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Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

First, I’m going to say kudos to Apple for trying involve themselves in the world of social media. Let’s envision this scenario: a user has a support issue about an Apple product. Apple has no such protocol in place, and at this point, there is no engagement. I’m going to stop there, though.

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Elon Musk Says Apple Has Threatened To ‘Withhold’ Twitter From The App Store

Forbes Social Media

Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk said today on Twitter that Apple has threatened to “withhold” Twitter from its App Store, suggesting that Apple is less than happy with the state of content moderation on the social news platform.

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This Week in Social Media – 4/17/2013

Social Media Marketing

Facebook is talking to Apple about an iOS version of its Home software. Advertising this week in social news Marketing social media facebook trends PR' Image credit: Werner Kunz.

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This Week in Social Media – 6/19/2013

Social Media Marketing

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak with some candid comments in this video on the NSA''s PRISM program, the new features of the iOS 7 and more. Instagram Video this week in social news social media facebook Twitter' Influencers have large followings while advocates have smaller followings. Are you ready?

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Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

If you use Twitter regularly, you’d see that it wins as a social news site that provides instantaneous news — at least of that caliber. As Chris Garrett explains in his post, if you follow numerous feed bots, you can get the news all the time. The right news will hit the front page of Digg quickly.

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Your Guide to the Crowdsourced Workforce - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

social networking. social media. social news. social networks. POPULAR TAGS. semantic web. mobile web. data portability. friendfeed. lifestreaming. enterprise. advertising. opensocial. web office. aggregators. business networking. startups.

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Blogging: Social Media is Not Only About Social Media Sites

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Well, for one, social media users — that is, users on social news sites such as Digg, Mixx, Reddit — are not particularly enthusiastic about the proliferation of marketers in their community. This is a huge challenge for someone who wants to sell their product using social media.

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