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More on Social Media and Language Skills

Socialized

The language of emoticons and SMS (text message) abbreviations might be appropriate for some friends, in some settings, but not for certain contacts and interactions in the academic and career worlds. This year, for example, the New Oxford American Dictionary announced that “unfriend&# was its “Word of the Year&# for 2009.

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Intro to Foursquare, Brightkite & Location-Based Social Media

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Foursquare, for example, runs only on iPhone and Android, though other versions are under development. Foursquare is available for iPhone and Android , and can also be managed via SMS. That doesn’t mean all of these phones will run Foursquare , Brightkite or any other popular location-based application.