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On Trust and Children in Social Networks

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1) Not 2 weeks prior to this happening, I was on television and in front of a live audience, as well as members of the school board, explaining why I did not see the point in children (freshman to sophomores on down) using Facebook, let alone a social network at all. Here’s 4 of them. They’re too young. One of many.

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Our Shifting Notion of Search, Social and Mobile.

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10 years ago seems so 10 years ago in the world of search, social and mobile. Online social networks are redefining our offline relationships both casual and personal. Social networks are not what they used to be. In the world of mobile, the evolution has been nothing short of dramatic.

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Is Being Too Social Ruining Social Media?

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There will come a time where we just won’t want to share, chat, upload, download, friend, follow, or like from a social standpoint, a mobile standpoint, and a mobile social standpoint. social networks) then demand goes down right? Who you are connected to within Facebook is your network.

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7 Tips for Staying on Top of the Social Wave

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3) Mobile will be THE social platform.The global mobile market is expected to reach $1 trillion by 2015. Get serious about mobile. 4) Social data will determine your next move in your future business engagements, don’t ignore it- Social data will be driving consumer engagement. Your competitors?

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The Confluence of Social and Search

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When defining the next big think, I am never surprised how much mobile, search and social continue to loom on the horizon. Three-quarters of Japanese social network users access the sites only from their mobile phones. In fact, if you look at what’s happening in Japan it would boggle your mind.

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Will Color be the NBT in social? Or will it fade?

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Share together in a new, moving social network. Color is a photo sharing/social network app launched last week, and it was not a quiet launch either. Why launch an app like that w/o even some cryptic, requisite instruction on how this is supposed to change out social being? Just look around. .

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10 social sites you might have missed

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It’s essentially a mobile advertising and lead generation tool for real estate sales and marketing professionals. Teneros has created a product called Social Sentry which provides corporations the ability to monitor the social networking communications of their employees. 7) Tungle is cool. Thanks guys!

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