal home page starts with a two column profile that is professionally oriented, but has difficulty if you have more then one affliliation. Below this standard profile you can use some HTML to create a better looking section, but for non-HTML […]
What does social networking mean for business today?
As social networking sites explode in popularity, the hype and interest continue to build. But sorting the fact from the hype can be a challenge. Social networking at a high level is described as the convergence of technologies that make it possible for individuals to easily communicate, share information, and form new communities online. But […]
Social Networking Meets CRM
Blogs, forums and wikis are all tools that can help companies reach out to customers and boost business. Social-networking tools aren’t just for Facebook fanatics anymore. These days, consumers are demanding a higher degree of interactivity from customer-service departments. As a result, companies are being challenged to add online capabilities to their CRM systems. Take, […]
Devils advocate: Networking Sites be banned?
When asked this question, many people cite identity theft, social isolation, pornography and infidelity. In order to determine if these are valid points, each of these issues must be considered. Why Parents Think Social Networking Sites should be banned Many parents dislike social networking because they believe that sites such as MySpace and Facebook attract […]
A new social media aggregator:
Looking Glass, the social media aggregator from Microsoft was opened up for beta testing in January 2009. The Windows team and put in place a load-balancing plan, meant to control the number of downloads that could happen at a time so the system wouldn’t crash, and opened up the beta-testing download period on a Friday […]
A new paradigm for Microsoft:
Microsoft wants marketers to see it in a different light — not only as an ad seller but as a smart company full of geeks who can help it solve business problems. And the tech giant is using social media to prove it can do so. Today Microsoft is taking the wraps off a new […]