These are my links for November 28th from 02:32 to 17:32:

• Online Charity Platform Raises Funds Through Volunteers Doing Stunts ( via @PSFK) – Do Whatever It Takes is a creative and fun way to take on a serious issue – youth homelessness. Over 2 million young people in the US and Canada experience homelessness each year. One out of 8 people are forced to leave their home. A variety of factors stand in their way: sexual abuse, discrimination from their families on the basis of sexual orientation, parental drug and alcohol abuse, abandonment, and others. 62% have dropped out of school. Of those without homes, they are 16 times more likely to contract HIV. Over 70% are unemployed, and they are 3 times more likely to suffer mental health problems.
• 8 ways to get people to discuss your new product in social media –
• Niche Social Networks Deliver Big Results – When small businesses contemplate a social media strategy, Facebook and Twitter get lots of attention. However, niche social networks and online communities offer additional opportunities for brands to connect with consumers in an environment that’s highly targeted and often less congested.
• Parents use Google to name their children – Increasing numbers of new parents are turning to Google to help them decide the name of their child.
• Re-enacting Historical Events on Twitter With RealTimeWWII – NYTimes.com – On Aug. 26 Mr. Collinson was just a marketing manager at a magazine in Oxford toying with the notion of starting some kind of a real-time Twitter project that would get people’s attention — maybe something like Orson Welles’s 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, but that wouldn’t scare them to death.
• Twitter the medium of revolution in the Arab world – Volume of public tweets in Arabic jumped 2,146% in past 12 months; Arab celebrities, diplomats start tweeting; only one in a thousand tweets is in Hebrew.
• Stan Collymore tweets about his battle with depression – Telegraph – Stan Collymore, the former Aston Villa striker, has spoken movingly about his battle with depression after using his Twitter account to share his experiences with fellow sufferers.
• Social Media Manager vs. Community Manager – interesting post on emerging roles – As social media continues to develop, so do the roles within it. Among these are the roles of social media manager and community manager.
• Forget Wii… Balham urinal debuts world’s first pee-controlled game – Skyward Sword, the new state-of-the-art in motion-controlled entertainment has been announced: the world's first pee-controlled video game in a bar in Balham, London.
• Facebook Could Go Public Before Christmas, Valuation A Big Question – Forbes – Speculation is rising that Facebook might file for an initial public offering before the end of 2011.
• I quite like the new Google+ TV advert: Sharing but like real life – New ways of sharing the right things with the right people.
• Facebook faces European crackdown on targeted advertising | ZDNet – Facebook may have to rethink how it uses personal user information to sell to advertisers, as draft European legislation will soon be heard in Europe’s lower house in January.
• Companies must learn from Qantas Twitter gaffe and TripAdvisor blackmails – Telegraph – Companies need to plan social media communication with the same level of thought, crisis management and craftsmanship as a traditional advertising campaign, writes Emma Barnett.
• Mega Monday to kick-off Christmas sale season – Retailers predict the biggest online shopping day of the year as consumers look to buy in time for Christmas deliveries
• Mark Zuckerberg says the email’s end is nigh. LOL – Facebook's founder is profoundly missing the point about emails
• 8 ways to get people to discuss your new product in social media –
• Parents use Google to name their children – Increasing numbers of new parents are turning to Google to help them decide the name of their child.
• Niche Social Networks Deliver Big Results – When small businesses contemplate a social media strategy, Facebook and Twitter get lots of attention. However, niche social networks and online communities offer additional opportunities for brands to connect with consumers in an environment that’s highly targeted and often less congested.
• Social Media Manager vs. Community Manager – interesting post on emerging roles – As social media continues to develop, so do the roles within it. Among these are the roles of social media manager and community manager.
• Re-enacting Historical Events on Twitter With RealTimeWWII – NYTimes.com – On Aug. 26 Mr. Collinson was just a marketing manager at a magazine in Oxford toying with the notion of starting some kind of a real-time Twitter project that would get people’s attention — maybe something like Orson Welles’s 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, but that wouldn’t scare them to death.
• Forget Wii… Balham urinal debuts world’s first pee-controlled game – Skyward Sword, the new state-of-the-art in motion-controlled entertainment has been announced: the world's first pee-controlled video game in a bar in Balham, London.
