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A pay-for Twitter package offering corporates verified streams and an analytics package will be available by year’s end, Twitter's founder Biz Stone said
“This takes advantage of some of the commercial use of Twitter we’ve seen from businesses like airlines and big box stores… we want to present to them a layer of features that allows them to become better at Twitter, show them some of the analytics.” He said
However he stressed that Twitter would always remain free to corporate and personal users alike, but he said Twitter would offer companies additional paid-for services.
It's been a busy time for Twitter a retweeting tool also launched. And in case you hadn't noticed, Twitter also changed to its prompt "What are you doing" prompt question to "What's Happening?" This is to open up and broaden all the things that people use Twitter for.
http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/968442/Twitter-launch-paid-for-corporate-accounts-year/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCHA pay-for Twitter package offering corporates verified streams and an analytics... more
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Social-media site Twitter plans to scrap its hand-picked list of "suggested users" to follow after controversy erupted over the selection of people on the list, a company executive said Monday Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said the company was seeking a more systematic way to introduce its prominent posters, including sports figures, celebrities and politicians, to newcomers to the site.
http://hoowstuffworks.blogspot.com/2009/11/twitter-to-scrap-controversial.htmlSocial-media site Twitter plans to scrap its hand-picked list of "suggested users" to... more
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Current has announced it's restructure to become more like every other cable channel with a 30 and 60 minute format instead of the short Current staff created and user created content that made Current stand out from the crowd and gave them a banner year. Duh.
Don't like the new Current? Come on over to Under Current (aka Current-B). This is an experiment. I'll share the admin. If you come then OK. If not. That's OK too. But it's there if you want it, when you want, now or later.
This is a Current.com alternative with the premise that it is by and for the people, not the corporations.
If you've seen Michael Moore's film, Capitalism: A Love Story, you're aware of alternatives to the dictatorial corporate management structure. Companies can be run with all workers having equal stake and control. I'm not saying we can run a website like this with everyone as admin. But I think we can share the admin duties to a few good people with the same ethics that the net and the media should be by and for the people.
Join me and add your profile, add your posts as new forum topics or blogs. Create groups. Upload film and pictures or just put the embed code into your form or blogs. Think of it as an alternative where you can post stuff you might not get away with on Current. Kind of like the public option to keep Current honest.
If it works, if enough people join, it could grow into something great. If for no other reason, just do it to give Current the message that the new format is not appreciated. People have the power when they have the balls to use it.
http://currentb.ning.com/profiles/blogs/this-is-an-experimentCurrent has announced it's restructure to become more like every other cable channel... more
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From the beginning, the profitability and viability of popular Facebook social networking games Mafia Wars and Farmville were predicated on the backs of scams, boasts Zynga CEO Mark Pincus in this video. "I did every horrible thing in the book just to get revenues," he crows in the clip to a gathered bunch of fellow scumbag app developers.
http://consumerist.com/5400720/mafia-wars-ceo-brags-about-scamming-users-from-day-oneFrom the beginning, the profitability and viability of popular Facebook social... more
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Internet giant Google has been ordered to pay USD 500,000 in damages to Formula 1 racer Rubens Barrichello for hosting fake online profiles of him on its social network
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Link: http://www.zeenews.com/news577598.htmlInternet giant Google has been ordered to pay USD 500,000 in damages to Formula 1... more
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Companies Like Top 10 Produce LLC and Harvestmark are putting technology in place to read the small stickers on produce items by using mobile phones. Once Accessed, these stickers can let consumers use social media to communicate directly with the farmer or to leave reviews about the produce. Also, the sustainability of the growing practices can be considered by consumers who are interested in supporting sustainable agriculture. And, because the produce is traceable, consumers can confirm if the produce is locally grown.
Top 10 Produce only licenses independent producers and limits the amount that any single grower can label under the Top 10 label to 1 million dollars or less per year, to even the playing field between small and large farming operations.
Top 10 uses the Databar codes already used by in-store scanners and Harvestmark has 2d codes unique to Harvestmark.
For more information about Top 10 Produce see:
http://top10produce.com/retailerbenefits.aspx
For more information about Harvestmark see:
www.harvestmark.com@kpix.dayport.com
Companies Like Top 10 Produce LLC and Harvestmark are putting... more
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PCI-Media Impact, a New York-based non-profit with 25 years experience using communications for development, is initiating its sixth year of the My Community program on November 2 with an international training on Entertainment Education and Social Marketing in Lima, Peru.
