Tags: “ Social Networking ”
US Hospitals at a Very Early Stage in Digital Record Adoption
According to a recent New England Journal of Medicine survey funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, as it stands today, fewer than 2% of ... more
Microsoft Getting into Social Networking, Only in Case of Emergency
In a recent article posted by Tech News World, it was reported that Microsoft is in the beta stages with Vine, a social networking tool, but not in the Facebook department of social networking. Microsoft's Vine will only ... more
More Tales from the Dark Side of Web 2.0: Sexting
Mix together fuel, oxygen, and a spark, and it’s bound to happen—you’re going to get a fire. Mix together the ubiquity of cell phone digital cameras, the seemingly-private but all-too-public realm of digital friends and networks of friends, the need ... more
RUNmyERRAND.com
Ever feel overwhelmed with all the errands on your to-do list? RUNmyERRAND.com can solve your problems. They call it "service networking", and it seems to be a combination of Craigslist and eBay, where people can post errands ... more
Widgetize Your Life with Bebo’s Lifestory
Digitizing your life just became more interesting with Bebo’s Lifestory, a new feature that Rafe Needleman, writing for CNet News, says “makes a fancy widget out of your life.”
Lifestory, one of the flashier new ... more
Anchor Tweets: A Good Deal, or Too Much Information?
According to Howard Kurtz, writing in the Washington Post, NBC’s Meet the Press moderator David Gregory tweets in real time with his Twitter followers. Nightline co-anchor Terry Morgan offered Twitter updates on the day ... more
Cisco Flips for $590 Million
Cisco, the world’s largest maker of the switches and routers that make up the nerve system of the internet, has taken another step towards becoming a major player in the consumer electronics department by buying Pure ... more
Hulu Amps Up Social Networking Features
Now the number two video sharing site behind YouTube.com after a year in existence, Hulu has embraced the social networking paradigm fully with Hulu Friends, a feature that Hulu hopes will increase the “community aspects” of ... more
Boston Police to Experiment with Twitter Dispatches During St. Patrick’s Day Parade
As if a crackdown on public drinking during this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston wasn’t a radical experiment enough, the Boston Police Department announced that it will be conducting a trial ... more
Meetup Goes from Grass Roots Social Organizer to Big-Time Brand Builder
Meetup is making a play to become a major brand-building medium, reports Ad Age, and the direction seems to be a change in strategy.
As a forum for organizing meetings of like-minded people, Meetup was one of ... more
H&R Block Reach Out to Younger Customers Via Mobile Advertising
In a pilot program starting last month, tax preparer H&R Block is advertising a free online tax preparation service through ChaCha, an ad-supported mobile “answer” service with a core audience of 18-to-34-year-olds, reports Ad ... more
Indian Culture War Takes to the Web
In what some claim to be a response to the “talibanization” of their country, liberal-minded Indians are taking to social networks like Facebook to combat a rising vigilantism against activities certain groups feel are not in ... more
Twitter: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Business Model
Or not yet, anyway.
“We’ve got a ton of cash. We have far more cash than we need, so I’m not in any hurry,” said Todd Chaffee, General Partner at Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), according to Wired. ... more
Keeping an Eye on the Battle of the Social Networking Titans
In a fantastic piece written for Social Media Insider, Catharine P. Taylor notes that according to an interview with Charlie Rose, MySpace co-founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson view Facebook—arguably ... more
Marketing Execs Say Metrics Are Not Enough
At an Advertising Research Foundation forum recently, Kim Dedeker, market research VP for Procter & Gamble, warned that market researchers need to shift their focus toward listening and developing ideas better on the front end, and ... more
Pope Goes Web 2.0, but Warns Flock of the Dangers of Too Much Facebooking
One of the world’s oldest and most widely recognized organized religions leaped into the deep end of the Web 2.0 pool last week, as Pope Benedict XVI unveiled his own YouTube channel. The channel will broadcast ... more
American Express Creates Social Network for Business Travelers
Logging long miles criss-crossing around the globe, spending days, weeks, and even months away from home, the legion of world-weary business travelers out there are a community of like-minded souls. And now, with the help of American Express ... more
Web, Social Networking Big Winners in Inauguration Coverage
So where were you when President Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States?
Chances are, if you were not one of those hearty souls who took in the event live in Washington, D.C., you probably ... more
Cisco Announces New Platform for Managing Content over Social Networks
Say you’re a media or entertainment firm, and it’s your job to manage tons of professionally-produced content across multiple sites and online locations. How do you deal with the sheer volume of it all—uploading new content, replacing old content, tracking ... more
How Far Would You Go For A Whopper?
Burger King is at the forefront of marketing trends, using social networking to reach their target market. I came across their latest campaign via an email from my sister - a Facebook request titled Whopper Sacrifice. It contained ... more
Your Friends Can Give You Viruses . . . on Facebook
Social networking is a great way to connect with friends and make new ones over the internet, but it's not immune to the dangers you might face using email, or downloading files, chief among them computer viruses. And the ... more
Social Networking is Facebook’s Worst Nightmare
Some of the biggest appeals of social networking are freedom of speech and the ease at which friends can communicate and share. It is the means my friends and I use to share photos, plan events, and stay in touch. ... more
Is Social Networking Killing Cable News?
The blogsphere and the greater universe of social networking websites, miniature applications, widgets, and what-have-you were abuzz this past Thanksgiving (Thursday, November 26th) with news of the terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. For much of the technocrati keeping up with ... more
The Dark Side of Social Networking: 1 in 5 Teens Have Uploaded Nude Images
Sex and Tech, a new report published last week by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unwanted Pregnancy, revealed that 21% of teenaged girls and 18% of teenaged boys have sent or posted nude or semi-nude images ... more