• Mark Zuckerberg says the email’s end is nigh. LOL – Facebook's founder is profoundly missing the point about emails
• I quite like the new Google+ TV advert: Sharing but like real life – New ways of sharing the right things with the right people.
• Facebook Could Go Public Before Christmas, Valuation A Big Question – Forbes – Speculation is rising that Facebook might file for an initial public offering before the end of 2011.
• Stan Collymore tweets about his battle with depression – Telegraph – Stan Collymore, the former Aston Villa striker, has spoken movingly about his battle with depression after using his Twitter account to share his experiences with fellow sufferers.
• Facebook faces European crackdown on targeted advertising | ZDNet – Facebook may have to rethink how it uses personal user information to sell to advertisers, as draft European legislation will soon be heard in Europe’s lower house in January.
• Companies must learn from Qantas Twitter gaffe and TripAdvisor blackmails – Telegraph – Companies need to plan social media communication with the same level of thought, crisis management and craftsmanship as a traditional advertising campaign, writes Emma Barnett.
• Mega Monday to kick-off Christmas sale season – Retailers predict the biggest online shopping day of the year as consumers look to buy in time for Christmas deliveries
• Twitter the medium of revolution in the Arab world – Volume of public tweets in Arabic jumped 2,146% in past 12 months; Arab celebrities, diplomats start tweeting; only one in a thousand tweets is in Hebrew.
• Bribespot – anti corruption movement – While some people regard bribery as a fact of life, the absolute majority would rather do without it. Unfortunately, it is hard to fight corruption when you are alone. Bribespot changes the equation by giving users with smartphones and internet access a chance to report anonymously bribes.
• 8 ways to get people to discuss your new product in social media –
• Parents use Google to name their children – Increasing numbers of new parents are turning to Google to help them decide the name of their child.
• Stan Collymore tweets about his battle with depression – Telegraph – Stan Collymore, the former Aston Villa striker, has spoken movingly about his battle with depression after using his Twitter account to share his experiences with fellow sufferers.
• Social Media Manager vs. Community Manager – interesting post on emerging roles – As social media continues to develop, so do the roles within it. Among these are the roles of social media manager and community manager.
• Re-enacting Historical Events on Twitter With RealTimeWWII – NYTimes.com – On Aug. 26 Mr. Collinson was just a marketing manager at a magazine in Oxford toying with the notion of starting some kind of a real-time Twitter project that would get people’s attention — maybe something like Orson Welles’s 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, but that wouldn’t scare them to death.
• Forget Wii… Balham urinal debuts world’s first pee-controlled game – Skyward Sword, the new state-of-the-art in motion-controlled entertainment has been announced: the world's first pee-controlled video game in a bar in Balham, London.
• Companies must learn from Qantas Twitter gaffe and TripAdvisor blackmails – Telegraph – Companies need to plan social media communication with the same level of thought, crisis management and craftsmanship as a traditional advertising campaign, writes Emma Barnett.
• I quite like the new Google+ TV advert: Sharing but like real life – New ways of sharing the right things with the right people.
• Facebook Could Go Public Before Christmas, Valuation A Big Question – Forbes – Speculation is rising that Facebook might file for an initial public offering before the end of 2011.
• Twitter the medium of revolution in the Arab world – Volume of public tweets in Arabic jumped 2,146% in past 12 months; Arab celebrities, diplomats start tweeting; only one in a thousand tweets is in Hebrew.
• Bribespot – anti corruption movement – While some people regard bribery as a fact of life, the absolute majority would rather do without it. Unfortunately, it is hard to fight corruption when you are alone. Bribespot changes the equation by giving users with smartphones and internet access a chance to report anonymously bribes.
• Facebook faces European crackdown on targeted advertising | ZDNet – Facebook may have to rethink how it uses personal user information to sell to advertisers, as draft European legislation will soon be heard in Europe’s lower house in January.
• Niche Social Networks Deliver Big Results – When small businesses contemplate a social media strategy, Facebook and Twitter get lots of attention. However, niche social networks and online communities offer additional opportunities for brands to connect with consumers in an environment that’s highly targeted and often less congested.
• Mark Zuckerberg says the email’s end is nigh. LOL – Facebook's founder is profoundly missing the point about emails
• Mega Monday to kick-off Christmas sale season – Retailers predict the biggest online shopping day of the year as consumers look to buy in time for Christmas deliveries
• 8 ways to get people to discuss your new product in social media –
• Parents use Google to name their children – Increasing numbers of new parents are turning to Google to help them decide the name of their child.
