LinkedIn Launches iPad App, Takes New Direction. The world's largest professional social network just got a wider reach — and it wants to be in front of your face for more of the day. Entering the Social Media Realm: Nonprofits. Dr4ward.com/ Tango Card - What makes us so unique. Pinterest Founder Ben Silbermann Live Speech From L2. Scoop.it. 25 ways to use Facebook, Twitter & Storify to improve political coverage. Social media has become a powerful tool for journalists covering elections.
It’s given journalists a way to see how politicians and campaign staffers are interacting with voters and sharing news. And it’s helped them find local voters and get a better sense of what their audience wants in election coverage. As the Republican primary season intensifies, here are 25 tips on how journalists can use Facebook, Twitter, Storify, Google, LinkedIn and other tools to improve coverage leading up to — and on — Election Day. Facebook See how politicians are targeting local voters. In preparation for the Republican straw poll in Iowa, Michele Bachmann’s campaign staffers launched an ad campaign that targeted local Facebook users who had identified themselves as Christian rock fans and Tea Party supporters. Twitter Keep up with politicians. Storify Highlight voters’ reactions/politicians’ posts from various social networks. Additional Tools Tap into Google.
Fluid Thoughts. #AKASocialTV | Bicoastal Bred. Earlier this week, my group presented our team teaching presentation on Social TV in my social media class, #NewhouseSM4. Our presentation focused on the growth of integrating social media applications while watching television. The Social TV apps we focused on included GetGlue, SocialGuide, Trendrr and Miso. Our group created a unique hashtag, #AKASocialTV, which we used throughout the semester to identify tweets regarding our project and Social TV in general.
I used a lot of new tools to collaborate with my team members including Pearltrees, Storify, G+ Hangouts and Slideshare. We created our very own virtual classroom and could collaborate on our own time to complete the project. I participated in my very first G+ Hangout with my professor, DR4Ward, and my other team members to discuss our progress with our presentation. My group also collaborated using Pearltrees, which allowed us to collect and curate web content related to Social TV. <div Like this: Like Loading... Social Business: the Current Situation and Future Predictions (infographic) Skype Makes Facebook and Twitter the Enemy, Uses Enemy to Promote Itself.
Technology is changing the way people think and operate, but is it also degrading humanity? That's the premise behind Skype's new $12 million marketing campaign, which slams both Facebook and Twitter as it promotes its own more-intimate form of keeping in touch. The campaign, "It's time for Skype," makes virtual enemies out of Facebook and Twitter with targeted ads that suggest the social networking sites are "degrading humanity. " If Twitter is known for its 140-character limit and Facebook for its wall posts, Skype's authority is that its video conferencing — and the real emotions that it can express — bring people back to a (more) real world.
The ads, released in the U.K. on April 2 and expected to hit the U.S. in the coming months, include the following catchphrases: "When did LOL replace the sound of laughter? ""When did it become okay to text mum happy birthday? ""Humans were made to look, listen and feel. ""140 characters doesn't equal staying in touch. "" Photo courtesy of Adweek. Social Data for Yield and Retention. France Shooting Suspect Tracked Down Through IP Address.
French police have tracked down the "scooter shooter," who allegedly murdered seven people in a two-week killing spree in the name of al Qaeda, through an IP address. Mohamed Merah, 24, is suspected of shooting three children and a rabbi Monday in the southwestern city of Toulouse at a Jewish school. He also shot three French soldiers of north African descent in two separate events on March 11 and 15. According to Reuters, he was tracked down with the IP address he used to contact the first soldier he shot, saying he was interested in buying his motorcycle. His mother's IP address, which he has been using, was already being monitored by French authorities because of his alleged radical Islamist beliefs. Three hundred police officers are currently surrounding the four-story building in a Toulouse suburb, where his IP address was tracked. "We knew, and that is why he was under surveillance," Claude Gueant, France's interior minister told the press.
