ABOUT ARCHIVES CONTACT SUBSCRIBE TWITTER What’s the law around aggregating news online? So much of the web is built around aggregation — gathering together interesting and useful things from around the Internet and presenting them in new ways to an audience. Its the foundation of blogging and social media. Kimberley Isbell of our friends the Citizen Media Law Project has assembled a terrific white paper on the current state of the law surrounding aggregation — what courts have approved, what they havent, and where the (many) grey areas still remain. AFP v. MORE >>

It sits squarely in the social networking space, but it has a different twist - one from which I think businesses may be able to gain valuable insights, all while allowing people to enjoy themselves. But like the other sites, it's also a social network itself. But if you're looking for a hot tip on who's a mover and shaker and is worthy of your investment, I'd recommend these two points: Think of the people in your networks who are the most active content producers (tweets, videos uploaded or commented on, blog posts written, etc.) What is it? MORE >>

Can social networks help with medical research? The world’s first genetics-based social network – as 23andMe labels itself – is looking to show they can. The company recruited people using social media, and at Parkinson’s research conferences. Emily Drabant, research director at 23andMe, says ”We know that there are many genes, so the idea is when you aggregate across many thousands of people you can start to see genes that have perhaps a small effect on risk for Parkinson’s. Around 1 million people in the U.S. MORE >>

For every wonderful aspect of the social media world that allows information to travel at the speed of light across the world, there is a negative aspect that creeps in and makes us question the validity of it all. The key for all of us out there who rely on Twitter and other real-time social media sources for our news is to wait for additional reports. The internet, social media, and real-time news aggregation are wonderful things that are vulnerable based upon their very nature. Social Freshness Social Media Social Networks Twitter news real time MORE >>

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks December 21st, 2010 Tweet I first heard about Amplify earlier this year; I believe it was at the January chapter meeting of IABC/DC Metro. My friend (and client, but he’s a friend first) Shashi Bellamkonda is, I think, genetically-wired to try and talk about new things – no doubt why he’s Network Solutions’ “social media swami,&# and he mentioned it. Bingo. MORE >>