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A Brief History of the Evolution of Social Technology

Social Media Marketing

Use of emails and phones has become a mobile endeavor that is no longer tied to the home- or office landline and stationary computer. As a result, a good many businesses are now built around primarily the aspect of promoting other businesses through social media (and especially mobile social media) applications.

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Teens & Young Adults Prefer Facebook Over Blogs

Firebelly

Blogging by teens (ages 12-17) has been cut in half - from 28 percent in 2006 to 14 percent in 2009. Where did they go? Social networking sites (SNS). 73 percent of teens and 72 percent of Gen Y are now active on at least one SNS. 71 percent of young adults prefer Facebook while 66 percent of younger teens prefer Myspace.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

SocialFish

We discussed the challenges and opportunities around codifying an online request code, what role mobile must play, the needs for increased capacity and public education. She carries out these activities each day at the American Red Cross in Washington, DC, where she’s been employed as a social media manager since late 2006.

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Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Brightkite: Email and SMSmobile web is definitely the wave of the future. Making sure your site is not only accessible on mobile phones but can interact with them is extremely important. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. People don’t like to be disconnected. Make it so they don’t have to be.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Anyone can visit online meeting places like Digg and Reddit and promote the voices and opinions of others, and anyone can mobilize a group of people around a common cause on Facebook or elsewhere. A great example, one that recently affected me: A mobile phone manufacturer, called HTC, released a phone that had sub-par video performance.

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Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

On the other hand, Plurk is really new, and thus, Twitter wins on followers (and the fact that mobile access — via SMS — totally owns), so the Plurk discussions (for now) are at a minimum. I am starting to use Plurk more with the mobile interface, though it isn’t 100%. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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6 Ways to Filter Your RSS Feeds - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

And since we first covered it in April of 2006 it has gone completely free. When we first reviewed 2or3things Blastfeed in late 2006 it appeared to be shaping up as a good consumer filtering alternative to Feed Rinse. ZapTXT is a keyword filter (of the in variety) that returns results via email, instant messenger, or mobile phone.

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