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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

If you don’t buy the extended warranty it costs you just to call and try to get help. I’m going to ask Apple to buy me a Zune. I think Microsoft would be more receptive to user feedback. I’ve seen this on Microsoft’s PR depts. Look at their policy about servicing you from the get go.

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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Just like Digg doesn’t like anti-Digg content reaching the front page in order to control its brand, if anyone buys Digg and there’s a negative article about said company reaching the front page, it won’t look very good for them. I live twittered hour 23 and 24 of my last story submission to Digg.

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Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Advice for students: buy yourname.com to secure your brand, make a video resume, start a Wordpress blog, use Google Reader, participate (comment on blogs and link to them), get on Facebook and LinkedIn, network, and more (see slideshow below): | View | Upload your own. One of the topics was microblogging, and Twitter was discussed.

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Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Additionally, because we feature an exclusive ad inventory from some of the biggest brands in the world including Blackberry, L’Oreal, Dominos Pizza, National Geographical, and Microsoft our ads are actively of interest to site visitors. No need to buy John Reeses’ new product that will set you back $2k.

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SXSW: Mark Zuckerberg Keynote (the edited liveblogged version)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

What about the ad deal you currently have with Microsoft? Google and Microsoft are going after social networks and some people feel aren’t monetizable. In terms of the Microsoft relationship, we want the way people make money to be in line with the way people use the site. Lacy : You’ve created a great innovation.

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Is Social Media Becoming Boring?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Abuse is bound to happen in any area that lends itself to marketing potential – should we drop it just because it’s being flooded by newbies that scream buy from me? That’s why cellphone manufacturers, Microsoft, drug manufacturers do not release all their discoveries to keep people on coming back and wanting more.

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In Memory of My Grandpa David, a Wonderful Man » Techipedia.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

“How much could I buy this for?&# In the ’90s, we gave Grandpa a 486 and I walked him through Microsoft Word (in the absence of any Internet connectivity). One day, my grandfather saw a piece of land adjacent to a small house. Before 1950, he was an Army Air Corps Crew Chief in World War II. .&# He played with fonts.

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