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Wikipedia Blackout: Survive with These 12 Alternatives

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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5 Ways Businesses Can Use Social Media as a Tool for Progress
Google+ Now Lets You Create Memes [PICS]
Facebook to Introduce New Open Graph Apps, Gestures Wednesday [REPORT]
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Wikipedia Blackout: Survive with These 12 Alternatives
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 8:23 PMChristine Erickson
LEAD STORY: Why SOPA Is Dangerous The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) are landing in the U.S. Senate next week and a whirlpool of online protest has fired up again. The two bills intend to stop online piracy and protect...



Facebook Stats Analysis: Is Fan Page Growth Slowing?
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 7:58 PMJim Tobin
Jim Tobin is president of Ignite Social Media, a leading social media agency, where he works with clients including Microsoft, Samsung, Chrysler, Verizon and more implementing social media marketing strategies. He is also author of the...



Facebook Makes You Smarter, Thanks to Friends You Don't Talk To [STUDY]
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 7:01 PMJoann Pan
Information being shared on Facebook is highly diverse and coming to you mostly from people you rarely talk to, says the latest Facebook Data Team Study. The Facebook Data Team examined users' strong ties and weak ties by the number of comments,...



New Facebook Cover Designer App Takes Photos With Your Profile in Mind
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:12 PMSarah Kessler
Most standard photos don't fit Facebook Timeline's cover photo slot, but a new app that launched on Tuesday creates images sized specifically for that purpose. Dropico's free Facebook Cover Designer provides a landscape viewfinder for composing...



Facebook Recycles Feel-Good Timeline Video
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 5:49 PMSamantha Murphy
Facebook is drawing more attention to its Timeline profile redesign via a feel-good video on its homepage that chronicles how users can use the site to archive their lives. The video was first launched in September 2011 when the company announced...



Facebook Finally Beats Google's Orkut ... in Brazil
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 4:55 PMZoe Fox
Facebook, following a year of whirlwind growth, overtook Orkut as Brazil's most-popular social network in December. Orkut is a social network that Google launched in 2004. Its popularity in Brazil, where 60% of Orkut's users are based, led to it...



Twitter Suspends Popular Tweet-Filtering App
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 4:25 PMJoann Pan
Twitter has suspended the popular tweet-filtering app Proxlet for "violating terms" of its API rules. Proxlet - which can be downloaded and installed as either a web extension or as a mobile app, including Twitter for iPhone, TweetDeck,...



5 Ways Businesses Can Use Social Media as a Tool for Progress
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:55 PMRiley Gibson
It seems like everyone talks about the value of social media, but very few businesses take full advantage of it. Think about how you use social media in your personal life -- to ask for recommendations or advice from friends, to share photos and...



Show Us Your Best Google+ Memes
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:34 PMTodd Olmstead
When you think of Google, you probably think of search, email, maps, and now ... meme generator? Google has announced a new Google+ feature that allows you to add text to any photo you upload, which will then automatically be applied in the "I...



Lady Gaga Joins Google+ [VIDEO]
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:42 PMBrian Anthony Hernandez
Pop megastar Lady Gaga just expanded her powerful social media presence with a Google+ profile. But while Gaga has racked up the most followers on Twitter with 18 million, she still has a long way to go before claiming the most followers on...



 
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