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10 Coolest Offline Twitter’s Fail Whales

  • March 1st, 2010 by Ann Smarty
Internet realia gets more and more visibility in the “offline” (“real”) world. Here’s one genius example: awesome offline interpretations of Twitter’s fail whale: 1. Sand fail whale… Read more

Google’s Getting All Up in Your Face(book)

  • February 25th, 2010 by Tisha Tolar
If you haven’t already seen it, your Facebook posts might be showing up in Google search results around the web. The search engine honcho has indeed begun to index Facebook content and has already been indexing information from MySpace and Twitter.… Read more

Social Networking Goes To The Dogs

  • February 24th, 2010 by Tisha Tolar
Social media isn’t just for us humans anymore.  Pet lovers around the world are using social networking sites to connect their pets, as well as each other.   Sites  and apps like Dogbook, Catbook, Petizens, and AnimalAttraction.com are just a few of the pet-themed social media sites popping up on the Internet recently. … Read more

A ‘Buzz’ Kill For Google?

  • February 24th, 2010 by Tisha Tolar
There’s not much of a buzz for Buzz, Google’s latest foray into social networking.  Some technology experts are calling it “social networking for the anti-social”, others are calling it a “social networking aggregator” that does little more than funnel information from similar sites through it, and yet others say that it’s not quite different enough from its competitors Twitter and… Read more

Things to Consider Before Marketing in Social Media

  • February 19th, 2010 by Ann Smarty
Today I came across this article on tracking social media marketing and was quite impressed. Some points are just awesome and definitely deserve more attention. Here are some of my favorite take-aways:… Read more

Blogs without Comments?

  • February 12th, 2010 by Ann Smarty
It may seem crazy, but in all honesty, many blogs are taking a different approach to the whole commenting system. We’ve always come to view comments as a major part of a blog, and in truth it is, but what happens when things get out of hand?… Read more

Monster Acquires Yahoo HotJobs for a Cool $225 Million

  • February 5th, 2010 by Ann Smarty
They’re big enough to take out multimillion dollar ads in the Super Bowl, they have cornered the online job search market, and now they’re adding to their awesome portfolio by buying out Yahoo’s HotJobs which ranks second in the online job search market.… Read more

Kids, Cells, and Social Media

  • February 2nd, 2010 by Tisha Tolar
The cell phone is the one piece of technology that can do just about everything  kids seem to enjoy, according to one recent study.  The cell phone allows kids to engage in various forms of social entertainment all through one little piece of equipment.  Kids can talk, text, listen to music, watch videos and play games. … Read more

Social Networking Sites Lifeline For Haitian Earthquake Relief

  • January 26th, 2010 by Tisha Tolar
Social networking is proving to be the fastest and best means of communication between earthquake-ravaged Haiti and the rest of the world.  Both Facebook and Twitter have launched campaigns to help the relief efforts in the devastated country following the massive January 12 quake. … Read more

Social Media: Changing the Way Organizations Communicate

  • January 19th, 2010 by Tisha Tolar
Organizations small and large can benefit from the new obsession with social media. Communication in any organization is an essential function of getting the job done. Organizations and businesses have internal communication needs, external communication needs and then public information sharing. … Read more