• Niche Social Networks Deliver Big Results – When small businesses contemplate a social media strategy, Facebook and Twitter get lots of attention. However, niche social networks and online communities offer additional opportunities for brands to connect with consumers in an environment that’s highly targeted and often less congested.
• Social Media Manager vs. Community Manager – interesting post on emerging roles – As social media continues to develop, so do the roles within it. Among these are the roles of social media manager and community manager.
• Re-enacting Historical Events on Twitter With RealTimeWWII – NYTimes.com – On Aug. 26 Mr. Collinson was just a marketing manager at a magazine in Oxford toying with the notion of starting some kind of a real-time Twitter project that would get people’s attention — maybe something like Orson Welles’s 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, but that wouldn’t scare them to death.
• Forget Wii… Balham urinal debuts world’s first pee-controlled game – Skyward Sword, the new state-of-the-art in motion-controlled entertainment has been announced: the world's first pee-controlled video game in a bar in Balham, London.
• Companies must learn from Qantas Twitter gaffe and TripAdvisor blackmails – Telegraph – Companies need to plan social media communication with the same level of thought, crisis management and craftsmanship as a traditional advertising campaign, writes Emma Barnett.
• I quite like the new Google+ TV advert: Sharing but like real life – New ways of sharing the right things with the right people.
• Facebook Could Go Public Before Christmas, Valuation A Big Question – Forbes – Speculation is rising that Facebook might file for an initial public offering before the end of 2011.
• Stan Collymore tweets about his battle with depression – Telegraph – Stan Collymore, the former Aston Villa striker, has spoken movingly about his battle with depression after using his Twitter account to share his experiences with fellow sufferers.
• Facebook faces European crackdown on targeted advertising | ZDNet – Facebook may have to rethink how it uses personal user information to sell to advertisers, as draft European legislation will soon be heard in Europe’s lower house in January.
• Twitter the medium of revolution in the Arab world – Volume of public tweets in Arabic jumped 2,146% in past 12 months; Arab celebrities, diplomats start tweeting; only one in a thousand tweets is in Hebrew.
• Bribespot – anti corruption movement – While some people regard bribery as a fact of life, the absolute majority would rather do without it. Unfortunately, it is hard to fight corruption when you are alone. Bribespot changes the equation by giving users with smartphones and internet access a chance to report anonymously bribes.
• Mega Monday to kick-off Christmas sale season – Retailers predict the biggest online shopping day of the year as consumers look to buy in time for Christmas deliveries
• Mark Zuckerberg says the email’s end is nigh. LOL – Facebook's founder is profoundly missing the point about emails
• 8 ways to get people to discuss your new product in social media –
• Parents use Google to name their children – Increasing numbers of new parents are turning to Google to help them decide the name of their child.
• Niche Social Networks Deliver Big Results – When small businesses contemplate a social media strategy, Facebook and Twitter get lots of attention. However, niche social networks and online communities offer additional opportunities for brands to connect with consumers in an environment that’s highly targeted and often less congested.
• Social Media Manager vs. Community Manager – interesting post on emerging roles – As social media continues to develop, so do the roles within it. Among these are the roles of social media manager and community manager.
• Re-enacting Historical Events on Twitter With RealTimeWWII – NYTimes.com – On Aug. 26 Mr. Collinson was just a marketing manager at a magazine in Oxford toying with the notion of starting some kind of a real-time Twitter project that would get people’s attention — maybe something like Orson Welles’s 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, but that wouldn’t scare them to death.
• Forget Wii… Balham urinal debuts world’s first pee-controlled game – Skyward Sword, the new state-of-the-art in motion-controlled entertainment has been announced: the world's first pee-controlled video game in a bar in Balham, London.
• Mark Zuckerberg says the email’s end is nigh. LOL – Facebook's founder is profoundly missing the point about emails
• I quite like the new Google+ TV advert: Sharing but like real life – New ways of sharing the right things with the right people.
• Facebook Could Go Public Before Christmas, Valuation A Big Question – Forbes – Speculation is rising that Facebook might file for an initial public offering before the end of 2011.
