The blogosphere is abuzz with the results of a new  CEO.com survey which looked for social media accounts for all of the CEOs of the Fortune 500, and found that 70% of CEOs are not using social media. This post from PRSA has a really good run down of several posts analysing the report and the reasons why uptake by CEOs is so low – for example, a summary of this Forbes article CEOs Afraid Of Going Social Are Doing Shareholders A Massive Disservice  - so I won’t reinvent the wheel here, but here’s the killer quote for me. Satisfaction guaranteed. MORE >>

The holiday numbers are in, the mobile user surveys are done, and the implications for brands, retailers and marketers are profound. recent Performics survey of 502 U.S, The time it takes websites to load is a deterrent for 34 percent of mobile users surveyed. The blogosphere is full of excellent case studies and examples that show how brands and retailers are communicating and engaging with customers based on their location. John Stevens examines this mobile megatrend and shares eight tips for creating and executing a successful mobile strategy. Under pressure. MORE >>

The report found that 48% of the surveyed companies have a “corporate blog” or a “branded blog”. And bloggers do talk about brands: according to Technorati’s latest State Of Blogosphere report (edition 2010, released earlier this month), 42% of respondents say they blog about brands they love or…hate. In 2006 Debbie Weil’s successful “The Corporate Blogging Book” was published. Robert Scoble and Shel Israel published “Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers”, and everyone was talking about “conversations” and “blogging”. MORE >>

According to Business Insider , an Intel executive said that that (despite all the hype about tablets and smartphones) a CES survey actually revealed that more users wanted a new PC for Christmas than a smartphone, for example. It’s conceivable that wireless products shown in Las Vegas that fail to get the attention of the press/blogosphere will matter to marketers down the road. In last year’s survey, Google/Android narrowly missed out to be the biggest story of 2010 but this year. 2010 KPMG survey of U.S. But what’s really new? In other words, loozas). MORE >>

The blogosphere has been buzzing recently in response to a Wall Street Journal article declaring that e-mail is dead. recent Pew Internet survey found: “The median age of a Twitter user is 31, which has remained stable over the past year. Social media, particularly its use in business communications, is still in its early days, and like anything new and different, there’s plenty of mythology surrounding it. Mail Is Dead. Unfortunately, the Journal didn’t say e-mail was dead, but reported on Oct. 12 in Why Email No Longer Rules , “Email has had a good run as king of communications. MORE >>