by • January 30, 2009
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Techcrunch reports that Facebook users now more than double that of MySpace. Recent data shows that 200 million unique users visited Facebook — that’s more than one out of every five people that went online. I know that’s not four out of the five dentist’s…
by • January 28, 2009
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Last week, in his annual message for the World Day of Communications Pope Benedict XVI bestowed his blessing on Facebook. OK, perhaps to call it a blessing is a bit of a stretch, let’s just say he endorsed it. From the AP story on the…
by • January 23, 2009
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WP and Rex bicker in a diplomatic manner about public relations, government, media, technology and more. WP: Here’s one hot off the press about the Obama Administration’s refusal to allow news photographers access to the Oval Office to shoot pictures of the new president’s first…
by • January 23, 2009
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In the 72 hours since Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, few subjects seem to have gotten more press attention than the administration’s use of technology. The economy? Guantánamo? Gaza? They can wait. Haven’t you heard? The president…
by • January 23, 2009
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As Barack Obama took the oath of office as the 44th US president (twice as it turned out), the world watched via numerous media outlets. But fittingly for a president who, as a candidate, used social media to such tremendous effect, the world did more…
by • January 15, 2009
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NPR hopes to gather the thoughts of millions this coming January 20 by issuing a social media call to action to anyone and everyone. Using tags on Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, along with an iPhone app and text messaging short code, NPR’s social media desk will…
by • January 15, 2009
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If you weren’t one of the 82K+ folks who sacrificed friends in exchange for a free Whopper in the past week, you may have missed your opportunity. Citing privacy concerns, Facebook yesterday forced BK and the application’s developers to remove the functionality where Whopper Sacrifice…
by • January 12, 2009
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A lot of companies still wonder if they need a blog. It’s not always clear why they would want one or what they’d do with it. For my part, there are two really big reasons to have a corporate blog: To make your own news…
by • January 8, 2009
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All of this talk about sacrificing friends has me thinking about my out of control online friendships. See, I’ve got lots of so-called friends. There are my 885 MySpace friends, 346 Facebook friends, 164 LinkedIn connections and 1,483 Twitter followers (of whom I follow back…
by • January 8, 2009
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What have you done for me lately? I’m not sure our friendship is what it used to be. It’s not you; it’s me. Would I rather 1) continue our superficial online friendship, or 2) drop you and enjoy a tasty Burger King Whopper? If your…