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Retailers big and small have beefed up their presence on Facebook, Twitter and other popular social networks well in advance of this week's traditional start to the annual holiday shopping season. Images More Business This is the first holiday season...
Tags: Facebook, social media, David Berkowitz, Best Buy, J.C. Penney, Marshal Cohen, NPD Group, Palo Alto, Web 2.0, Blog hosting services, Black Friday, Technology Internet, Christmas and holiday season, Online social networking, Retailing
Anthony is VentureBeat's assistant editor, as well as its reporter on enterprise technology, cloud computing, and tech policy. Before joining VentureBeat in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper...
Tags: San Francisco, Web 2.0, Real-time web, Twitter, Social media, Technology Internet, Cloud computing, Online social networking, Entertainment Culture
The Twitter phenomenon, in which anybody can tell his or her followers anything -- in 140 characters or less -- now has a payoff that can go beyond the thrill of self-publishing. A handful of companies are offering to pay Twitterers to gain access to...
Tags: Dr. Drew Pinsky, Joel McHale, told cnn, CNN, gets compensated, Beverly Hills, Web 2.0, Social media, Real-time web, Tweet, Pinsky, Drew Pinsky, Entertainment Culture, Twitter
If you moan vociferously to friends about the terrible service you're getting from your mobile phone network, the reaction is fairly predictable: perhaps a shrug, a few words of sympathy, the offer of a nice cup of tea. If, however, you take a few seconds...
Tags: Kellogg, customer services, Mark Shaw, social media, David Carruthers, Bose, United Kingdom, London, Web 2.0, Blog hosting services, Real-time web, Online social networking, Twitter
I magine befriending Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Facebook. Or getting "tweets" from Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on Twitter. It could happen if Tokyo follows Washington's lead. This summer, Japan, like the United States last year, opted for a...
Tags: Japan, Brookings Institution, U.S. State Department, Washington, Ginny Hunt of Google, Yukio Hatoyama, web sites, Tokyo, D.C. Darrell West, Facebook, Hatoyama, Web 2.0, Blog hosting services, Open government, E-Government, Social media, Politics, Government 2.0, Online social networking, Google
David Gardner's top pick took an epic run of 1,334%! LinkedIn , a business network that's hugely popular among Silicon Valley's top private equity investors, yesterday opened its service to third-party software developers in what looks like an attempt...
Tags: Alexandria, Social media, Blog hosting services, Microblogging, Seesmic, LinkedIn Open Networker, Technology Internet, Web 2.0, Online social networking, Twitter, Business Finance
Now, if you fall into the category of "everyone else" and your recent split caused a rush of heated double-clicks and jealous scrolls through a flurry of screens large and small, then you really ought to fumigate your technology like you would a roach-infested...
Tags: dating site, Los Angeles, Social media, Social information processing, Facebook, Twitter, OkCupid, Online social networking, Blog hosting services, Web 2.0, Human Interest
Openness is important for the future of a company, says Biz Stone, CEO of Twitter In digital media , as in fortune-telling, the future is pretty much treated as part of the present. "What is the next big thing?"
Tags: social networks, Oxford, Iran, Tehrān, Web 2.0, Blog hosting services, Twitter, Facebook, Social network service, Online social networking, Social information processing, Social media, Technology Internet
Links Added to AAJ News Announcements and Articles Look for several related musician links at the end of a news announcement or article at All About Jazz. Prior to today, we included just the musician's website link--we now include their MySpace, Facebook,...
Tags: New York, Web 2.0, Social media, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Online social networking, Social information processing, Blog hosting services, Entertainment Culture, Technology Internet
City officials in the Pearl River Delta mega-city announced Tuesday that they would consult residents before constructing a massive garbage incinerator capable of burning 2,000 tons of garbage a day. Their decision came after 1,000 residents publicly...
Tags: China, Shanghai, Incineration, Web 2.0, Protest, Guangzhou, Real-time web, Politics, Pearl River Delta, Social Issues, Maglev, Social media, Online social networking, Xiamen, Twitter