The 32 selected participants – including radio hosts, journalists, community activists, and professors– representing Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, will participate in a five-day hands-on training and learn how to design, produce and broadcast entertaining radio soap operas that address urgent community needs.
“This year’s training promises to be one of the best,” said Media Impact Programs Director, Sean Southey. “Between staff, community activists and media leaders, and representatives of current My Community coalitions, we will have representatives from leading NGOs and grassroots social movements in Latin America coming together to discuss how to create global changes beginning at the local level.”
http://3blmedia.com/theCSRfeed/PCI-Media-Impact-Hosts-International-Workshop-Entertainment-Education-and-Social-Marketin#PCI-Media Impact, a New York-based non-profit with 25 years experience using... more
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The "Farmville app" for Facebook has quickly become the most popular app of all time in Facebook's short history. Over 62 million users - and growing!
My favorite part, one pregnant lady says about her husband, "I was starving ... and he told me I’d have to wait a few more minutes so he could HARVEST HIS RASPBERRIES! I waited ... in the car and waited for his stupid raspberries to be harvested.”
I wonder what this says about our society? We are all stuck at desks, in school, living in cities and our cars - yet, 62 million of us would rather escape to a farm. I've always said, living on a farm would be much easier...I think this obsession solidifies that assumption.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/fashion/29farmville.html?_r=1The "Farmville app" for Facebook has quickly become the most popular app of all time... more
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IT'S FUNNY CAUSE ITS TRUE......
The Let-Me-Tell-You-Every-Detail-of-My-Day Bore. "I'm waking up." "I had Wheaties for breakfast." "I'm bored at work." "I'm stuck in traffic." You're kidding! How fascinating! No moment is too mundane for some people to broadcast unsolicited to the world. Just because you have 432 Facebook friends doesn't mean we all want to know when you're waiting for the bus.
The Self-Promoter. OK, so we've probably all posted at least once about some achievement. And sure, maybe your friends really do want to read the fascinating article you wrote about beet farming. But when almost EVERY update is a link to your blog, your poetry reading, your 10k results or your art show, you sound like a bragger or a self-centered careerist.
The Friend-Padder. The average Facebook user has 120 friends on the site. Schmoozers and social butterflies -- you know, the ones who make lifelong pals on the subway -- might reasonably have 300 or 400. But 1,000 "friends?" Unless you're George Clooney or just won the lottery, no one has that many. That's just showing off.
The Town Crier. "Michael Jackson is dead!!!" You heard it from me first! Me, and the 213,000 other people who all saw it on TMZ. These Matt Drudge wannabes are the reason many of us learn of breaking news not from TV or news sites but from online social networks. In their rush to trumpet the news, these people also spread rumors, half-truths and innuendo. No, Jeff Goldblum did not plunge to his death from a New Zealand cliff.
The TMIer. "Brad is heading to Walgreens to buy something for these pesky hemorrhoids." Boundaries of privacy and decorum don't seem to exist for these too-much-information updaters, who unabashedly offer up details about their sex lives, marital troubles and bodily functions. Thanks for sharing.
The Bad Grammarian. "So sad about Fara Fauset but Im so gladd its friday yippe". Yes, I know the punctuation rules are different in the digital world. And, no, no one likes a spelling-Nazi schoolmarm. But you sound like a moron.
The Sympathy-Baiter. "Barbara is feeling sad today." "Man, am I glad that's over." "Jim could really use some good news about now." Like anglers hunting for fish, these sad sacks cast out their hooks -- baited with vague tales of woe -- in the hopes of landing concerned responses. Genuine bad news is one thing, but these manipulative posts are just pleas for attention.
The Lurker. The Peeping Toms of Facebook, these voyeurs are too cautious, or maybe too lazy, to update their status or write on your wall. But once in a while, you'll be talking to them and they'll mention something you posted, so you know they're on your page, hiding in the shadows. It's just a little creepy.
The Crank. These curmudgeons, like the trolls who spew hate in blog comments, never met something they couldn't complain about. "Carl isn't really that impressed with idiots who don't realize how idiotic they are." [Actual status update.] Keep spreading the love.
