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Building Trust Through Brand Monitoring - eMarketer There was a more positive response toward the idea of companies monitoring microblogs for brand-related discussion. Across all countries studied, a majority of internet users said they would be happy that a company was listening to them and responding to their problem. Source : http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007777
Survey: Social networks top hiring tool A recent survey shows 83 percent of employers are likely to use social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn for hiring in the next year. LinkedIn topped the list of networks employers said they'd use. About 78 percent of those surveyed said they'd use it. Facebook followed with 55 percent, and Twitte... Source : http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2010/06/28/daily34.html
Turmoil at MySpace blamed on News Corporation Departure of Owen Van Natta, the social networking site's chief executive, calls into question Rupert Murdoch's digital strategy. Days after MySpace, the struggling social network site, replaced its chief executive, a leading media pundit has said that interference from its owner, Rupert M... Source : http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/14/myspace-news-corporation-owen-van-natta
The loneliness of three degrees of separation - Short Sharp Science John Cacappio of the University of Chicago and his colleagues reckon that loneliness can spread through society like an infection. Their study, published in this month's issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, draws on a large group of people living in a town in Massachusetts... Source : http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/12/the-loneliness-of-three-degree.html
Motorola Unveils Phone Focused on Social Networks Motorola introduced the first of a new generation of smartphones Thursday that it hopes will reverse its plummeting cellphone sales. The phone, called the Cliq, is meant for young people obsessed with social networks. Instead of the traditional menu of features, the Cliq's home screen is an ever-cha... Source : http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/technology/companies/11moto.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimesb...
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