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Ping Celebrates One Million New Users

Ping got one million users after an effortless media push from Apple, consisting of a press release, a bulk newsletter and a few “exclusive” statements to selected media.

6Sep2010 | Mihaela Lica | 0 comments | Continued
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Can’t fight them? Join them: MySpace Syncs With Facebook and Twitter

MySpace thought to turn the increasing popularity of their long time rival Facebook and microblogging platform Twitter in their favour and take advantage of their large user base: they have synchronized their service with Facebook and Twitter, allowing users to share content on the two social networks, including music, videos, links, and photos.

4Sep2010 | Alina Popescu | 0 comments | Continued
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New Milestone for Twitter: 145 Million Registered Users

Twitter CEO and co-founder Evan Williams annoucned the microblogging platform has surpassed the 145 million registered users milestone and more people are using mobile devices to log on and send out the famous 140 character tweets.

3Sep2010 | Alina Popescu | 0 comments | Continued
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Wikio Has a New Look

Luxembourg-based Wikio, an information portal with a news search engine that searches press sites and blogs, got a face-lift.

2Sep2010 | Liliana Dumitru-Steffens | 0 comments | Continued
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Chatroulette Mimics Twitter Where They Shouldn’t – Downtime

Chatroulette, the failwhale of Twitter wasn’t anything we enjoyed, and their service actually helped us. So of all the things you chose to mimic from Twitter, that was the wrong choice Andrey. Chatroulette is down, again. The fad of the famous video chat internet meme that still isn’t a year old seems to be fading in the night.

1Sep2010 | Ryan Cox | 0 comments | Continued
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PayPal and Slide Co-Founder Max Levchin Joins Google’s Ranks

PayPal and Slide co-founder Max Levchin has become Google’s newest VP of Engineering after the search giant acquiered Slide for $182 million. Both the acquisition and the appointment of Levchin who has developed some of the most popular Facebook applications integrate in Google’s plan of making their services more social and launching a Facebook competitor, Google Me.

30Aug2010 | Ryan Cox | 0 comments | Continued
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Internet Memes Are the Best High-Five in the World

Internet memes tend to spread fast via the Internet, delivering messages quickly and effectively and having a huge impact on millions of people. Consider the hype and numerous online magazine and blog posts around Susan Boyle or Lonelygirl15 to understand what a powerful PR tool they can become if used properly.

30Aug2010 | Ryan Cox | 1 comment | Continued
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Typominima – Free Minimal WordPress Theme for Writers

Alex Cristache of Blogsessive.com has recently released a new free Wordpress theme, Typominima, a theme designed for all bloggers with a strong appetite for writing and publishing in a beautiful environment. What sets Typominima apart is its strong focus on the writings above anything else.

25Aug2010 | Alina Popescu | 0 comments | Continued
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CareerBuilder: One-Third of Employers Use Social Media to Promote Their Organizations

A recently published CareerBuilder survey reports that 35% of employers use social media to promote their company. The survey showed about one quarter of those using social media promotion are using it to connect with clients and find new business, with an almost equal percentage (21%) focusing on researching and recruiting potential employees.

18Aug2010 | Alina Popescu | 0 comments | Continued
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Using the Cloud Crowd, Talent Taken Social 2010

Crowdsourcing was defined in 2006 by Wired’s Jeff Howe. The “Rise of Crowdsourcing” has given way to an interesting state of affairs where business utilization of the cloud is concerned. In point of fact, the crowd is so vastly utilized now many do not even classify engagement as crowdsourcing – but it is.

18Aug2010 | Phil Butler | 0 comments | Continued
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