MediaFunnel Consolidates Social Media Marketing Activities
MediaFunnel, the “Team Tool for Social Media” previously known as TweetFunnel, has rebranded to reflect the company’s focus on providing a single interface from which businesses can manage all of their social media channels.
pTools Adds Social Media Content Distribution via its Enterprise CMS
pTools (news, site) gets a little bit social with the introduction of new social media and social networking capabilities including an easy way to update your favorite social networks.
TweetShare Markets Your Brand Social Media Style
FuzeBox kicked out a new Twitter-based application for rich media, publishing content, promoting offers, and creating conversational threads. Basically, it’s like Twitter plus FriendFeed, wrapped up in a neat little package for marketers.
Social Media Minute: Google's New App Store, Access to the Internet is a Right
Social media moves so fast, it’s hard to keep up. Here are the week’s top stories in scan-friendly format:
From Twitter to Yammer to Buzz, 10 Microblogging Must Reads
The tools have managed to touch both our personal and professional lives. The concept has turned journalism, social media, marketing—and the overall way in which we connect—inside-out and upside-down. Yes ladies and gentleman, we’re talking about microblogging.
Naturally, related news comes in heavy, crushing waves, so we’ve put together some must-read happenings that have occurred so far this year. Whether you’re in the mix for business or pleasure, these points are worth the read.
SMB Tech Roll-up: Video Email Booms, Symantec Gets Out SMB Edition
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This week, new research shows a huge increase in the use of video email in SMBs.
Social Media Minute: Facebook Rings Up $1 Billion, Yammer Drops the Domain
Social media moves so fast, it’s hard to keep up. Here are the week’s top stories in scan-friendly format:
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Here's an interesting piece about software in UK schools. There are a couple of remarks that although incidental, are incredibly revealing of all that's wrong with UK schools in this respect:
several people told me of contracts which meant that every time a school wanted to upgrade software, or even install something free like Mozilla Firefox, they had to pay a hefty fee to their contractor. That meant they were reluctant to change anything, with the result that software was soon out of date.
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US Military Concedes, Embraces Social Media
If there was still any doubt that social media’s the way of the future, recent moves by the U.S. Military might be enough to squash it. The Department of Defense recently went social by lifting the three-year-long ban on sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Twitter to Add New Features, Third-Party Clients Beware?
Is Twitter (news, site) going to attempt to squash third-party apps like Seesmic and TweetDeck with a new feature of their own? A tweet sent out last week by Twitter engineer Alex Payne indicates that the company’s definitely got stuff cooking, but raining on the third-party parade might not be the goal.
New Seesmic Web Makes Twitter Even Easier
Do you remember Seesmic (news, site)? They’re the company that’s got that cool Tweetdeck alternative with social media marketing perks. Now their revamped Web application is aiming high as well, and features threaded Twitter conversations, a contact manager and drag and drop list creation.
Social Media Minute: Twitter Makes a Deal with Yahoo, Passes MySpace on Status Updates
Social media moves so fast, it’s hard to keep up. Here are the week’s top stories in scan-friendly format:
- Social Networks Continue To Draw More Visitors
- Yahoo Signs Partnership to Integrate with Twitter
- Betty White Has a Shot at SNL, Because of Facebook Fans
- Twitter Passes MySpace For Number of Status Updates
Social Media Minute: Facebook Rockets to #2, Mobile is Hot With Socialites
Social media moves so fast, it’s hard to keep up. Here are the week’s top stories in scan-friendly format:
- Facebook is now Number Two Site in the U.S.
- PleaseRobMe Lets Burglars Know When You’re not Home
- Google Admits to Privacy Foul-up
- Social Networking is Hotter on Mobile than Desktop Web
Join the 2010 Vancouver Olympics on Twitter, Facebook
Today marks the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics hosted in Vancouver, Canada. No time to sit in front of the tube all day watching the events? Well luckily for you they will be covered almost exclusively by Facebook and Twitter.
There’s even a list of verified tweeting athletes. Fans can also check out Twitter-Athletes, a site that organizes lists of athletes in other sports who use the service and it links directly to Winter Olympic Tweets.
Social Media Minute: Privacy Issues with Google Buzz, Twitter Breaks 1 Billion Tweets Per Month
Social media moves so fast, it’s hard to keep up. Here are the week’s top stories in scan-friendly format:
- British Mobile Users Are Crazy About Facebook
- Twitter Users Tweet More Than 1 Billion Times Per Month
- Google Buzz Presents Scary Privacy Issues, a la Facebook
- Is Blogging For Old People?