The Paparazzo. Ever visit your Facebook page and discover that someone's posted a photo of you from last weekend's party -- a photo you didn't authorize and haven't even seen? You'd really rather not have to explain to your mom why you were leering like a drunken hyena and French-kissing a bottle of Jagermeister.
The Obscurist. "If not now then when?" "You'll see..." "Grist for the mill." "John is, small world." "Dave thought he was immune, but no. No, he is not." [Actual status updates, all.] Sorry, but you're not being mysterious -- just nonsensical.
The Chronic Inviter. "Support my cause. Sign my petition. Play Mafia Wars with me. Which 'Star Trek' character are you? Here are the 'Top 5 cars I have personally owned.' Here are '25 Things About Me.' Here's a drink. What drink are you? We're related! I took the 'What President Are You?' quiz and found out I'm Millard Fillmore! What president are you? You probably mean well, but stop. Just stop. I don't care what president I am -- can't we simply be friends? Now excuse me while I go post the link to this story on my Facebook page.IT'S FUNNY CAUSE ITS TRUE......
The Let-Me-Tell-You-Every-Detail-of-My-Day Bore.... more
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The body of a 17-year-old girl was found in a ditch yesterday after she was lured to her death by a man she met on the internet.The body of a 17-year-old girl was found in a ditch yesterday after she was lured to... more
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Few things have changed faster than the way we communicate. Coupled with the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or green movement, there has been an explosion of information available about how and what companies and organizations are doing to improve society and the environment.
During the past year, at least three major events have influenced how communications relate to CSR:
1) The new administration in Washington is focused on volunteerism, green-collar jobs, alternative energy and other CSR issues.
2) Bernie Madoff and the “collapse” of Wall Street spotlighted (once again) the need for greater transparency and corporate governance.
3) Consumers are demanding information about what the companies from which we buy our goods and services are doing to have a positive impact on society, improve the environment, and in general “save the world.” Companies are finally starting to be held accountable and responsible for the impact and influence they can have to affect change, and they realize the need to communicate it. From a media and PR perspective, this presents both opportunities and challenges.
Any company can issue a press release talking about all the good they’re doing, and consequently greenwashing — and a lack of authenticity has become almost epidemic. It seems every brand wants to capture the green consumer.
The media challenge: To communicate effectively in ways that a growing, “green-focused” audience, consisting of varied demographics, is responsive to and can trust. Authenticity must absolutely be obvious. The age-old, traditional press release isn’t what it used to be. Yes, there’s still a place for it in modern communications, but it’s become widely accepted that its impact is diminished.
Enter blogs and bloggers, videos, podcasts, and various commentaries … all new and different ways to reach an audience no longer receptive to traditional methods such as press releases. Combine this with issues that people are passionate about, that affect their lives and their children’s lives, such as corporate responsibility and sustainability … and that’s the mix that must be communicated. To address that, successful organizations have begun to realize that the value of delivering their messages, consistently in all different media formats, engages a passionate audience.
--an excerptFew things have changed faster than the way we communicate. Coupled with the Corporate... more
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If you are a college student or getting ready to make the jump into your university, you’ve probably experienced the Facebook phenomenon. Here are the 100 useful facebook apps for college students.If you are a college student or getting ready to make the jump into your university,... more
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We limit the combined total dollar amount of item-labeled produce that any single grower can sell under our two item labels to less than $1 Million US dollars annually. This is our small effort to even the playing field between larger and smaller farms. Research shows that larger farms, particularly those with annual revenues in excess of $1 Million per year have a significant competitive advantage as compared to small family farms. Top 10 Produce LLC will invite socially conscious consumers to play a role by alerting the consumer that our brand provides a strategic advantage in favor of smaller farms, and by reminding buyers that we only license independent growers. 100% of our items have a transparency enabling barcode.
This item level barcode will be scanned by mobile phones to tell the consumer about the farmer, whether the produce is locally grown (including a map showing the location of the farm as compared to their current location based on their cell phone's GPS ), and anything else the consumer is interested to know about that produce item. Consumer reviews of fresh produce will be available to shoppers and chefs alike.
Suggestions are encouraged and welcome, so please share thoughts, concerns, criticisms and questions. We are listening carefully.We limit the combined total dollar amount of item-labeled produce that any single... more
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