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08 Oct 2009 09:42

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Tech: Here’s a big social media graphic for you kids to chew on

MySpace is dipping big time, Facebook is growing super-fast, and so is Twitter, except Twitter is still closer to the bottom than the top. source
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07 Oct 2009 11:01

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Tech: Looking for a loyal social media lover? Look to Facebook.

  • 20% of Facebook users will come back for some more of your blog’s lovin’; Digg users are also loyal source
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27 Sep 2009 12:04

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Tech: Why everyone wants to share their articles online (including us!)

  • Twitter users, on average, click a link posted to a site source
  • LinkedIn users click a link when it’s posted to that site source
  • Digg users click a link every time a new one’s posted source
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20 Sep 2009 20:30

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Tech: You don’t need a gaydar; you need someone’s Facebook profile

A bunch of MIT researchers figured out you could figure out whether or not someone was gay based on their Facebook friends alone. Stalkers. source
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17 Sep 2009 10:26

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Tech, U.S.: Apps.Gov: The government hearts cloud computing, apparently

  • If you wanted the government to tell you using Facebook is smart, here you go. Apps.Gov is the U.S. government’s attempt to give a seal of approval to cloud computing – that nebulous internet thing that most people use on a daily basis without even realizing it. What’s amusing to us, beyond the useful productivity apps that the General Services Administration offers for purchase, is that they have a whole page devoted to social media. On this page, they tell you what you’ve already known for years if you have even a minor amount of technical knowledge: Wordpress, Facebook and YouTube (but surprisingly, not Twitter) are awesome! Thanks for the tips, brah. source
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13 Sep 2009 11:40

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Tech: Cut the crap: Is Facebook Lite a smart direction for all software?

Giving people software in a lite version that simplifies the feature set – while keeping the full version around – is smart, says Technologizer’s Harry McCracken. source
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11 Sep 2009 13:51

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Tech: Daily poll: Facebook, Twitter, and your social-networking rights

  • Biz Stone says your tweets are yours. Yesterday, the Twitter CEO updated the site’s blog and told users that while Twitter can distribute as it would like, “they are your tweets and they belong to you.” As Facebook has faced lots of criticism from users about privacy issues (and MySpace has a rep as a place for sex predators), social networking often runs into issues with the rights of its users. So, that’s what this poll is about. Have an opinion? Vote. source
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10 Sep 2009 19:09

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Tech: Facebook figured that today was the day to steal Twitter’s playbook

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08 Sep 2009 23:54

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Tech, U.S.: Barack Obama sez you should watch your back on Facebook

  • Well, let me give you some very practical tips. First of all, I want everybody here to be careful about what you post on Facebook, because in the YouTube age, whatever you do, it will be pulled up again later somewhere in your life.
  • President Barack Obama • Discussing the danger of posting your entire personal life on Facebook – because, as everyone with half a brain knows, that stuff comes back to haunt you like a child you had with a filmmaker you were working with. Or a bunch of AIM messages with a congressional page. Or a lewd bathroom encounter in a Minneapolis airport. Or a stash of money hidden in a freezer. We could go on, but you get the idea. • source
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07 Sep 2009 11:50

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Tech: Your brain on Twitter < Your brain on Facebook. Any questions?

  • On Twitter you receive an endless stream of information, but it’s also very succinct. You don’t have to process that information. Your attention span is being reduced and you’re not engaging your brain and improving nerve connections.
  • University of Stirling (Scotland) psychologist Dr Tracy Alloway • Describing the difference between Facebook and Twitter usage. Since tweets are so short, you’re not thinking as much, which damages your working memory. Facebook has the opposite effect. Which means, in the long term, Twitter makes you dumber and Facebook makes you smarter. • source
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