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Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

First, I’m going to say kudos to Apple for trying involve themselves in the world of social media. Let’s envision this scenario: a user has a support issue about an Apple product. Apple has no such protocol in place, and at this point, there is no engagement. I’m going to stop there, though. No acknowledgment.

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Digital Literacy, Pragmatism and the Social Construction of Reality at dougbelshaw.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Much, in fact, like the term ‘horseless carriage’ ( Image credit: yellow rope with knot by limonada @ Flickr ). Google Reader. Google Reader Shared Items Hosted by. Flickr /dougbelshaw. Related articles by Zemanta. What Makes Us Literate These Days? Digital literacy vital to UK’s future.

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The Microsoft Surface's Beauty is Only "Surface Deep"

Stay N' Alive

In addition, I could pull in my photos from Facebook and Flickr and elsewhere and load those, right inside the OS. Facebook and Flickr now become options on top of the other folders on the drive. They're trying to compare themselves to Apple at that price point, and have specifically done so in their demonstrations and advertising.

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

Buzz Marketing for Technology

The best way to do that is using an RSS reader like Google Reader or Netvibes. ve set it up, your RSS reader will aggregate all of the new posts on those fantastic blogs in one place â?? feature in Google Reader, which brings all of your address book contactsâ?? apps such as Google Reader and iTunes U.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Once online, it caught the attention of executives at Apple who flew him into California to make it a commercial reality. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Would you have known that it was created by an 18-year-old student in his spare time?

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Google Apps – no more free sign-ups, no more Freemium

The Way of the Web

I can’t remember how long I used the free versions of Spotify or Flickr for, but it was months and years before I then took the decision to pay for both services, and I’ve remained a customer ever since.

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Why Customer Service Should Be in Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social media, quite simply, relates to the usage of content created by easily accessible publishing technologies (social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter, photo publishing sites such as Flickr, video sites like YouTube and Vimeo) that is generated by the hundreds of millions of consumers utilizing these technologies.