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Vice President Biden Joins Twitter
BusinessCommunityPolitics Jul 05, 2011, by Danny Wool
To mark the Fourth of July, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, sent their first tweet: “VP & Dr. B hope you take time to think about our troops & military families this Independence Day, Happy 4th from OVP!”
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Social Media in the Guinness Book of Records
BusinessCommunity Jul 01, 2011, by Danny Wool
The Guinness World Records now has an entire section devoted to social media. As they point out, “It’s very appealing to know that you can be a part of a world record, just by “liking” a post on Facebook, or watching a video on YouTube.”
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Hackers Target Senate
BusinessCommunity Jun 14, 2011, by Danny WoolThere’s one thing to be said for Anthony Weiner. Though his Twitter account was not hacked as he originally claimed, as far as excuses go, it was pretty good. It may have even been inspirational. CNET is reporting that a group of hackers known as Lulz Security successfully hacked the Senate’s computers and gained access to its server’s directory and file structure.
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Always eager to preserve language purity on the airwaves, French television and radio may no longer use the terms Facebook and Twitter on their broadcasts, except in news stories relating specifically to the sites. On the other hand, newscasters may no longer say, “Leave your comments on Facebook,” or “Follow me on Twitter,” and instead must use the more generic, “Check out our social networking sites.”
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Internet Privacy Bill Killed
BusinessCommunity Jun 06, 2011, by Danny WoolToday, the default on Facebook and other social networking sites is that your information is public unless you opt to make it private. After considerable complaints about privacy protections, State Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett (D-San Leandro) came up with a simple but ingenious idea. Why not make the default for everything but your name and city private, and give people the option of deciding what other information they want to make public?
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Facebook Roast Focuses on MySpace
Business May 27, 2011, by Danny WoolCollegeHumor.com has just released a video roast of Facebook. It even contains some professional roasters, including Penn Jillette as Google, Gilbert Gottfried as Twitter, and Lisa Lampanelli as FourSquare.
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Innovation Journalism in the Real, Virtual Worlds
BusinessCommunityPolitics May 25, 2011, by Josh Koehn 1 Comments
The narrative of freedom is being told at Stanford University this week, in the same way that it’s been told across the world for months, as journalists from countries crumbling and developing have come to Palo Alto to stay a step head of the social-media curve.
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Secret Service Slams Fox News on Twitter
BusinessPolitics May 19, 2011, by Danny Wool
A mistake on the Secret Service’s Twitter account has left the agency scrambling to apologize after a member criticized Fox News.
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The World’s Biggest Tweeter
BusinessCommunity May 16, 2011, by Danny Wool
Twitter, just as much as Facebook, is widely said to be behind the uprisings across the Middle East. Newt Gingrich used Twitter to launch his presidential campaign. And then there is Sarah Palin, who tweets about the President every time he changes his underwear. People are made famous just because of their Twitter-appeal. So who’s the biggest Twitterati of them all? As of late Saturday night, it was Lady Gaga.
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Social Media Helps Decide the News You Read
BusinessCommunity May 09, 2011, by Danny WoolWith the decline of newspapers across America, more and more people are turning to the Internet for their latest news fix. It certainly has its advantages, especially for news junkies.
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