• Stan Collymore tweets about his battle with depression – Telegraph – Stan Collymore, the former Aston Villa striker, has spoken movingly about his battle with depression after using his Twitter account to share his experiences with fellow sufferers.
• Facebook faces European crackdown on targeted advertising | ZDNet – Facebook may have to rethink how it uses personal user information to sell to advertisers, as draft European legislation will soon be heard in Europe’s lower house in January.
• Companies must learn from Qantas Twitter gaffe and TripAdvisor blackmails – Telegraph – Companies need to plan social media communication with the same level of thought, crisis management and craftsmanship as a traditional advertising campaign, writes Emma Barnett.
• Mega Monday to kick-off Christmas sale season – Retailers predict the biggest online shopping day of the year as consumers look to buy in time for Christmas deliveries
• Twitter the medium of revolution in the Arab world – Volume of public tweets in Arabic jumped 2,146% in past 12 months; Arab celebrities, diplomats start tweeting; only one in a thousand tweets is in Hebrew.
• Bribespot – anti corruption movement – While some people regard bribery as a fact of life, the absolute majority would rather do without it. Unfortunately, it is hard to fight corruption when you are alone. Bribespot changes the equation by giving users with smartphones and internet access a chance to report anonymously bribes.
• Social Media Manager vs. Community Manager – interesting post on emerging roles – As social media continues to develop, so do the roles within it. Among these are the roles of social media manager and community manager.
• Forget Wii… Balham urinal debuts world’s first pee-controlled game – Skyward Sword, the new state-of-the-art in motion-controlled entertainment has been announced: the world's first pee-controlled video game in a bar in Balham, London.
• Parents use Google to name their children – Increasing numbers of new parents are turning to Google to help them decide the name of their child.
• Mega Monday to kick-off Christmas sale season – Retailers predict the biggest online shopping day of the year as consumers look to buy in time for Christmas deliveries
• Facebook faces European crackdown on targeted advertising | ZDNet – Facebook may have to rethink how it uses personal user information to sell to advertisers, as draft European legislation will soon be heard in Europe’s lower house in January.
• I quite like the new Google+ TV advert: Sharing but like real life – New ways of sharing the right things with the right people.
• Bribespot – anti corruption movement – While some people regard bribery as a fact of life, the absolute majority would rather do without it. Unfortunately, it is hard to fight corruption when you are alone. Bribespot changes the equation by giving users with smartphones and internet access a chance to report anonymously bribes.
• Stan Collymore tweets about his battle with depression – Telegraph – Stan Collymore, the former Aston Villa striker, has spoken movingly about his battle with depression after using his Twitter account to share his experiences with fellow sufferers.
• Re-enacting Historical Events on Twitter With RealTimeWWII – NYTimes.com – On Aug. 26 Mr. Collinson was just a marketing manager at a magazine in Oxford toying with the notion of starting some kind of a real-time Twitter project that would get people’s attention — maybe something like Orson Welles’s 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, but that wouldn’t scare them to death.
• Companies must learn from Qantas Twitter gaffe and TripAdvisor blackmails – Telegraph – Companies need to plan social media communication with the same level of thought, crisis management and craftsmanship as a traditional advertising campaign, writes Emma Barnett.
• Niche Social Networks Deliver Big Results – When small businesses contemplate a social media strategy, Facebook and Twitter get lots of attention. However, niche social networks and online communities offer additional opportunities for brands to connect with consumers in an environment that’s highly targeted and often less congested.
• Twitter the medium of revolution in the Arab world – Volume of public tweets in Arabic jumped 2,146% in past 12 months; Arab celebrities, diplomats start tweeting; only one in a thousand tweets is in Hebrew.
• Mark Zuckerberg says the email’s end is nigh. LOL – Facebook's founder is profoundly missing the point about emails
• Facebook Could Go Public Before Christmas, Valuation A Big Question – Forbes – Speculation is rising that Facebook might file for an initial public offering before the end of 2011.
• Resume vs Reality [Comic] – love this! –
• Social Media Manager vs. Community Manager – interesting post on emerging roles – As social media continues to develop, so do the roles within it. Among these are the roles of social media manager and community manager.
• Forget Wii… Balham urinal debuts world’s first pee-controlled game – Skyward Sword, the new state-of-the-art in motion-controlled entertainment has been announced: the world's first pee-controlled video game in a bar in Balham, London.
