As you may have heard in some of the latest online news, Facebook has launched a location-based functionality called “Places.” If you’re familiar with Foursquare or Gowalla, Facebook will now have similar functionality. The good part about “Places” is that it will integrate with other existing location-based services (if users choose, they can port their check-ins on other services into …

This post is a shameless self-promotion for the session proposals of which I am involved for SxSWi 2011. The final schedule for the event is partially dependent upon votes from the online community.
In order to vote for a session, you must have an account on the SxSWi site. Setting up an account takes approximately 20 seconds, for everyone keeping score …

Mark Zuckerberg has always seemed somewhat awkward when speaking in front of crowds. It’s been obvious that he is uncomfortable in front of large groups.
At the D8 event, Zuckerberg was being asked some uncomfortable questions about privacy on Facebook by Kara Wisher and Walt Mossberg. His poise was obviously tainted.
This is when the host suggested he take off his signature …

Facebook recently modified its privacy settings. New York Daily News wrote an article about the change. But due to user backlash of the privacy options being too open, Facebook then remodified its privacy controls. The new controls attempt to make privacy areas much easier to assign.
The “Quit Facebook Day” event that was supposed to have taken place on Monday seems …

Radio Ink Magazine, a publication dedicated to management and marketing in the radio industry, recently published the story “Twitter Has ‘Yet To Articulate Its Value’ For Most.” The article states that the value of Twitter may not be yet defined for the consumers on the platform. It mentions a couple times that consumption of content is greater than creation of …

The following is a transcription of JESS3‘s State of the Internet video. JESS3 is a creative agency that specializes in web design, branding and data visualization. Compelling statistics are included in the video, and this information may be helpful in text format to some. The video was posted to YouTube on February 26, 2010, so exact quantifiable information may have …

ComScore recently published statistics that outline the size of audience and percentage of change from January 2009 to January 2010 for users who access social networks via their mobile phones.
Quoting statistics in the article:

30% of smartphone users accessed social networks via mobile browsers — this was up from 22.5% in 2009.
Total social networking access via mobile browsers on …

Do you trust your friends? According to The Ad Contrarian, 3 Out Of 4 Don’t Trust Their Friends. For all intensive purposes, I am applying this article to relationships within social media. That could mean both people who are acquainted in the real and online world, and those folks who only know each other through an online medium.
That’s interesting. Of …

Yahoo recently partnered with Twitter. According to an article at Mashable, “Yahoo will have full access to the Twitter data firehose, so you can expect real-time updates in Yahoo Search, among other integrations. It will use tweets to improve relevancy, freshness and search results, as well as ‘drive deeper user engagement.’” The deal will focus on three main areas:

Access to …

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