Archive for February, 2008

Session 1: The World of Social Media

Study: Agencies ‘Don’t Get’ Social Media (BrandWeek)
Clients are placing more emphasis on mastering social media but find their agencies ill equipped to help them succeed in that space, according to a new survey.
Source: brandweek.com

Richard MacManus: Page View Metric Dying - But What Will Replace It?
measurement tool called “engagement mapping” . This is a guest post by Muhammad Saleem , a social media consultant and a top-ranked community member on multiple social news sites… could have high incoming traffic (for example, any site that is hugely successful on social sites… maximizing page views per visitor, is because advertising networks let you in on the basis of how much
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‘Click Here to Save Darfur’
Senators Barack Obama [D-Ill.] and Hillary Clinton [D-N.Y.] both are using social networks like News Corp.’s (NWS) MySpace and media-sharing tools such as Google’s (GOOG) YouTube to get out the vote. But the impact of activism 2.0 is felt far beyond …
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Recent news releases from Billboard Publicity Wire the press release newswire.
a vast SEO and social media network that includes search engines, news sites, RSS feeds and opt… on Windows and Finale 2004 to 2008 on Mac OS X. 2007-08-14 ON Networks Presents New… and promotion campaigns with digital music. 2007-08-09 ON Networks Introduces Play Value
Source: www.billboardpublicitywire.com

Security glitch exposes OS X account passwords | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
networks, Web sites, accounts accessed via SSH, network-mounted volumes, and so on. Apple… posts: The Social by Caroline McCarthy Exploring all facets of social media and tech… on CNET Networks: Akon | Free Music Downloads | Game Cheats | Heroes | Margarita recipes | PC Games | Prison Break | PS3 | Recipes | Wii | Xbox 360 Copyright 2008 CNET Networks, Inc
Source: www.news.com

Social networks illustrate how disease can spread (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The best way to stop the next influenza pandemic in its tracks could be to shut down schools and keep students at home, according to the authors of a new study of social contact networks.
Source: news.yahoo.com

Survey: Bebo has worst downtime out of major social networks (CNET)
A performance monitoring software company says the youth-oriented social network, popular in the U.K., is the most unavailable out of major social networks.
Source: www.news.com

The Role of the Brand in Social Media Marketing (Search Engine Watch)
The more your brand can assist people in connecting with others online to create or share something new, the more favorably you will be received in these new and influential social circles.
Source: searchenginewatch.com

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from the NMSU College of Health and Social Services are missing out on scholarship opportunities. With 44 scholarships being offered to students in the nursing, social work and health sciences programs at the CHSS, only 19 students have applied. The College of Health and Social Services, which… College Publisher powered by mtvU and MTV Networks

New China Books: The China Price by Alexandra Harney and Managing The Dragon by Jack Perkowski
that came up was the issue of social responsibility . Consumers want products that are made in factories… operating under that supplier have been checked. Last year, I suggested that opaque supplier networks are one of the enabling factors in quality fade . The social responsibility angle is an aspect

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if this process of back propagation could be applied to the online social networks we are in. Social… the other more or less than they are trusted by the other. What if our online social networks gave us… at the intersection of our internal neural networks and our external social networks have brought back my thoughts about artificial neural networks and online social networks, but I feel stuck at R with them, along…The self exists and the intersection of our inner neural network and our external social network

Research Showcase 2008
and Joe Whitney) Rethinking Access Control with Social Networks (Prof. Yashar Ganjali, Prof. Stefan…. Nishihata) All Optical Networks: Networking With Tiny Buffers (Prof. Yashar Ganjali, Graduate

Is the social networking boom losing momentum?
and usefulness of social networks. Last year saw the huge growth of Facebook and Bebo… as to the long-term viability of social networks per se. Some sites are seeing a decline in user engagement… developing and maintaining social networks. The issue here is primarily one of scale and an… and applications. Where social networks might work is when they are driven once again, like… at launching a social network at the height of the frenzy last summer. But while Facebook might have

Learning from a native speaker, without leaving home
The best way to learn a foreign language may be to surround yourself with native speakers. But if you can t manage a trip abroad, the Internet and a broadband computer connection may do the job too, bringing native speakers within electronic reach for hours of practice. Web-based services now on the …

From Autocracy With Love
Even as one-horse races go, Russia’s current presidential campaign lacks suspense. There seems little doubt that President Vladimir Putin’s anointed successor, Dmitri Medvedev, will coast to an overwhelming victory when Russians go to the polls on March 2. Medvedev, a 42-year-old Kremlin functionary, …

Pirates remain after surprising result - Campus News
and Swift supporters stopped by as well. Glazier, senior in social sciences, and Miller, junior… College Publisher powered by mtvU and MTV Networks

Last.FM Launches Gallery for Third Party Apps
If you ve been struggling to find good third party applications for Last.FM , worry no more, as they re now gathered in one place: build.last.fm . There are only four categories, which doesn t seem enough to me: For your Desktop, For the Web, For Social Networks and Scrobblers. True, it s not a problem now due to the relatively small number of available apps, but if this number ever grows to several hundred or more, better categorization will be needed. So, all you Last.FM lovers now

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Classmates.com was one of the first ever social networks. Founded in the early days of the Internet, 1995, it was ahead of its time. However, it s business model of requiring members to pay for use, is badly outdated given the current landscape of free-use socnets like Facebook and MySpace. Apparently, the old dog can still hunt, according to its chairman Mark Goldston. Speaking Wednesday… that old sweetheart. Just not me. What do you think? Is Classmates.com still a viable social

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