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Would you let a social media site sell the content you created using that site? There’s been a lot of debate lately over the ownership of each little tidbit of content that appears on the Internet.  Lady Gaga wants the copyright on any picture an…

Sometimes, good customer service causes a social media crisis. In short, from StarTribune restaurant critic Rick Nelson: two Saturdays ago, Bob Harper, a minor TV celebrity, decided to eat at Bar La Grassa in downtown Minneapolis that evening.  But when his American Express concierge called…

Herman Melville was a penner. John Lennon was a guitarer. Picasso was a brusher. Edith Piaf was a mouther. (Although in the photo above she is doubling as a microphoner. Impressive.) Howard Roark was a (fictional) hammerer. Eugene O’Neill was a typewriterer. Fred Astaire was…

As you probably saw or heard this week, Twitter launched “Promoted Tweets,” a new advertising platform that could be a potential opportunity for Twitter profiles run by brands. Key Promoted Tweets takeaways: The Promoted Tweets platform is currently in “Phase 1” Only displaying the tweets…

On Wednesday, Union Square Ventures founder and Twitter venture capitalist Fred Wilson wrote on his blog that Twitter has reached an inflection point, a post that was widely seen as threatening to third-party developers of applications that live on top of the Twitter platform. Would…

Fascinating. The geo-location social network Loopt was “the Foursquare of 2008,” but has kept very quiet and off my personal radar for the last year. They’ve now added some content partnerships with Metromix, Zvents and SonicLiving and launched a better Blackberry app. They also announced…

Gonzo’s adventures continued another day regardless of the fact that his face was on Wanted posters around town and a posse of lawmen were scouring the countryside for his hide. Even the livestock equipped with heat-seaking missiles coundn’t keep Gonzo from delivering the following nuggets…

Despite being pursued by a pack of starved and rabid wild dogs, our tireless blogger Gonzo was able to crash Day 3 of SXSW and bring back these illicit insights: 2009 Iran Election: Women’s Revolution or Twitter Revolution? The panel was moderated by Shireen Mitchell…

Google recently announced the launch of Google Buzz, a service that allows users to post status updates, photos, videos and other content in the hopes of creating a hub of digital conversation. Sound familiar? Google Buzz is direct competition to social networks and microblogs such…

Last week, I wrote how location-based services are making loyalty marketing sexy; today Tasti D-Lite has introduced a great example. The frozen dessert and drink peddler appears to be the first retailer to tie an offline activity, swiping a loyalty card at check-out, with location…