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The 2012 Social Networking Privacy Policy

Webbiquity SMM

If you were to do a Google search for some of the top social networking sites , you’ll almost certainly stumble across a news story concerning privacy issues with user data. After an intense user backlash and a decline in numbers, Instagram pledged to readjust its terms to tighten up privacy. Guest post by Athena Newton.

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Intro to Foursquare, Brightkite & Location-Based Social Media

Socialized

That doesn’t mean all of these phones will run Foursquare , Brightkite or any other popular location-based application. Foursquare, for example, runs only on iPhone and Android, though other versions are under development. As the late Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan said, “Publication is a self-invasion of privacy.&#.

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Would You Sacrifice Your Privacy For A $5 Gift Card?

The Realtime Report

Here are some of the trends revealed by Placed data (reported by Bloomberg Businessweek ): Asian American mothers shop at Trader Joe’s more often, while white moms visit big grocery chains. ” And you may already have apps on your phone that are tracking your data (Foursquare, etc). These people have opted in to being measured.”

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How to Set Your Facebook Privacy Settings If You Don't Want Your.

Saying It Social

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How to Set Your Facebook Privacy Settings If You Don’t Want Your Personal Profile Searchable Why would you want to do this? In the upper right hand corner click on Account>Privacy Settings.

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How Businesses like Sylvan Learning Center and Computer Explorers.

Saying It Social

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How Businesses like Sylvan Learning Center and Computer Explorers Can Use Foursquare Depending on where you live you may be seeing more and more businesses advertising that they participate in Foursquare.

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This Week in Social Media – 6/5/2013

Social Media Marketing

Each week, I compose a newsletter for our team that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs.

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The Social Media Venn Diagram

Jeff Esposito

Ponder on this: Narcissism- In the past year, personal branding has been a constant trending topic and buzz word across the social space. Sure much of the information is public, but when does it become an invasion of privacy? It’s a pretty graphic that calls out some of the ugliness that lies behind the social nature of these sites.