Tag: Facebook

  • #The Rules Of Social Media: Contests And Sweepstakes Are Fine, If You Want Short Relationships

      By FAST COMPANY STAFF, fastcompany.com   When it comes to social media success, the long game is more valuable than the short game, according to Hill Holliday’s SVP of digital strategy, Mike Proulx.   “Many brands and indi­vid­u­als mis­tak­en­ly obsess about short­cut tac­tics to gain f…   http://flpbd.it/NcEEF   #The Rules Of Social Media:…

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  • The Sensing Planet: Why The Internet Of Things Is The Biggest Next Big Thing

        The Sensing Planet: Why The Internet Of Things Is The Biggest Next Big Thing fastcocreate.com Rob van Kranenburg outlines a brief history of the next big thing—the internet of things—and argues that U.S. industry and government should be taking a more active role in its evolution. About a decade ago, I would stand…

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  • Reddit: Obama visit generates most activity

    Reddit: Obama visit generates most activity ever by Donna Tam, cnet.com The pres­i­dent breaks all the rules, breaks a Red­dit record, and draws at least 5.3 mil­lion views, news stats reveal. Pres­i­dent Barack Obama broke all the cam­paign­ing rules when he held an unmod­er­at­ed Q&A ses­sion on one of the… http://flpbd.it/NRaon Related articles How To…

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  • Employers put offices in social media pockets

    By Cory Brown, washingtontimes.com It is a man­ag­er’s prob­lem that Henry Ford and even a young Bill Gates never had to deal with – how to main­tain pro­duc­tiv­i­ty when work­ers are using valu­able com­pa­ny time to update their Face­book sta­tus or check their Twit­ter feeds. http://flpbd.it/vKpIL Employers put offices in social media pockets Related articles…

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  • The Next Gen Datacenter

    Big Data: Facebook’s next big idea By Gery Menegaz for Five Nines: The Next Gen Datacenter | August 1, 2012 — 17:00 GMT (10:00 PDT) Follow @GeryMenegaz, zdnet.com The Face­book fal­la­cy is that at its core the Social Net­work is real­ly an adver­tis­ing com­pa­ny. If you look at their quar­ter­ly report, you see that about…

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  • The Underground Economy of Buying Twitter Followers: Dealers, Abusers & Fake Accounts

      http://flpbd.it/6C2q0 The Underground Economy of Buying Twitter Followers: Dealers, Abusers & Fake Accounts Related articles The ‘Twitter Underground Economy’: Buying (fake) Twitter followers (nextlevelofnews.com) 10 Career Experts You Need to Follow on Twitter | CareerBliss (careerbliss.com) We Tried To Fly A Drone But Failed Miserably (businessinsider.com) The Drones Are Here! (And You Can Buy…

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  • Evolutionary basis of maximum connections on Facebook (150)

        Robin Dunbar: We can only ever have 150 friends at most… | Technology | The Observer.   Related articles   Social Media Maximum: 150 Friends (forbes.com) This Man Knows Exactly How Many Friends You Should Have (businessweek.com) The Dunbar Number, From The Guru of Social Networks | Drake Bennett | Business Week |…

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  • Hamilton college alumni weekend features new science center and other innovations

    I just returned from alumni weekend at Hamilton College and was amazed at the evolution of this school since I completed my studies there. A new science center that looks like an Apple store, expanding visibility for its expertise in writing, media and communications, a dynamic network of alumni and new e-learning platforms connecting it…

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  • Tangled in an endless web of distractions

    Colleges are limiting access to social media during classes due to concerns about impacts on learning. Tangled in an endless web of distractions – Boston.com. Related articles Viral Marketing in 2013 Hinges on Content Creation, Social Media (prweb.com) Tangled FX for iOS – Unique New Photo Effect – Currently #35 in Photo (themactrack.com) Oh what…

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