Legal Blogging: How to Craft the Right Strategy. Kevin O’Keefe is CEO and publisher of LexBlog, the leading provider of professional turnkey blog and social media solutions. The LexBlog Network (LXBN), with over 7,000 lawyers and other service professionals, is the largest network of professionals blogging. For the better part of a decade, law firms have successfully used blogs to bring in high-quality work. Now, there is new industry research that measures the impact of blogs as business development tools. A recent survey by communications firm Greentarget measured how in-house counsel use and perceive blogs. The findings have raised some eyebrows: Decision makers are relying on blogs for critical business information and in deciding which law firm to hire. Law firms, in turn, are increasing the number of blogs they publish. Given the increase in the number of law blogs, the question becomes, what makes one blog successful and one not?
Outline for a Winning Strategy Identify the type of work and clients you want. Lawyer Role Models. Jobs. The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games. NewHouse.
LAUSD hires social media coordinator. Los Angeles Unified is about to go viral, with a social media director launching Facebook, Twitter and YouTube sites in an effort to broaden the district's community outreach. Former CBS/KCAL reporter Stephanie Abrams, who started her LAUSD job early this month, will also be integrating other district and campus networks and working to create websites at schools that don't yet have them. "The sky's the limit," said Abrams, whose television stint included coverage of the technology sector. "We're not sure yet what the response will be. " One of Abrams' first tasks was relaunching the district's Facebook page, which on Monday featured a photo of students from 186th Elementary School hanging out at "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno's garage.
Using the district's new Twitter account, @LASchools, Abrams tweeted Granada Hills Charter High's weekend victory at the state Academic Decathlon and the debate over the budget at last week's school board meeting. barbara.jones@dailynews.com. How Social Media Is Changing The Landscape Of Customer Service [INFOGRAPHIC] Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords. SEATTLE (AP) -- When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password. Bassett, a New York City statistician, had just finished answering a few character questions when the interviewer turned to her computer to search for his Facebook page. But she couldn't see his private profile. She turned back and asked him to hand over his login information. Bassett refused and withdrew his application, saying he didn't want to work for a company that would seek such personal information.
In their efforts to vet applicants, some companies and government agencies are going beyond merely glancing at a person's social networking profiles and instead asking to log in as the user to have a look around. "I needed my job to feed my family. "To me, that's still invasive. E. Sears is one of the companies using apps. 7 Tech CEOs Talk About Their iPad Obsession. The iPad for Business Series is supported by LogMeIn. Get remote access to your PC or Mac from any device, anywhere — for free. The iPad is an excellent business tool, and it may one day replace the laptop as the traveling businessperson's workhorse.
But it's useful for more than just work — the iPad helps busy CEOs stay abreast of the headlines and ahead of the curve with a bevy of useful apps. The iPad can help with collaboration, productivity, logging expenses and staying organize during travel. Mashable asked seven tech titans how they use their iPads throughout the day, both for business and for leisure. “The first thing I do when I wake up is to grab my iPad and check my email and read through the headlines in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. When I am traveling, my iPad is invaluable. I am not into games (sorry Angry Birds), but I do a little Words With Friends, though I’m not great at it — I think I get too impatient. . — Drew Patterson, CEO at Jetsetter. Mobile Devices Lead To A Stronger Connection To News Brands: Study « Social Media Marketing Trends and News. Facebook’s New Privacy Policy Isn’t All That Private. 4 Ways Colleges Can Take Their Social Media Presence to the Next Level.
Is your college or university really doing a great job with social media? Lists like “ Top 100 Social Media Colleges ” and “ 20 colleges making good use of social media ” point out the growing role social media plays in higher education. We’re now at a point where almost all schools have a social presence, but many have yet to fully embrace the spirit of social media and tap into its potential. Social media presents a wealth of possibilities for engaging prospective students, current students, alumni, and other community members. Here are some big-picture ideas for taking your school’s social media presence from good to great. 1. Coordinate Your Strategy Across Campus Social media management can’t occur in a vacuum. When an alum announces on Twitter that he or she just landed an exciting new job, his alma mater’s social media manager might reach out with a quick, congratulatory tweet.
