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Forbes
May 17
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A look at the biggest names in American society as ranked by their influence and topicality in social media. Data from a survey conducted by social marketing firm Social Toaster.
CNNMoney.com
May 17
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The Syrian Electronic Army has claimed another victim -- the Financial Times.
Market Intelligence Center
May 16
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While social media site Twitter has been around for years, it appears to have had a serious uptick in popularity over the past couple of years. Once viewed as the next big social media site to fall victim to Facebook's (FB) domination, Twitter has...
Cloud Computing
May 16
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VooDoo BBQ & Grill has chosen the Punchh Marketing Automation Platform, a cloud-based, mobile device, social media, and POS-integrated platform that rewards loyal customers for purchases, word of mouth, and referrals with points redeemable for...
TechCrunch
May 16
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Social analytics startup Awe.sm has been growing quickly and getting a lot of interest from brands that want to use its platform for measuring the effectiveness of their social media campaigns. With that in mind, the company has hired a new CEO,...
NPR
May 16
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Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said anyone using social media sites — and especially Twitter — "has lost this world and his afterlife." Many Saudis have turned to social media sites for news and to discuss issues they might otherwise...
Green World Investor
May 16
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It is undoubtedly true that the mobile phones have taken a toll over the global economy development. The world is no more a big place and people can now contact any person staying miles away in a matter of seconds. Mobility has improved at large....
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Social media describes websites that allow users to share content, media, etc. Common examples are the popular social networking sites like Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, etc. Social media also includes YouTube, Photobucket, Flickr, and other sites aimed at photo and video sharing. News aggregation and online reference sources, examples of which are Digg and Wikipedia, are also counted in the social media bucket. Micro-blogging sites such as twitter can also be included as social media.
- News Corporation (NWS) owns Myspace, the most-viewed website in the world. It also purchased Photobucket, a photo-sharing website.
- Yahoo! (YHOO) has been making moves to enter the social media segment. Its Flickr photo-sharing website and 360 social networking site are examples of this.
- Google (GOOG) purchased YouTube, a leading online video sharing website.
- Microsoft (MSFT) announced a minority $240 million investment in Facebook in late October, valuing the company at an estimated $5 to $15 billion overall.
- AOL announced on March 2008 the $850 million purchase of Bebo. At the time, Bebo was the third largest social networking site behind MySpace and Facebook in terms of page views and unique monthly visitors, both key metrics for online advertising
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