Three-quarters of Japanese social network users access the sites only from their mobile phones. This observation comes from a survey conducted last year with almost 4,000 social network users in Japan by Mobile Marketing Data Labo. of respondents only accessed social networking sites from their mobile phone (and not from their PC). This is a reflection on the mobile nature of the internet in Japan where 3G penetration stands at 95% of the market and 85% of customers have a data plan added to their contract. Image via Wikipedia. MORE >>

While, the diary still scored over cellphone in some of the features the socially conscious consumer just wanted to have a single device. Fast forward to 20 September 2010 i.e. today where I just finished reading Kapil Ohri’s latest write-up on afaqs.com which talks about Poken – a USB enabled pen drive type social business card device. The device allows users to exchange their contact details and social networking profile within a few seconds. Cultural Differences: India as a market is fundamentally different when compared with the Western world. MORE >>

Blog About Clients Cases Tribesourcing Video People & Contact Bloggers « Twitter Launches Official Twitter Sharing Button Location Based Social Media for Brands » The 2010 Social Network Map Posted by Anne Herngaard Aug 16th, 2010 Tweet Imagine how the world would look like, if it was made of social networks. Facebook seems to be the largest country on the map, and it is a really fast indicator of where to spend your social media efforts. It is simple and an illustrative way to show the different scale between networks. MORE >>

During the past few years, social media has been an individual sport: A way to put out your shingle and start making a name for yourself. While groups, businesses and associations can all leverage the tools, there is often the feeling that social media has been meant to level the playing field rather than support traditional hierarchy. The Read & Trust network is a fantastic example of writers banding together to both help raise awareness for their individual work while building a business model. Social Media future of social media michael schechter networks MORE >>

Of the top 10 most trafficked social networking sites, LinkedIn is a bit of an anomaly. Its Compare that to the new social media darling, Pinterest.com. With numbers like these you can’t help but wonder how LinkedIn will compete for mindshare when interest-based social networks are cropping up everywhere and stealing bigger pieces of the consumer engagement pie? To date, LinkedIn has focused more attention on bringing users from Twitter, Facebook and Google+ deeper into its social network.  This is a guest post by Kevin Green. MORE >>