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Teens & Young Adults Prefer Facebook Over Blogs

Firebelly

Blogging by teens (ages 12-17) has been cut in half - from 28 percent in 2006 to 14 percent in 2009. Where did they go? Social networking sites (SNS). 73 percent of teens and 72 percent of Gen Y are now active on at least one SNS. 71 percent of young adults prefer Facebook while 66 percent of younger teens prefer Myspace.

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A Brief History of the Evolution of Social Technology

Social Media Marketing

The Impact on Communication Habits and Business Harvard Business School proclaims social media and networking to be the "the most significant business development of 2010." Used to rally demonstrators, Facebook postings, mobile phone images and SMS messaging played a huge role in organizing a thus-far loose-knit regime opposition.

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Why I Rarely Answer My Phone | Bare Feet Blog

Bare Feet Studios

Roxanne Darling August 12, 2010 at 4:51 pm Hey Bill – You don’t listen to your voice mail? Bill Cammack August 12, 2010 at 5:02 pm You’re welcome, Rox. :) To expand on my point, what I do is very “Set it and forget it&#. And when we had our little earthquake here a few years back, phone did not work tho SMS did!

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

SocialFish

On January 12, 2010, I didn’t personally experience the major earthquake that hit Haiti, but I was forever changed by it. But I wasn’t prepared for the type of incoming information I saw in the weeks after January 12, 2010. In the midst of inexplicable tragedy, my personal definition of the social web got rocked.

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Five Benefits to Using Twitter Â? Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

When email is unavailable, there’s almost always SMS. Still Learning December 19, 2009 at 5:07 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } Exeter Design April 6, 2010 at 8:34 pm Thanks for the article. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Still, they were interested in my whereabouts and wanted me to email them.

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Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Brightkite: Email and SMS – mobile web is definitely the wave of the future. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Favorite – making things easily accessible is one of the tenants of the Internet. So marking a conversation or message, to be found easily later, should be one of the first features implemented.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

People will share content on mobile devices through IR/SMS/email. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. You will be able to take a photo of barcodes that will be located everywhere (menus, receipts, posters, signs, business cards, etc.) and your phone will visit the related Web site. All sites will have to display on mobile devices.