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New app turns Foursquare from social media into socializing media
Forecast: announce your plans for the day We all know about social media, but how about socializing media? For example, a smartphone app that exists purely to help you see your friends? Read more on...
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Foursquare plans to start charging merchants, adds ‘pages’ feature
Foursquare: more developments Foursquare is the latest social network to look towards businesses to monetize its website, with a report in the New York Post saying it is planning to start charging...
View ArticleAre you addicted to early adoption?
Hi everybody. I’m Rich. I work at 10 Yetis PR Agency. (‘Hiiii Rich’, you say in a soothingly choral sort of way). And I’m an addict. (You clap empathetically, looking at me with a knowing approval and...
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London Olympics volunteers told not to share on social media
The 70,000-strong army of volunteers who will be helping the London 2012 Olympic Games to run smoothly have been told that they mustn’t mention details of their location, their role or any backstage...
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“When the going gets weird, the weird get professional” at SXSW
Ever wondered where Foursquare was launched, where Twitter hit the big time or where you can hear keynotes from the likes of Jimmy Wales, Guy Kawasaki, Craig Newmark, Evan Williams or even Mr Facebook,...
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Is the internet leading towards a single, shared cultural identity?
Is the internet leading towards a single, shared cultural identity? Or is it facilitating a break-up into many smaller groups, each of which see themselves as having a defined culture of their own?...
View ArticleThe Curated Self – how social media creates the ‘virtual self’
The word ‘curator’ derives from the Latin curare meaning ‘take care’, and is commonly used in the context of cultural institutions; galleries, museums etc. Over the course of the last year or so the...
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A new way for virtual fans to connect with brands in the real world
If you’re a business with lots of Facebook fans that you’d like to entice into your premises, this idea might be of interest: a way of linking loyalty cards with customers’ Facebook accounts, and...
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Infographic: Should we pay to use social media?
How attached are you to Facebook? Do you really need your Twitter account? Would its absence from your life leave such a gaping hole you pay cold hard cash to keep it safe? As social media sites look...
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Why Google’s new ad-targeting service will hit Facebook where it hurts
When it comes to effective ad targeting, Facebook has always had the upper hand over Google. Facebook knows our likes, interests, locations and much more, which makes its ad targeting much more...
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