News on Social Software and Tagging

Social Networks Enhance Interpersonal Communications

2010-03-14T00:58:19Z

Oh my, can there be heresy in the words in the title?<br><br>A Nielsen Wire study notes statistics that illustrate the rise of social media use in recent years. We inherently know that social media use rises each year (from the turn of the 21st century, forward). Every media imaginable reports our use of social media and social networking practices. A Nielsen Wire study report included actual statistics and graphs on the ?social media phenomenon? for us visual information processo...

Online Brand Management - Optimizing Facebook

2010-03-13T14:25:09Z

We've previously discussed the Web's amazing tendency to take very good ideas and adapt them to techniques largely unrelated to their original intent. Nowhere is this more currently prevalent than in the realm of Social Media Networking.<br><br>SM sites were intended to allow people to present a profile and keep in touch with interested parties. In essence a combination of email and webpage, they exploded in popularity with the sort of overnight success prevalent on the Web. Of co...

Personal Blog Positioning Will Make You A Social Media Pro

2010-03-12T15:33:02Z

So you have been hearing all the buzz about getting free exposure for your product or service by using the great social media platforms like Youtube & Facebook, right? Whether you have your Twitter, Youtube, or Facebook channel created yet, you probably have no idea how to piece them all together like a jigsaw puzzle to produce the most exposure to your product or service.<...

Are Physicians on Facebook?

2010-03-11T11:49:53Z

Are physicians on Facebook? The answer is a resounding yes! In a 2009 survey of MDsearch physicians, 67% confessed to being regular Facebook users. Surprised? We were too. The idea of a busy physician taking time to update a status or write on someone's wall...well, it's hard to imagine. But when you consider that Facebook has over 400 million active users, well, it really shouldn't surprise anyone that physicians would be part of the ...

RSA Conference: Health care information security pros discuss data security

2010-03-04T04:45:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Protecting health data becomes more difficult in a socially networked world, but blocking access to these popular sites is being met with dissent, a panel of health care CISOs said Wednesday at the RSA Conference.</div><div><p>Protecting health data becomes more difficult in a socially networked world, but blocking access to these popular sites is being met with dissent, a panel of health...

Military allows Twitter, other social media

2010-03-01T08:00:34Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon announced on Friday it has authorized the use Twitter, Facebook and other so-called "Web 2.0" sites across the U.S. military, saying the benef...

How to decline Facebook friends without offense

2010-02-27T16:16:18Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A colleague I just met at work has invited me to be their friend on Facebook. I don't want to offend them, but nor do I want to share my candid photos and lousy Scrabble scores with someone I hardly know.</p><p>Can I ignore their invite?</p><p>"Can I be your friend?" might work as an ice-breaker among small ch...

Facebook wins US patent for 'news feeds'

2010-02-27T03:15:42Z

<div><p>Facebook has won a US patent on news feeds behind the kinds of real-time updates that make social-networking websites a hit with users.</p><p>"The launch of News Feed in 2006 was a pivotal moment in Facebook?s history and changed the way millions of people consumed and discovered information on the site," Facebook said Friday in an email response to ...

Facebook patents social networking update feeds

2010-02-27T00:16:25Z

US military lets soldiers Tweet, blog and Facebook

2010-02-26T22:16:06Z

<div><p>The Pentagon said soldiers will be allowed to Tweet, blog and update their Facebook pages on the US military's non-classified computer network under a new policy.</p><p>The decision came after a seven-month review with senior officials concluding that the benefits of social media outweig...

Event ratings soar, and social media takes credit

2010-02-26T09:15:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Pop culture rebounds: As ratings for big events soar, social media takes credit</div><div><p>During January's Grammy telecast, hip-hop drummer Questlove tweeted that "watching twitter tweets are better than watching the actual event."</p><p>As someone who has won a Grammy with the Roots, attended the ceremony and performed on the...

Isolated Australia in social networking craze

2010-02-26T02:17:10Z

<div><p>From the moment she wakes in inner-west Sydney, Danielle Warby is online.</p><p>She checks Facebook, she reads Twitter. She blogs and Tweets during the day, in spare moments between her marketing job at Reuters Life!) - It is a common fear among users of Facebook and other social media around the world -- how to deal with a friend request from your boss or employee.</p><p>A survey released on Thursday found that 56 percent of Americans say it is irresponsible to be friends with a boss and 62 percent say it is wrong to be friends wi...

Facebook urged to act after memorial sites defaced

2010-02-25T02:15:11Z

<div><p>CANBERRA (Reuters) - Cyber attacks on Facebook pages set up to pay tribute to two murdered Australian children has prompted calls for the social networking site to be more accountable for its users.</p><p>Social media experts say it is natural that people who use sites such as Facebook or

Yahoo yodels new tune by joining tweeting craze

2010-02-24T00:30:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Something new to yodel about: Yahoo to add tweets in latest attempt to plug into social media</div><div><p>Yahoo has something new to yodel about: tweets.</p><p>In its latest attempt to make its Web site more compelling, Yahoo Inc. is plugging its services into the rapidly growing craze of posting short messages, or "tweets," on Twitter<...

Dalai Lama gets his own official Twitter page

2010-02-23T11:00:50Z

<div id="subtitle">Dalai Lama launches official Twitter page after pitch by Twitter founder in Los Angeles</div><div><p>Twitter's founder says the Dalai Lama laughed at the thought of using the social networking service. But the Tibetan spiritual leader now has an official Twitter site — and more than 68,000 foll...

Dalai Lama to 'tweet' on Tibet

2010-02-23T08:16:35Z

<div><p>The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has joined micro-blogging service Twitter, attracting over 55,000 followers in just two days.</p><p>The Dalai Lama's Twitter feed -- @DalaiLama -- was launched on Monday, a day after he met in Los Angeles with

How to decline Facebook friends without offence

2010-02-23T03:17:01Z

China's President Hu signs up for microblogging

2010-02-22T10:16:16Z

<div><p>China's President Hu Jintao has set up a microblogging account that has drawn thousands of followers as of Monday, in a country where social networking sites remain tightly controlled.</p><p>The account was set up on a microblogging platform operated by the People's Daily, the main print media mouthpiece of the rul...

Microsoft to pull Facebook, MySpace into Outlook

2010-02-22T09:07:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Microsoft updates program to bring social network updates into Outlook e-mail program</div><div><p>Microsoft Corp. is taking another step toward turning Outlook, its desktop e-mail program, into a hub for information from popular social networking sites such as Facebook and