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Social You Should Know—April Social Media Updates

Ignite Social Media

A lot happened this month in social media with most of the news centered around the Facebook privacy scandal. What we learned from that experience is that many people in Congress do not understand how social networks work and that Facebook has a lot of action items to follow up on. Facebook Faced Congress.

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April Showers Bring May Social Updates

Ignite Social Media

Controversy around Facebook’s privacy data consumed the news in April but in May, new features and announcements brought less cloudy news and more updates to look out for. Like: Facebook’s new rating system. Social Media Today reported that Facebook will be testing a new rating system for brand pages.

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How Young is Too Young?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

But I do think its important to, if they want to blog, teach them well about how to keep a secure amount of privacy, especially when it comes to pictures, addresses, hang-out spots, etc. There usually is a trend with kids, they usually either follow a father figure or a big brother figure. All the best from Brazil!

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

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media. Social media. Soon-to-be sophomore and official Yale blogger, Sam Jackson , puts this concept to work on his own site, where he blogs about higher education marketing trends. And they mean it, too, saying "At TCBN we respect your privacy. social networking.

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

Convince & Convert

I’d add: 1)Social media can increase sales. 2)Social media exposes your privacy 3)Social media resplaces advertising [link] francine hardaway Great list, Jason. I’d add: 1)Social media can increase sales. I’d add: 1)Social media can increase sales. Sincere thanks for the comment.

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Your Guide to the Crowdsourced Workforce - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Crowdsourcing , Features , Trends. Kluster Launches at TED: A New Product in 72 Hours. social networking. social media. social news. social networks. Home | Web Apps | Trends | Google | Microsoft | Facebook | Archives | Jobs. RWW Network. ReadWriteWeb. ReadWriteTalk. AltSearchEngines.

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SXSW: Mark Zuckerberg Keynote (the edited liveblogged version)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I think that’s a really important trend in the world. Zuckerberg : It’s part of a larger trend. There’s a trend that these social networks or social services have moved from monolithic sites to a collection of social services. Zuckerberg : It’s really about privacy and trust.

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