May 20, 2008

Survey says: Women are more social than men

In November 2007, Rapleaf (an online reputation service) published the results of their survey, which concludes that women belong to social networks more so than do men.

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May 15, 2008

Bloggers united against injustice

No longer can I say, "I'm just one person. What can I do?" Using social media, I can influence thousands of people--which is the premise of Bloggers Unite.

Bloggers Unite is an initiative designed to harness the power of the blogosphere to make the world a better place. By challenging bloggers to blog about a particular social cause on a single day, a single voice can be joined with thousands of others to help make a real positive difference.

The viral nature of blogging turns grassroots advocacy into a groundswell of power.

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April 29, 2008

Dell Acquisition of MessageOne: A Strategic Move

As pointed out in Network News, Dell's acquisition of MessageOne is not controversial. Michael Dell was brought back to Dell to build its financial and strategic viability. Viability in this sense is a euphemism for cost cutting and reinvestment.

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April 28, 2008

Social networks breeds social engineering exploitation

A colleague received a LinkedIn message from someone asking to be invited into my colleague's LinkedIn network. The message looks something like this:

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Of course, his name isn't "Mr. Spammy" and his photo looks like a real person.

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Xobni's timely marketing play

As Techcrunch implies in (Xobni's Secret Project: Merge Outlook With Yahoo Mail), Xobni is positioning itself for a marketing coup should Microsoft acquire Yahoo.

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