In these examples, many schools would just keep the dialogue on social media. 2. 3. 4. NewhouseSM4. How To: Perform Google Image Search on any Pinterest Image. Pinterest is the hottest social network, where everyone is into curating the content. It is a visual collection of images and hence images are the main key players for Pinterest success. Unlike Tineye, Google does allow us to search by images. Below is a small video which describes the “Google Search by Image”: Google Search by Image (Video) While we are browsing Pinterest, we see several pinned images which are either of small resolution or not from the right source. 1. Search By Image is the official chrome extension which allows us to search by images, by adding “Search Option” in the context menu of the image. Note: It also supports Firefox Browser with their latest Firefox addon Download Chrome Extension | Download Firefox Addon 2. Pin Search is a chrome extension, which adds “Search” button at the top of each pin.
Download Pin Search Chrome Extension Thanks for Reading and Happy Pinning. Don't Tag Me, Bro: How to Control Facebook Photo Tags Mashable Don't Tag Me, Bro: How to Control Facebook Photo Tags | The top source for social and digital news. How To Find A Job Using Social Media. So you are looking for a new job and you contact a recruitment agency and you apply, the trouble is you are one out of 100, 200 or even 300 people applying. It is a bit daunting really and doing it that way can be more than frustrating, so how can you jump to the head of the queue? Well social media sites and having your own personally branded blog are providing a way to stand out from the crowd and get that job without having to negotiate that recruiting company gatekeeper. A personally branded blog can be used to create your personal online brand that can be linked and integrated to social media sites such as LinkedIn that can give you that edge for that “perfect” job or career. A personally branded blog can be your resume on line that can highlight your skills and also your creativity that makes you stand out from the crowd.
(for more information and the steps on how to do this read my post “Blogging For Dummies – An Opportunity For Personal Branding“) 248inShare. How to Make an Infographic of your Twitter Profile. Computer technology at its birth was complicated and extremely difficult to use. It was the sand box of geeks and engineers. You had to have a degree in computer science to play with the big mainframes of IBM and Hewlett Packard. It was the age of “big iron”, water cooled monsters that took up rooms to crunch data that is now seen as simple tasks and can now be performed on your iPhone.
Computing for the Masses The advent of the personal computer brought computing to the masses. Software emerged such as Word, that enabled people to easily write their own documents and by-pass the secretary with the type writer. The emergence of the smartphone has now put a computer and publishing machine in your pocket. The Holy Grail The holy grail of computer visionaries has been to make computers as easy to use as electricity. Steve Jobs said this about technology “The best way to create value in the 21st century is to connect creativity with technology” Give it a try and see what it produces!
Read More. Is This the Future of Books? I remember as a child discovering the joy of reading and consumed books about pirates and undersea adventures with coral atolls, turquoise transparent seas and hidden treasure that captured my imagination and took me to worlds far beyond my suburban existence. Borrowing numerous books from the school library saw me inducted into the library hall of fame due to my constant attendance and high reading activity and my library card was replaced often due to frequent book borrowings. In the evenings after lights out I quietly took a torch or my bedside lamp and hid beneath the covers and proceeded to read until my eyes closed or parents threatened to discover my illegal childish passion despite the threat of punishment for breaking the strict bedtime darkness curfew.
Reading for me is a passion and there is often 3-4 books on the go from fiction to professional books that challenge my thinking and push my boundaries. Books now come in many digital and analog formats. On the question of price? Can social media be reliable news source? BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Amid the withering of newspaper revenues and the ascent of Facebook, it can be easy to lose sight of the fact that social media refers to tools for connecting with others and sharing information. These media aren't inherently transformative. They're tools with no fixed outcomes. All media are embedded in cultural contexts that end up determining how and why they're used. Each technology brings certain constraints and affordances, but ultimately it's about us.
Social media can be used to get us closer to the truth and they can be used to distort. In the long run, we're better off. The recent social media revolution is already fueling advances in journalism and better ideas about how reporters can engage and accurately inform citizens. Journalism's practitioners and scholars are being pushed to define what they do and evolve the craft alongside other burgeoning forms of information consumption and production. In the end, though, it's up to us, not the tools. Social networks playing bigger role in job hunts.
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