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8 Open Source Projects from Google

Idaconcpts

For many Google has become the patron saint of open source, and the number of open source projects Google supports or directly develops seems to increase every day. Originally developed by Google, the foundation that supports the project is now supported by Hi5, MySpace, Yahoo, and many others.

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Better Noise Control on Google+ is Coming, but its More Beautiful Than You Think

Stay N' Alive

Over the last 2 or 3 years Facebook, Google, Plaxo, Myspace, and others have all been working on a standard to make fixing the noise problem easier. See this presentation by Chris Messina about a year ago: Activity Streams, Socialism, & the Future of Open Source. for distributed social networks.

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A Brief History of the Evolution of Social Technology

Social Media Marketing

From there it was merely a hop, skip and jump to the fourth generation of cellular wireless (4G) standards that social media and wireless communication users enjoy today. Facebook aficionados in particular are known to congregate in hot spots that feature free access to the social network for laptops and cell phones.

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Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The key here is making the mechanics of the social networks transparent. From looking at the software development world: an open source product can benefit from ongoing enhanced security. For example: the apache server, since its code is open any attacker can analyze it, search for loopholes and devise an attack.

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Social Media and Blog Camp - Courtesy Delhi Bloggers Bloc

The Marketing Blog

About the Event A one-day semi-camp style “unconference”* which brings together stakeholders and audiences of social media and blogging.

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Intranet Blog :: E-mail fatigue

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Previous: Open source solutions. If managed properly, the use of social media tools such as blogs and wikis can reduce e-mail volumes by as much as 30%. Furthermore, as a new generation of employees enter the workforce, more employees will begin to demand social media tools such as social networking sites.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

For instance, open source software and the Freemium model are allowing for a more organic, bottom-up adoption of many applications and technologies. Alternatively, an organization may use the open source LAMP stack and OpenOffice and save a great deal on software licenses. Enterprise 1.0 was very much top-down.