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Social media day: Did Twitter and Facebook really build a global revolution?
Social media day: From Iran to Tunisia and Egypt and beyond, Twitter and Facebook are the power tools of civic upheaval – but social media is only one factor in the spread of democratic revolution.
Read more on The Christian Science Monitor

Social media as change agent: Did Twitter and Facebook really build a global revolution?
From Iran to Tunisia and Egypt and beyond, Twitter and Facebook are the power tools of civic upheaval – but social media is only one factor in the spread of democratic revolution.
Read more on The Christian Science Monitor

Social Media Day Marked by Free ‘Ask the Expert’ Webinar and Web 2.0 Courses for Business Professionals
Social media marketing university to kick off “no holds barred” social media Q&A webinar series on Social Media Day (June 30), featuring Entrepreneur.com Columnist and Facebook expert Jennifer Shaheen; 14-Day trial also available for newly expanded curriculum.Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) June 29, 2011 Social Media Day was first created by Mashable in 2010 to acknowledge and celebrate the ‘revolution of …
Read more on PRWeb via Yahoo! News

Twitter justice: Boulder woman uses social media to recover stolen bike
Elaine Ellis, a social media manager at Trada in downtown Boulder, poses with her Trek Allant bicycle, which was stolen Saturday and recovered Monday after she sounded the alarm to friends and followers via Twitter.
Read more on Colorado Daily

NFL Players and Social Media: Obsessed with the “Me” Culture
Feel the power, with all eyes on you or at least on your words. Social media has allowed the commoner a voice, a presence and increased the power of our individual words and images. Now let’s combine the exposure from social media with the stardom of pro ball. Double Whammy! Watch me play on the field, follow my tweets, FB friend me, watch me on You tube, read my blog. It makes me want to sing …
Read more on Bleacher Report

Social media is a significant traffic source for 78% of travel sites
Social media is a ‘top eight’ driver of traffic for 78% of travel sites according a recent study of the “digital competency” of travel brands, with airlines and hotels dominating the leading brands in the study.
Read more on e-Consultancy

Social Media Bubble: Who Stands to Cash In at Facebook, Twitter and Groupon
There is no keeping a social-media business–or at least its valuation–down these days.
Read more on Wall Street Journal Blogs

Social media marketing: Exclusive interview with LivingSocial
For companies at a loss as to how to engage with social media for their own marketing needs, or indeed want to build upon existing social media programmes, help could be at hand.
Read more on New Media Knowledge

Service Cloud 3 Expands CRM Presence in Social Media
Salesforce.com upped its commitment to social media Thursday with the announcement of “the next generation of social contact centers.” Service Cloud 3, unveiled at Salesforce’s Cloudforce 2011 event in New York, updates the company’s software-as-a-service platform, and it is being positioned as “customer service for the social era.”
Read more on NewsFactor via Yahoo! News

Social Media Flips the Lawyer System?
Tech does a good job disrupting a lot of the lower-end parts of business, from manufacturing to human resources. Now perhaps social media will start coming at the high end.
Read more on Forbes

Analyzing Data from Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, and Other Social Media Sites
Mining the Social Web
Read more on Kansas City InfoZine

Nevada addresses transporation concerns through social media
With funding for Nevada roads declining and double-digit unemployment rates, Nevadans have a chance to voice their transportation-related concerns and suggestions to Congress through the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ “I Told Congress About Transportation” social media campaign. The national campaign uses Facebook, YouTube videos and written comments to help …
Read more on Lake Tahoe News

Do you use the internet on a regular basis?  If you do, there is a good chance that you have heard of websites like MySpace, FriendFinder, Classmates, or Yahoo! 360.  What do all of these websites have in common?  They are known as social networking websites.  Social networking websites, over the past few years, have rapidly increased in popularity, so much that many are wondering why.

If you have used a social networking website before, it is likely that you are already fully aware of their popularity and the reason for popularity. There is just something about these websites that draw in millions of internet users.  With a wide variety of different social networking websites available, there are a wide variety of different reasons for their popularity.  One those reasons being the ease of use.
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