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Facebook Filed for a Trademark on the Word Meta. You Should See the Description.

Bill Hartzer

G & S: Downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application; Computer hardware; Downloadable software for social networking and creating and interacting with online communities; Downloadable software for creating, managing and accessing groups within virtual communities; Software development tools; Downloadable software to enable development, (..)

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An Explicit Link Between PRISM and Social Media Intelligence

Net-Savvy Executive

But several privacy groups and think tanks—including Big Brother Watch, Demos and Privacy International—have voiced concerns that the Met''s use of Socmint lacks the proper legislative oversight to prevent abuses occurring. As Wright demonstrates in his article, open-source social media monitoring raises issues, too.

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Why Government Monitoring Is Creepy

Net-Savvy Executive

We just like our conversations to be kept within the group we think we're talking to. Those open Twitter accounts and blog posts, the groups and forums that anyone can read. On other web sites, that same public record is aggregated with many others, mashed up in a map that shows house prices everywhere.

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The Bamboo Project Blog

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Shel cites a brief published by the Aberdeen Group , titled Web 2.0, I divided my group of about 25-30 people into 6 teams (it was supposed to be 8, but apparently we had problems counting) and gave each team a deck of cards and a learning scenario. Week 4-- Aggregators and RSS Feeds. Week 3-- Blogs. Week 5-- Wikis.

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Managing in the Virtual or Network(ed) Organization: News, views, and reviews of Work 2.0 tools, apps and practices

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I wonder: Have you read “The Success of Open Source&# by Steven Weber? Content Aggregation Sites: The Business Applications You Can’t Market Without. This book also provides lots of clues. Your comment. Name (required). E-Mail (Required, not published ). About | Contributor Bios | Blog Policy | Contact us. -->.

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Indians in Social Media (2009) «

The Marketing Blog

The idea is not to create a feeling of competition but a strong group which can collectively spread social media usage in India. But your aggregation and your PoV is quite refreshing IMO. Ranking: Unlike the Ad Age Power 150 rankings, I think it won’t be justified to rank Indians in Social media. technorati , back-links etc.)

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First Steps Toward Becoming a 21st Century Educator | always learning

Buzz Marketing for Technology

ve set it up, your RSS reader will aggregate all of the new posts on those fantastic blogs in one place â?? My NECC group is meeting up this week and I think one of our challenges will be making social networking accessible for newbies since we’ve been sipping the Kool-Aid for a while now. Open Source Classroom.

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