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A Brief History of the Evolution of Social Technology

Social Media Marketing

To truly appreciate social media and the ubiquitous nature of the Internet, the consumer must first remember the wireless networks' distant and humble beginnings. Piggybacking on Herz' radio wave, Marchese Guglielmo Marconi translated the wave into a wireless signal that would make short-distance radio transmissions possible.

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

Bill Hartzer

I’ve read quite a number of trademark applications over the years, as part of my expert witness work , but also as part of DNProtect , but when I looked at the Meta trademark application from Facebook, my jaw dropped. The screen capture above is only the beginning, it only shows a small part of the Meta trademark. Just think.

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Changes in News Delivery Give New Power to Press Releases

Proactive Report

10% were using the so-called “cloud”—or hosted applications, or services delivered over the Internet. While there were vigorous conversations going on in forums and message boards, there were no social networks. Forrester Research reports that 59% are active in social networks. Just 5% had broadband at home.

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Live cross-platform mobile gaming arrives

The Way of the Web

Social networks don’t make students dumb → Live cross-platform mobile gaming arrives July 16th, 2010 · View Comments The idea of gaming with all your friends regardless of which console they use is fairly unusual, even today, but it’s already a reality in the mobile games market. You’ll need to have Android 2.0

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Five Productivity Tools for PR Pros

Waxing UnLyrical

Plaxo: contacts, calendar and e-cards As a social network, I think Plaxo is pretty dismal, no matter how much it tries to Face-Twit-book-terify itself. Bonus: it helps identify holes in your time management skills, including the amount of time you spend in/on social media. I use BusyCal which is like iCal but on steroids.

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The Top 130 Minnesota Tech Companies on Twitter

Webbiquity SMM

Twitter is consistently rated as the second-best social network for B2B and tech companies, behind only LinkedIn. Which businesses understand the “social” part of social network, and which are just there to broadcast? tech.mn, Frontend Masters, and Request Metrics are the least social.

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Being Lightweight: Tools We Use | Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Social Networking - We have presence on the major social networks, but they arent a part of our day-to-day work. We have serious questions about the time it takes to really make the networks work, especially Facebook. Home Network - We have all our computers, printers and music system hooked together wirelessly.

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