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Twitter’s Biz Stone speaks at CIRA’s AGM

Sherrilynne Starkie

domain, held its annual general meeting and symposium in Ottawa, and Twitter co-founder Biz Stone was the closing keynote speaker. He told the crowd made up of Internet geeks, social media enthusiasts and business professionals about how Twitter was born in 2006. Using social media for research: Social Capital 2012.

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Digital grassroots: the Internet fights back

Sherrilynne Starkie

Yesterday, Michael Geis t presented a keynote address to the IABC 2012 Canada Business Communicators’ Summit which was held in Ottawa. It was during the 2006 election that first signs that a grassroots movement was taking hold were spotted, according to Geist. March 2012: Ottawa’s Twitter top 20. Related articles.

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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

2010: Twitter. Do I want to use Twitter to tell the world what Stephen Black ate for lunch or do I want to connect with an audience interested in art and creative writing? One night in 2006, over Tiger beer and carrot cake at a hawker center , my designer friend Little Ong told me about Multiply. 2012: Today. Foursquare?

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A Social Media Status Quo Pt.1-Japan

Mindjumpers

Between 2006-2011 the domestic network Mixi used to be the number one choice of media platforms among the youth. Enter Twitter and Facebook whose popularity started to increase around this time. Since 2012 LINE has become the most popular communication tool and network, and is believed to be Skype’s biggest competitor.

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World Premiere of “La Casa del Ritmo, A Film About Los Amigos Invisbles”

Idaconcpts

I just got news that the world premiere of this amazing documentary will happen this March 2012 at the Miami International Film Festival. Twitter: @casadelritmo @juanmiguelmarin. The full press release is below. Congratulations to “mis panas invisibles” and my fellow Ecuadorian, Juan Miguel Marin. “La New York, N.Y.

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6 Things The Army Taught Me About PR

Waxing UnLyrical

Twitter, which was founded in 2006, didn’t exist when I left. I literally have dozens of connections on Twitter with PR pros in the UK, Singapore and India, for example. When I return this time around, it’ll be the Spring of 2012 and I wonder what changes will be waiting. Prioritize.

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Social Media From A Worldwide Perspective: Japan

Mindjumpers

Between 2006-2011 the domestic network ”mixi” used to be the number one choice of media platforms among youth. Enter Twitter and Facebook whose popularity started to increase around this time. Since 2012 LINE has become the most popular communication tool and network, and is believed to be Skype’s biggest competitor.