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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. Social networking sites (SNS). Where did they go? 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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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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Why I Rarely Answer My Phone | Bare Feet Blog

Bare Feet Studios

And when we had our little earthquake here a few years back, phone did not work tho SMS did! at the Rotary Club of Honolulu Sunset May 28-30: Social Media Skills for Musicians: Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, & Podcasting at the N? Roxanne Darling August 13, 2010 at 1:06 pm @Mike – Unlimited texting really covers the mark.

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Five Benefits to Using Twitter Â? Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

When email is unavailable, there’s almost always SMS. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Last week, when I went to Seattle, I was in a timezone that put my family three hours ahead of me. Still, they were interested in my whereabouts and wanted me to email them.

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Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Brightkite: Email and SMS – mobile web is definitely the wave of the future. Some UI genius has to come out with a program that integrates social network updates, chat, blogging, and micro-blogging into a small easy to use interface like Adium. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. All rights reserved.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

People will share content on mobile devices through IR/SMS/email. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. You will be able to take a photo of barcodes that will be located everywhere (menus, receipts, posters, signs, business cards, etc.) and your phone will visit the related Web site.

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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. But PLURK? I LOVE PLURK! I’m thinking of changing my class’s assignment to PLURK, yes, I am! It works for that purpose just fine.

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