• Twitter the medium of revolution in the Arab world – Volume of public tweets in Arabic jumped 2,146% in past 12 months; Arab celebrities, diplomats start tweeting; only one in a thousand tweets is in Hebrew.
• I quite like the new Google+ TV advert: Sharing but like real life – New ways of sharing the right things with the right people.
• Niche Social Networks Deliver Big Results – When small businesses contemplate a social media strategy, Facebook and Twitter get lots of attention. However, niche social networks and online communities offer additional opportunities for brands to connect with consumers in an environment that’s highly targeted and often less congested.
• Stan Collymore tweets about his battle with depression – Telegraph – Stan Collymore, the former Aston Villa striker, has spoken movingly about his battle with depression after using his Twitter account to share his experiences with fellow sufferers.
• Facebook Could Go Public Before Christmas, Valuation A Big Question – Forbes – Speculation is rising that Facebook might file for an initial public offering before the end of 2011.
• Companies must learn from Qantas Twitter gaffe and TripAdvisor blackmails – Telegraph – Companies need to plan social media communication with the same level of thought, crisis management and craftsmanship as a traditional advertising campaign, writes Emma Barnett.
• Facebook faces European crackdown on targeted advertising | ZDNet – Facebook may have to rethink how it uses personal user information to sell to advertisers, as draft European legislation will soon be heard in Europe’s lower house in January.
• Re-enacting Historical Events on Twitter With RealTimeWWII – NYTimes.com – On Aug. 26 Mr. Collinson was just a marketing manager at a magazine in Oxford toying with the notion of starting some kind of a real-time Twitter project that would get people’s attention — maybe something like Orson Welles’s 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, but that wouldn’t scare them to death.
• Bribespot – anti corruption movement – While some people regard bribery as a fact of life, the absolute majority would rather do without it. Unfortunately, it is hard to fight corruption when you are alone. Bribespot changes the equation by giving users with smartphones and internet access a chance to report anonymously bribes.
• Resume vs Reality [Comic] – love this! –
• Mark Zuckerberg says the email’s end is nigh. LOL – Facebook's founder is profoundly missing the point about emails
• Mega Monday to kick-off Christmas sale season – Retailers predict the biggest online shopping day of the year as consumers look to buy in time for Christmas deliveries
• Goodbye, Google Lists – I’ll miss you (I’m probably the only one) – Major pain in the proverbial. I'm probably the only one in the world who has ever used Google's Bookmark lists function but will be gutted to see it go. It's been a great way to circulate notes between colleagues.
• Facebook Could Go Public Before Christmas, Valuation A Big Question – Forbes – Speculation is rising that Facebook might file for an initial public offering before the end of 2011.
• Companies must learn from Qantas Twitter gaffe and TripAdvisor blackmails – Telegraph – Companies need to plan social media communication with the same level of thought, crisis management and craftsmanship as a traditional advertising campaign, writes Emma Barnett.
• Forget Wii… Balham urinal debuts world’s first pee-controlled game – Skyward Sword, the new state-of-the-art in motion-controlled entertainment has been announced: the world's first pee-controlled video game in a bar in Balham, London.
• Facebook faces European crackdown on targeted advertising | ZDNet – Facebook may have to rethink how it uses personal user information to sell to advertisers, as draft European legislation will soon be heard in Europe’s lower house in January.
• I quite like the new Google+ TV advert: Sharing but like real life – New ways of sharing the right things with the right people.
• Twitter the medium of revolution in the Arab world – Volume of public tweets in Arabic jumped 2,146% in past 12 months; Arab celebrities, diplomats start tweeting; only one in a thousand tweets is in Hebrew.
• Stan Collymore tweets about his battle with depression – Telegraph – Stan Collymore, the former Aston Villa striker, has spoken movingly about his battle with depression after using his Twitter account to share his experiences with fellow sufferers.
• Social Media Manager vs. Community Manager – interesting post on emerging roles – As social media continues to develop, so do the roles within it. Among these are the roles of social media manager and community manager.
• Re-enacting Historical Events on Twitter With RealTimeWWII – NYTimes.com – On Aug. 26 Mr. Collinson was just a marketing manager at a magazine in Oxford toying with the notion of starting some kind of a real-time Twitter project that would get people’s attention — maybe something like Orson Welles’s 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, but that wouldn’t scare them to death.
