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Twitter’s mad as hell at spammers, and it’s not going to take it anymore! In a detailed blog post , the microblogging giant confirms filing a lawsuit against "five of the most aggressive tool providers and spammers" in a federal court in San Francisco. "With this suit, ... Microsoft Shells Out For Strong Apps Like a Web portal without content, mobile platforms can’t thrive without a diverse array of applications. With that in mind, Microsoft is offering developers various incentives -- including cash -- to tailor apps for its Windows Phone app store. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=102374

Publications Listen Up, Marketers: The Focus Group Is Dead 03/18

It took a while. Even though tens of millions of users were flocking to social media sites every day, most marketers stayed away. They either didn’t understand how to join the conversations—without sounding like shills—or they were frightened away by the prospect of associating their brands with questionable content. But things are changing.

Marketers Moving to Social Media - eMarketer

http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006989

Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing

I originally posted this on Techcrunch , and cross-posted here on the Web Strategy blog. If you’re like me, you may have noticed that Twitter may be arbitrarily, randomly, and haphazardly, unfollowing people you fully intended to follow. Similarly, if you’ve ever noticed your friends and contacts unfollowed you, it may have caused a sense of confusion, dread, or self-insecurity. Before one spirals into a series of apologies or deep-depression, it’s likely not your fault, (whew!). http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/
by Josh Bernoff Last year, we surveyed interactive marketers and found a strong desire to continue investing in social applications, even with a recession looming. Now the recession is here.

Recession resistant: 95% of social media marketers will maintain

http://forrester.typepad.com/groundswell/2009/03/recession-resis.html