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 | A recent [URL="http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1448/latinos-internet--usage-increase-2006-2008"]survey[/URL] by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that the percentage of Latinos who use the Internet has jumped, and that a larger percentage of Latinos than blacks now use the Internet. From 2006 to 2008, Internet use among Latino adults rose by 10 percentage points, … |
 | To avoid misunderstanding let me say first of all that internet is free and must be free forever… also I think that from now on the net must seriously auto regulate itself to avoid big problems from politic in the near future… I’m reading and thinking a lot about the … |
| | You could call it Santa 6.0. In what's becoming a regular product cycle, Google [URL="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/now-dasher-now-dancer-track-santa-and.html"]announced[/URL] today the new features that Santa-tracking kids of all ages could expect starting on Christmas Eve at 2 am EST: primarily, support for the Google Earth plug-in, meaning that users will be able to watch …  |
| | Hewlett-Packard is scrambling to respond to an issue brought up by a Dec. 10 YouTube video demonstrating that the facial tracking software used in some of its laptops doesn't recognize black people. HP responded to the issue yesterday [URL="http://www.thenextbench.com/t5/Voodoo-Blog/Customer-Feedback-is-Important-to-Us/ba-p/51351"]in its blog[/URL], and it's starting to go viral today. In the … |
| | Almost [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story220055.html"]exactly a year[/URL] after Facebook users complained that the site was deleting pictures of them with their nursing babies, now they're complaining that they can't show pictures of their pregnant bellies, either. The Facebook group [URL="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=86701642170&ref=search&sid=792620396.4283721828..1"]"Allow pregnant women to display pictures of their baby bump!!!!"[/URL] was formed on June … |
| | Tis the season to be giving and if you have a business, it is very important to spread the love. So would you give your clients an virtual good or gift instead? Would you accept virtual gifts from a vendor? |
| | I have read many blog posts online about how being on social media can help alleviate depression, especially among the elderly. The other flip side of the coin is that social media can increase depression, especially during the holidays. How? Well, what about other Facebook "friends" post pictures of their … |
| | The following letter was posted on Facebook by the founder, Mark Zuckerberg, in response to the site reaching 350 million users. Looks like Mark has some interesting plans for the future... [I]It has been a great year for making the world more open and connected. Thanks to your help, more …  |
| | I read a LinkedIn post with the same above title and some say Orkut. I say, Myspace. What do you say? |
| | Whenever I am trying to assess the popularity of a topic, I may go to YouTube or Facebook to see if I find any user generated content on it. So other than using social media for this type of research, how else have you used it for gathering insights? |
| | It now seems that there is a new app or tool on social media that will help resolve everyday's communication and issues. I have seen different communities rising up every day, especially when I read killer startup or silicon alley. So other than us still stuck brushing our teeth, what … |
| | Almost all the businesses I know what to create a Facebook page but I do wonder, what happens next? Does the business actually measure the results of having the Facebook Page, both on Facebook and ROI seen through additional business transactions or sales? Did the business use a third party … |
| | I just read this blog and it makes total sense. [url]http://www.socialmediatoday.com/SMC/156630[/url] I personally prefer to be a social media scientist since I can link success of a social media campaign with real metrics and some type of metrics. What do you think? |
| | I just read on a blog that Real CEOs dont send email holiday cards. As a CEO of my own company, I prefer to send gift packages but I do argue with the blogger that emails do take more than 3 seconds to create it. [url]http://www.taariqlewis.com/articles/19363/real-ceos-dont-send-electronic-holiday-greeting-ca/[/url] So what do you … |
| | With the increase of smart phones, getting a mobile site for a business may be the next smart option. From a social media angle, having a mobile site may be more luring for the tweeters to view it on their smart phone. So when you are creating a mobile site, …  |
| | I am trying to do marketing for website fmradios.pk, please suggest me the ways. Regards, Sonia-4563 |
| | Read about this on mashable, started to check it out but I wanted to post it up here. If you like Digg but do not like hunting for what you want and you like the StumbleUpon model, then DiggStr might be for you. From what I have seen they are … |
 | [URL="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/17/google-acquire-buy-yelp/"]TechCrunch reports[/URL] that Google is in advanced stage negotiations to purchase [URL="http://www.yelp.com/boston"]Yelp[/URL], the online local business review service. This is a deal that makes so much sense for Google, it makes me wonder why they haven't done it already. As I [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story247150.html"]wrote yesterday[/URL], mobile is a big part of the … |
 | You might by now have heard that Hewlett-Packard has come in for criticism for its webcams' inability to follow black faces through its face recognition software. My thanks to the [URL="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/Called-Racist-HP-Says-Thanks-for-the-Feedback-79822477.html"]NBCBayarea[/URL] website for drawing my attention to this [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4DT3tQqgRM&feature=player_embedded#"]YouTube link[/URL], which pretty much proves it. Let me make it clear … |
| | In case you didn't know - and I'm betting you did - some activists from Iran apparently hacked Twitter during last week so instead of seeing Twitter's home page people saw a poem in Persian (people under 44 might not be aware that Persia was the old name for Iran … |
| | I just read this post on Social Media Today and I hope you all enjoy it. [url]http://www.socialmediatoday.com/SMC/157376[/url] The prediction that made me say, "Umm" was that SEO will fall out of favor. What do you think? |
| | Though Social Media is now an integral part of Internet Marketing, it is still emerging and evolving. Thus, some terms and measurement of social media marketing are still ambiguous and not really measurable. So I wonder if readers on this board have read or know of social media standards? |
| | Believe it or not, many visitors to YouTube or Myspace are actually tapping those sites to listen music. Yup, rather than going to Pandora or buying the song on iTunes, visitors are using YouTube as a music radio stop. I know I sometimes do it while I know some co-workers … |
| | Influence Marketing. I just read on this post - [url]http://www.socialmediatoday.com/SMC/157376[/url] that said that Social Media Marketing is not really capturing the true meaning and power of user generated content. So what do you think? |
| | When I was a little boy and when I became a father, one of my favorite holiday traditions was going to the local mall (or for a treat, to Macy's on 34th Street in Manhattan) to see Santa, sit on the old guy's knee, get the annual picture and share … |
| | Sometimes, I search some business to business site,then register for my website.But the number isn't very large,my website is about toy,furry toy,plush toy.I wish get many valuable information from everybody. |
| | In the social media universe we have a number of successful social media channels that are humming along and getting lots of traffic and playing a large role in the world of e-marketing and community building. There are also quite a few that have either died or just faded away … |
| | As I work with a number of different clients who are using e-mail campaigns (through Constant Contact as well as their corporate e-mail), Blogging and social media enagagement (twitter, FB, youtube) to drive leads to their e-commerce sites, I am curious to know which ones work the best and in … |
| | Back even a few years ago, people sent christmas cards. Now, including me, I have sent an e-card, happy text, or left a holiday greeting on social media communities. So what do you think? Are you a modern day happy holiday wisher or a traditionalist? Do you think that modern … |
| | Hi Im a high school student with a decent amount of traffic on my site. Im wondering whether I should blow literally all my money on vBulletin or stick with a phpbb forums? (As of now I havent added the forum function to my site) Is it worth it? What … |
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