• Niche Social Networks Deliver Big Results – When small businesses contemplate a social media strategy, Facebook and Twitter get lots of attention. However, niche social networks and online communities offer additional opportunities for brands to connect with consumers in an environment that’s highly targeted and often less congested.
• Resume vs Reality [Comic] – love this! –
• Mega Monday to kick-off Christmas sale season – Retailers predict the biggest online shopping day of the year as consumers look to buy in time for Christmas deliveries
• Bribespot – anti corruption movement – While some people regard bribery as a fact of life, the absolute majority would rather do without it. Unfortunately, it is hard to fight corruption when you are alone. Bribespot changes the equation by giving users with smartphones and internet access a chance to report anonymously bribes.
• Mark Zuckerberg says the email’s end is nigh. LOL – Facebook's founder is profoundly missing the point about emails
• Goodbye, Google Lists – I’ll miss you (I’m probably the only one) – Major pain in the proverbial. I'm probably the only one in the world who has ever used Google's Bookmark lists function but will be gutted to see it go. It's been a great way to circulate notes between colleagues.
• Re-enacting Historical Events on Twitter With RealTimeWWII – NYTimes.com – On Aug. 26 Mr. Collinson was just a marketing manager at a magazine in Oxford toying with the notion of starting some kind of a real-time Twitter project that would get people’s attention — maybe something like Orson Welles’s 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, but that wouldn’t scare them to death.
• Facebook Could Go Public Before Christmas, Valuation A Big Question – Forbes – Speculation is rising that Facebook might file for an initial public offering before the end of 2011.
• Companies must learn from Qantas Twitter gaffe and TripAdvisor blackmails – Telegraph – Companies need to plan social media communication with the same level of thought, crisis management and craftsmanship as a traditional advertising campaign, writes Emma Barnett.
• Twitter the medium of revolution in the Arab world – Volume of public tweets in Arabic jumped 2,146% in past 12 months; Arab celebrities, diplomats start tweeting; only one in a thousand tweets is in Hebrew.
• Facebook faces European crackdown on targeted advertising | ZDNet – Facebook may have to rethink how it uses personal user information to sell to advertisers, as draft European legislation will soon be heard in Europe’s lower house in January.
• I quite like the new Google+ TV advert: Sharing but like real life – New ways of sharing the right things with the right people.
• Goodbye, Google Lists – I’ll miss you (I’m probably the only one) – Major pain in the proverbial. I'm probably the only one in the world who has ever used Google's Bookmark lists function but will be gutted to see it go. It's been a great way to circulate notes between colleagues.
• Stan Collymore tweets about his battle with depression – Telegraph – Stan Collymore, the former Aston Villa striker, has spoken movingly about his battle with depression after using his Twitter account to share his experiences with fellow sufferers.
• Bribespot – anti corruption movement – While some people regard bribery as a fact of life, the absolute majority would rather do without it. Unfortunately, it is hard to fight corruption when you are alone. Bribespot changes the equation by giving users with smartphones and internet access a chance to report anonymously bribes.
• Mark Zuckerberg says the email’s end is nigh. LOL – Facebook's founder is profoundly missing the point about emails
• Mega Monday to kick-off Christmas sale season – Retailers predict the biggest online shopping day of the year as consumers look to buy in time for Christmas deliveries
• Resume vs Reality [Comic] – love this! –
• Niche Social Networks Deliver Big Results – When small businesses contemplate a social media strategy, Facebook and Twitter get lots of attention. However, niche social networks and online communities offer additional opportunities for brands to connect with consumers in an environment that’s highly targeted and often less congested.
• Facebook faces European crackdown on targeted advertising | ZDNet – Facebook may have to rethink how it uses personal user information to sell to advertisers, as draft European legislation will soon be heard in Europe’s lower house in January.
• Bribespot – anti corruption movement – While some people regard bribery as a fact of life, the absolute majority would rather do without it. Unfortunately, it is hard to fight corruption when you are alone. Bribespot changes the equation by giving users with smartphones and internet access a chance to report anonymously bribes.
• Stan Collymore tweets about his battle with depression – Telegraph – Stan Collymore, the former Aston Villa striker, has spoken movingly about his battle with depression after using his Twitter account to share his experiences with fellow sufferers.
