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What Does it Mean When Social Media Companies Can’t Survive?

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It reminds me of the halcyon days of first Microsoft’s dominance and then Google’s. Tags: Facebook social media google microsoft jay baer 12seconds.tv They now have to compete with Facebook right out of the blocks. Everyone was always wondering what they were going to do next. That’s what that means.

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The Rub of Social Ubiquity

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What we all need to understand though, is that Google, Facebook and Microsoft want to keep us in network, 24 seven 365. Our digital footprint is becoming one which isn’t etched in sand but more like one cast in clay and concrete. Every one of these &# actions&# has or will have a social component attached to it.

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10 social sites you might have missed

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Though you will have to download Microsoft’s Silverlight to really see it in all of its glory. I haven’t supplied you with a post that directs you to some cool social sites lately, for that I apologize. So here we go. 1) Check out Tagxedo. It’s Wordle , but on steroids. 2) Start selling in 60 seconds with Tinypay.

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It’s Not About Social Anymore

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Dell in so many words has admitted it and Microsoft with its rollout of its own tablet to compete directly with Apple has validated it. The data proves it out and so do retailers, consumers and manufacturers. They are experiencing it first hand. If you haven’t noticed, the desktop is dead. We love portability.

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On Dependence of 3rd Party Platforms and Leaving the Grid

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What happens if Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Youtube, Pandora, Verison, Spotify, Evernote, Amazon, Google and Microsoft were to go away? The phone, the written word via snail mail, and or lo and behold… face to face? What happens? Life goes on.

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The Problem with the Social Web

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Recently I read where, First it was AOL, then it was Microsoft, then it was Google and now it’s Facebook. I know, what a ridiculous analogy-but my point being that I’m afraid that we’re stuck right now and it might be awhile before we become “unstuck&#. I’d say that was pretty safe.

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Social Media is the Back Channel for Teen Angst

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First I want to quote a paragraph from the abstract of a 2011 paper by danah boyd , a renowned expert on teen culture and social media at Microsoft Research. The paper is titled, The Drama! Teen Conflict, Gossip, and Bullying in Networked Publics. Here’s the quote: “Drama is a gendered process that perpetrates conventional gender norms.