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» 10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know

Whatever the reason for ending our Facebook friendship, I figured that many people would benefit from a thorough overview on how to protect your privacy on Facebook. Below is a step by step process for protecting your privacy.
10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know.

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» Why Does LinkedIn Still Have Facebook Envy? – ReadWriteWeb

Commentary on this week’s management changes at LinkedIn implied that a shake-up was needed to make LinkedIn more like Facebook. As somebody who has used LinkedIn extensively and spoken to many people who have also found it very useful, this is a plea to listen to users and not the Valley cognoscenti. Sure, when Facebook [...]

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» Iconfactory : Software : Twitterrific

Twitterrific is a fun application that lets you both read and publish posts or “tweets” to the Twitter community website.
Iconfactory : Software : Twitterrific.

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» HOW TO: Use Twitter for Social Bookmarking

Mashable reader Patrick de Laive over at Fleck, at the suggestion of our fearless leader Pete, put together a simple bookmarklet that posts URLs to Twitter in a shortened form, of course and then saves that tweet as an easy to find bookmark in your browser.
The tool, Fleck Lite, looks pretty slick and it doesn’t [...]

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» Blog Archive 10 Reasons why Twitter is for you and FriendFeed is not «

10 Reasons why Twitter is for you and FriendFeed is not
Dave Winer talks about why FriendFeed hasn’t gotten super popular yet. He thinks there’s space for a new service between Twitter and FriendFeed. Everyone knows I’m FriendFeed’s #1 customer, but I’ve been studying the two services for a while and have found 10 reasons why [...]

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» TalkShoe™ – About the TalkShoe company that creates Community Calls

TalkShoe is a service that enables anyone to easily create, join,
or listen to Live Interactive Discussions, Conversations, Podcasts
and Audioblogs.
These hosted Community Calls can be discussions, conversations, talk shows and podcasts. Recorded Community Calls can be listened to, downloaded, or subscribed to.
TalkShoe™ – About the TalkShoe company that creates Community Calls.

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» The Facebook Marketing Toolbox: 100 Tools and Tips to Tap the Facebook Customer Base – Inside CRM

In the last couple of years, Facebook has gone from a college photo-sharing site to a burgeoning business- networking platform for self-promotion, advertising and multimedia interaction. With new apps and add-ons, Facebook users can send each other a virtual drink, create and host events, advertise their businesses through social ads, and more. When Charlie Gibson [...]

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» Abusing Social Media – iphone applications – web 2.0 | Fast Company

Thanks for nothing, Web 2.0. With each sexy bit of social media that catches fire with users, lame companies get another fresh opportunity to pretend they know how to connect with customers without understanding what they’re doing. No business is abandoning traditional advertising in favor of these gimmicky, halfhearted efforts. They’re just abandoning any self-respect [...]

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» Five Ways You Can Build Your Reputation With Social Networking

Five Ways You Can Build Your Reputation With Social Networking
By Bob Jenkins

Are you using social networks to build your reputation online? Whether you already are or you are just getting started with sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Ning, building your online reputation is your biggest responsibility.
Here are five ways to make sure you do it [...]

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» Social Web news: Twitter terrorism

Twitter could be a tool for terrorists. From Wired.com: “Could Twitter become terrorists’ newest killer app? A draft Army intelligence report, making its way through spy circles, thinks the miniature messaging software could be used as an effective tool for coordinating militant attacks.” (Wired)
For years, American analysts have been concerned that militants would take advantage [...]

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