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Predictions Revisited: Five Not-Too-Distant Technologies That Might Change Social Media

Ignite Social Media

In the summary I projected that “all of these [technologies] are probably 5-10 years out and, admittedly, I have a large imagination.” Now more affordable technology exists to make virtual worlds even more immersive than Second Life ever was thanks to products like Oculus Rift. Holographic Projection. Hurry up technology!

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Metaverse and Korean Government – Strategy and Budget and Education

Laurel Papworth

I think what that means is to support startups and companies who are going to help with connected worlds that include reality. I have a soft spot for Korea and I like Korean myths and legends, particularly those of world creations. Korean Gov Website/Press Releases: Mobile conf in Barcelona & Metaverse [link].

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‘Fourth Transformation’ book: Brace for impact

Socialmedia.biz

14, technologist-futurist Robert Scoble held forth for 20 minutes wearing a mixed reality headset, allowing him to interact with the attendees (startup founders, angels and techies) while projecting a presentation behind him. Mixed reality’: Merging the real & virtual worlds. They predict that by 2025 (holy crap!

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Women in Blogging: 125 Fearless Female Bloggers

Kikolani

Her latest posts include Brand Naming Online , Using Gmail Search for Keyword Research and Inspiration , and 3 Obvious Truths I Cam to Understand When Creating and Promoting My Projects. Her blog, She Geeks , covers education, mobile, social media, web, and technology. Follow her @seosmarty on Twitter. Annabel Candy. Cordiva Raven.

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

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Other topics (or "lessons") could include the following: RSS, flickr , Wikipedia , social bookmarking, search engines/blog search engines, virtual worlds, VoIP/Skype, mobile media, interactive gaming, and other tools that can be found on this nice list on the Teaching PR blog. mobile web. just my opinion.

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Freemium Revenues: Social Media Business Podcast

Laurel Papworth

With more than 1 million people joining each month and projected 2008 revenue of $75 million to $100 million , LinkedIn Corp. The New York Times broke that revenue down further: LinkedIn will get only a quarter of its projected $100 million in revenue this year from ads. (It seems likely to deliver another big payoff for Hoffman. (

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Best Social Media and Digital Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 2

Webbiquity SMM

Researchers To Marketers: Go Social, Mobile by MediaPost Online Media Daily. ” And 37% of buyers have consumed b2b content using a mobile device. Meanwhile, dating websites and virtual worlds (e.g. 2011 Insane Mobile Marketing Facts & Trends by Bit Rebels. 71% of companies now have a presence on Facebook.