60% of Twitter Users Quit Within the First Month
We’re hearing some pretty amazing statistics about Twitter these days: growth from February 2008 to February 2009 was reportedly 1382%, with the incline increasing yet further in recent months.
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Has social networking put an end to web hosting?
With last week’s announcement that Yahoo will be closing down Geocities, have the realms of MySpace and Facebook taken the personal touch away from web hosting?
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Twitter’s low retention rate could limit growth
The incessant media focus on Twitter, coupled with a parade of …

twitter magnets: a delicate push
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Clicks for tricks: Twitter's first brothel?
From messaging to massaging: The Sun newspaper has "exposed" the House of Divine for its use of Twitter
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Youth Vs Adults: Strong Ties/Weak Networks
The kids are all about social media. They’re publishing content, streaming video and Twittering wildly. Right?
Wrong.
(tags: facebook socialmedia youth twitter research networking social media demographics)

(gimme, gimme, gimme!) DigiLens
Delivering digital images from a smartphone or PDA to your eye, SBG Labs' optical technology prototype DigiLens makes it possible to seamlessly layer virtual information over …

This video is nothing short of genuis. Evelien Lohbeck has created what can only be described as a beautiful animated masterpiece which combines a series of short films that attempt (and succeed) in blurring the lines between reality and the infinite world of the imagination.
There are certain familiarities with the style used by CommonCraft but Lohbeck takes this concept a lot further, combining the medium of photography, animation, sketch illustration and video.
Evelien graduated from the St. Joost Academy of Arts in the Netherlands, last year and specialises in interactive design.
If …

25 logos with hidden messages – Amazing Graphic Designing tricks!
via the Graphic Design Blog
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nothe art of obvious: really thoughtful write up on innovation and its role in marketing
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A novel idea: The machine that can print off any book for you in minutes
In the time it takes to brew a cappuccino, this machine can print off any book that is not in stock from a vast computer database.
(tags: facebook business google news cool print book books)

The Fastest Growing Social Sites
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SEO advice for PR professionals – good piece from @concannon
A lot of people in the PR industry view search engine optimisation (SEO) as something of a voodoo dark art and, consequently, are afraid of tackling it. The main problem with the SEO industry is that unless you already know a lot about the subject, it’s kind of hard to tell the professionals from the cowboys.
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Awesome. ‘Nuff said…

Watch Amazing Beatbox Kid and more funny videos on CollegeHumor
(via Geeks Are Sexy)

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Top 10 Social Media Tips for Connecting with Non-Blogging Customers
Liz Strauss at Successful Blog – Thinking, writing, business ideas … You’re only a stranger once.
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Twitter “liveblogging” Henry VIII coronation: I LOVE THIS!!! @IamHenryIII
To celebrate the 500 year anniversary of the Tudor king’s coronation on 24 June, the Historic Royal Palaces, the charity which runs Hampton Court Palace and the Tower of London, will twitter the events leading up to the crowning, based on documentary evidence, all via @IamHenryVIII.
(tags: twitter history coronation HenryIII)

PR still leads the new media world despite challenges (@peterhay)
An industry forum last night saw PROs insist PR has not lost the initiative in the new media landscape despite increasing pressure from new …

Gantter.com – For anyone looking for a free project management tool. Really good.
web-based project management alternative
(tags: productivity tools free gant)

  Why the mobile web could kill off celebrity magazines (fingers crossed it does) 
While many areas of the print media are suffering in the current economic climate, weekly celebrity magazines continue to sell well.
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Parliament website to engage with Twitter :: PublicTechnology.net :: e-Government & public sector IT news + job vacancies:
The official Parliament website has used a third party content provider to keep members of the public up to date with the day-to-day lives and political activities of MPs through the use of social media.
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