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February 16th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
The general insurance unit of AIG – Chartis – has announced that in the future, they will offer insurance for businesses who wish to protect themselves in the event of any confidential company information ending up on social media website such as Twitter and Facebook. The insurance company will cover expenses that will help limit company reputation damage and financial…
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February 15th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
I was making my way home from work the other day, strolling through Bognor Regis when I walked past the office of a local taxi service. I noticed that an A4 piece of paper had been sellotaped to the window, announcing to anyone passing that the company now has both a Twitter and Facebook account. This amused me since I…
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February 15th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
Divorce lawyers are increasingly citing social networks as the source of many cases of murdered marital bliss. One attorney from Rosen Law Firm in Raleigh (UK) has argued that “Social media is a factor in almost every [divorce] in one way or another today.” Alice Stubbs of another Raleigh Law Firm; Tharrington Smith LLC supports this statement:
“In the last
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February 14th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
So, it was recently announced that music website Last.FM is aligning their business model with that of DRM music streaming service Spotify by charging users £3 a month to stream music from their mobile devices. When I first heard this news I have to admit I was pretty peeved – and to some degree I still am!
Just before Christmas,…
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February 14th, 2011 by Cijo Abraham Mani
Mashable introduces its own social layer called “Mashable Follow”. The new social layer is its beta stage. Hope this new social layer will help mashable readers to scale down the whole website into a section that only provides the kind of information they’re most interested in. Social curation is the one area that is being focused by mashable.
The follow…
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February 14th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
Social commerce wasn’t something I had taken much notice of or indeed really cared that much about until I heard talk of it being able to increase sales for an ecommerce site. Then I was interested!
Before I started to research the idea I had a notion that this was a totally new type of commerce (which we can add…
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February 11th, 2011 by Damian Davila
The rumor is true.
In my earlier post, LinkedIn Gives Away Advertising Credits, I discussed about the rumor that LinkedIn might be trying to create its cash coffers through this offer because of a possible initial public offering (IPO) early on 2011. On January 27th, LinkedIn filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which sets in…
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February 10th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
Facebook is a social networking site that was launched in February of 2004. It is privately owned. Facebook has more than 60,000,000 users. Users generally make a profile, add other users as their friends and are able to exchange messages. You have to be at least 13 years old to join Facebook.
A Compete.com study ranked Facebook as the most…
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February 9th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
Considering the amount of revenue that popular social networking websites are making these days, it is hardly surprising that there a number of chancers out there attempt to get their hands on some of the dosh. That’s not all however – social networking sites are providing plenty of avenues for people to sue other common folk too!
Twitter
Celebrity attempts…
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February 9th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
If you are new to twitter, welcome aboard! Twitter is defined as a “
succession of chirps as uttered by birds” which is actually quite fitting as the social networking site Twitter.com provides a platform for users to send a succession of short messages (140 characters) to other users who are have requested to follow them, the short messaging…
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