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MARCH 16, 2010

Twitter’s role as a conduit for the Zeitgeist is unrivaled, and it has almost single-handedly ushered in the era of real-time search, and social CRM. However, it’s important to recognize that 3 times more people use Facebook from a smart phone every month than use Twitter at all. I love Twitter.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Don’t Treat Fans Like Cattle To me, the key insight is less about who checks what first (although it would be interesting to see the impact of smart phone ownership on the results). 39% of the people that check email first still use Facebook daily, but their motivation for doing so remains deal-centric. All rights reserved.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

If you were Starbucks, how would you take advantage of this new network? link] giovanni ciampaglia RT @benasmith Interesting post looking at the potential of the new Starbucks Digital Network [link] [link] Marc Buote Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? "Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook?"

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Smart phone-toting attendees could snap a photo of each others’ code, and instantly follow one another within the my.SXSW social network. For those of us left home dumpster diving through the social networks for tidbits, ideas, and the “next great thing&# , this was a real treat to read.

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