• Mega Monday to kick-off Christmas sale season – Retailers predict the biggest online shopping day of the year as consumers look to buy in time for Christmas deliveries
• Companies must learn from Qantas Twitter gaffe and TripAdvisor blackmails – Telegraph – Companies need to plan social media communication with the same level of thought, crisis management and craftsmanship as a traditional advertising campaign, writes Emma Barnett.
• Goodbye, Google Lists – I’ll miss you (I’m probably the only one) – Major pain in the proverbial. I'm probably the only one in the world who has ever used Google's Bookmark lists function but will be gutted to see it go. It's been a great way to circulate notes between colleagues.
• Twitter the medium of revolution in the Arab world – Volume of public tweets in Arabic jumped 2,146% in past 12 months; Arab celebrities, diplomats start tweeting; only one in a thousand tweets is in Hebrew.
• I quite like the new Google+ TV advert: Sharing but like real life – New ways of sharing the right things with the right people.
• Facebook Could Go Public Before Christmas, Valuation A Big Question – Forbes – Speculation is rising that Facebook might file for an initial public offering before the end of 2011.
• Mark Zuckerberg says the email’s end is nigh. LOL – Facebook's founder is profoundly missing the point about emails
• Re-enacting Historical Events on Twitter With RealTimeWWII – NYTimes.com – On Aug. 26 Mr. Collinson was just a marketing manager at a magazine in Oxford toying with the notion of starting some kind of a real-time Twitter project that would get people’s attention — maybe something like Orson Welles’s 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, but that wouldn’t scare them to death.
• Resume vs Reality [Comic] – love this! –
• Niche Social Networks Deliver Big Results – When small businesses contemplate a social media strategy, Facebook and Twitter get lots of attention. However, niche social networks and online communities offer additional opportunities for brands to connect with consumers in an environment that’s highly targeted and often less congested.
• Facebook faces European crackdown on targeted advertising | ZDNet – Facebook may have to rethink how it uses personal user information to sell to advertisers, as draft European legislation will soon be heard in Europe’s lower house in January.
• Bribespot – anti corruption movement – While some people regard bribery as a fact of life, the absolute majority would rather do without it. Unfortunately, it is hard to fight corruption when you are alone. Bribespot changes the equation by giving users with smartphones and internet access a chance to report anonymously bribes.
• Stan Collymore tweets about his battle with depression – Telegraph – Stan Collymore, the former Aston Villa striker, has spoken movingly about his battle with depression after using his Twitter account to share his experiences with fellow sufferers.
• Mega Monday to kick-off Christmas sale season – Retailers predict the biggest online shopping day of the year as consumers look to buy in time for Christmas deliveries
• Companies must learn from Qantas Twitter gaffe and TripAdvisor blackmails – Telegraph – Companies need to plan social media communication with the same level of thought, crisis management and craftsmanship as a traditional advertising campaign, writes Emma Barnett.
• Goodbye, Google Lists – I’ll miss you (I’m probably the only one) – Major pain in the proverbial. I'm probably the only one in the world who has ever used Google's Bookmark lists function but will be gutted to see it go. It's been a great way to circulate notes between colleagues.
• Twitter the medium of revolution in the Arab world – Volume of public tweets in Arabic jumped 2,146% in past 12 months; Arab celebrities, diplomats start tweeting; only one in a thousand tweets is in Hebrew.
• I quite like the new Google+ TV advert: Sharing but like real life – New ways of sharing the right things with the right people.
• Facebook Could Go Public Before Christmas, Valuation A Big Question – Forbes – Speculation is rising that Facebook might file for an initial public offering before the end of 2011.
• Mark Zuckerberg says the email’s end is nigh. LOL – Facebook's founder is profoundly missing the point about emails
• Re-enacting Historical Events on Twitter With RealTimeWWII – NYTimes.com – On Aug. 26 Mr. Collinson was just a marketing manager at a magazine in Oxford toying with the notion of starting some kind of a real-time Twitter project that would get people’s attention — maybe something like Orson Welles’s 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, but that wouldn’t scare them to death.
• Resume vs Reality [Comic] – love this! –
• Niche Social Networks Deliver Big Results – When small businesses contemplate a social media strategy, Facebook and Twitter get lots of attention. However, niche social networks and online communities offer additional opportunities for brands to connect with consumers in an environment that’s highly targeted and often less congested.