Business, Communication, Technology
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A new feature has come to Flickr, the photo-sharing service, that means you can post notifications and other announcements about your photos to your Twitter account from Flickr itself.
The new feature is simple to set up and works well, as a test tweet I did indicates.
Once set up, you can click on a ‘Blog [...]
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This is going to be huge.
The official Michael Jackson website invites its visitors to share their MJ memories in classic blog comment form. As of writing there are 354 044 memories “from Michael Jackson fans worldwide”, and growing naturally. Meanwhile, the Facebook page now clocks in 2 414 413 fans. On June 26, [...]
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Google just launched the YouTube Reporters Center.
Ever captured a natural disaster or a crime on your cell-phone camera? Filmed a political rally or protest, and then interviewed the participants afterward? Produced a story about a local issue in your community? If you’ve done any of these things or aspire to, then you’re part of [...]
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At various times during the weekend when I was out and about, I was checking the latest news on my iPhone, usually with the excellent Sky News app.
It did amaze me at one point on Saturday to note that every major news story I saw was something about Michael Jackson.
That’s almost all there’s been [...]
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Pete Cashmore of internet news site Mashable asks:
Where’s the user manual for Twitter? Where do new Twitter users go to learn about Tweeting, retweets, hashtags and customizing your Twitter profile? Where do you go if you want to know all about building a community on Twitter, or using Twitter for business? How can you [...]
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I was up late in my office last night when the first comments on Twitter about the death of entertainer Michael Jackson started appearing.
It wasn’t long before those tweets became a torrent as more and more people heard the news and were asking questions, seeking confirmation.
Before that confirmation came (the LA Times was first [...]
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It’s a hot topic, it involves a product many people hate, and it’s from a company that many love to hate.
It’s about Outlook, the ubiquitous Windows application from Microsoft for email, contacts, calendar, etc, a new version of which is coming next year.
Therein lie the issues, say the people behind Fixoutlook.org, centered on Microsoft’s [...]
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While the mainstream media is proving its worth (and its mettle) in its reporting of fast-moving events in Iran, that parallel universe known as social media is a channel for huge volumes of comment and opinion, the type that is more local and niche and which typically doesn’t get the attention of the mainstream [...]
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The two primary Twitter applications for the desktop – TweetDeck and Seesmic Desktop – released new versions in the past 24 hours.
Both are the latest salvoes in a battle where one winner could gain supremacy as the app on the desktop for keeping in touch with what’s happening on Twitter (and, if you wish, [...]
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In the wake of developments in what’s happening in Iran following elections there last week – continuing violent street protests and the Iranian government muzzling the foreign media – this announcement by Twitter yesterday about its delaying a critical maintenance task takes on greater significance than it otherwise would have done.
So Twitter has strategic [...]
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