Facebook Was First On Google’s Hit List — Here’s Who’s Next (GOOG)

July 1, 2011
Facebook Was First On Google’s Hit List — Here’s Who’s Next (GOOG)

Image: goldend via Flickr See Also: The HTC EVO 3D: Mediocrity In All 3 Dimensions Look At This Cardboard Vacuum Cleaner! SECURITY FLAW: Watch This HP Computer Lock Get Busted Open In 5 Seconds After releasing Google+ and taking a major swipe at Facebook, hints in the source code indicate that Google will...

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Newspapers and social media: Still mostly doing it wrong

July 1, 2011
Newspapers and social media: Still mostly doing it wrong

Mainstream media entities of all kinds continue to come out with policies that show they still don’t really understand how social media works, or how to use it effectively. The latest example comes from E.W. Scripps, a media conglomerate that owns a chain of newspapers and TV affiliates. Among other things, the chain’s new...

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Google Plus…the Facebook Page

July 1, 2011
Google Plus…the Facebook Page

Thanks, Linda Lawrey, Google+ user extraordinaire, for re-sharing this somewhat hilarious new resource (via Amit Mehta’s original post), but, so far, we think the best tips are being shared right on Google+ itself. And re-shared by you, come to think of it. Nice job. Here’s a sampling: Via Alex Quinn (Text Tricks) • _ italic text _...

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What Every SMB Needs to Know to Get Started With Video

July 1, 2011
What Every SMB Needs to Know to Get Started With Video

Alfred Pool has written a very lively and informative little book with a lousy title. Called Power Marketing for Small Business, it is chock full of tips and suggestions on how anyone can get started with marketing their small business by using online videos. This is a more big-picture kind of effort, but the...

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Here’s How To Get The Beautiful And Secret New Gmail Theme Right Now (GOOG)

July 1, 2011
Here’s How To Get The Beautiful And Secret New Gmail Theme Right Now (GOOG)

Google’s been hard at work on revamping some of its core apps lately like Calendar and Gmail, around the new graphical themes behind Google+. The new Google+ inspired Gmail theme isn’t the default, but you can grab it right now to see what you think. We like how it looks, but we don’t like...

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Rejoice! AT&T BlackBerry Users Finally Have E-Mail On Their PlayBook (RIMM, T)

July 1, 2011
Rejoice! AT&T BlackBerry Users Finally Have E-Mail On Their PlayBook (RIMM, T)

See Also: The 18 Best Tips, Tricks, And Shortcuts For Your BlackBerry Major British Carrier Slams The PlayBook, Decides Not To Sell It Here’s Every iPhone 5 Rumor We Know About So Far And it only took ATT two and a half months to do it. ATT BlackBerry owners can now tether their phones...

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Chrome breaks 20 percent global browser market share

July 1, 2011
Chrome breaks 20 percent global browser market share

Google’s Chrome browser is continuing to grow in popularity. According to StatCounter, a website analytics company, Chrome is now used by a fifth of Internet users worldwide, taking 20.7 percent of the global browser market in June, up from just 2.8 percent in June 2009. In the same two-year period, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer share...

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Yuri Milner wanted to invest $500 million in Weibo, the Chinese Twitter, but was rejected.

July 1, 2011

Yuri Milner wanted to invest $500 million in Weibo, the Chinese Twitter, but was rejected.

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NBA coaches face $1m fine for retweeting their players during lockout

July 1, 2011
NBA coaches face $1m fine for retweeting their players during lockout

The National Basketball Association’s (NBA) player lockout started today after its previous collective agreement expired last night, and the lockout will remain in place until a new bargaining agreement is reached with the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). The lockout means that players won’t be paid, teams can’t negotiate, sign or trade players, and...

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This week’s most popular social media tools and platforms

July 1, 2011
This week’s most popular social media tools and platforms

Welcome to our regular look at the online tools and platforms that have been generating buzz over the last seven days. The big story of the week has been the Google+ Project – dubbed by many as Google’s answer to Facebook, Google+ is trying to bring all of your social sharing together in the single...

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