Category Archives: News

Friend or not on Facebook: a parents’ dilemma explained

A research by Lab42 just published, delves deep into one of the worst problem parents are facing these days within their family. Does a social network – and siblings relationship – mean that all parents are friend with their children? … Continue reading →

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2011: a video summary of the whole year as seen through Twitter – and the growth of Twitter itself too!

Jeremiah Warren. has come up with a brilliant round up of the biggest stories in 2011 via Twitter. If 2011 is to be considered the year of Social Media, Twitter is, for sure, the star of all Social Networks. Most … Continue reading →

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Community vs. content? Or just as important?

This post on Mashable well deserves your attention. What are you doing to facilitate quality discussion on your blog or website? The main assumption is: News sites should think less about their comments and more about the discussion they’re facilitating. … Continue reading →

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Are Bloggers Journalists? Are blogs to be considered as news services?

I blog, therefore I’m a journalist  You should not take for granted this statement: the debate whether blogging should be seen as a different kind of journalism is quite hot (and has been for a long time). Fact is, there’s … Continue reading →

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2011 aftermath: Top Social Media Events of the year

SocialMediaWeek has compiled a list of the top 10 social media events that made this year a social year. Arab Spring and the Middle Eastern uprisings Japanese earthquake and tsunami Occupy Wall Street Death of Steve Jobs Rebecca Black’s Friday … Continue reading →

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Facebook Timeline and Twitter Brand Pages: the hottest social updates

The new hot topics in the last two days: Facebook Timeline: love it or hate it, that’s how your Facebook profile (and mine as well) is gonna be like. A streamlined and time-oriented timeline (that is!) User experience has changed … Continue reading →

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Two great iOS apps updates: Box.net and Flipboard

As reported by our friends at theifile.com two of the essential apps all iOS users must have just released their latest (and still best) updates ever! Flipboard: one of my favorite social media aggregator, now available for iPhone too (and … Continue reading →

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Social media by the numbers: an illuminating infographic full of useful info

It’s quite reassuring: social media works – at least if you take a look at this well-thought-out infographic published by Mashable. We get numbers at large (I didn’t know myself there are 4 billion “things” shared each day on Facebook … Continue reading →

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Apple cash? More than 126 countries GDPs

theMacObserver started a pretty interesting analysis starting from an Apple cash news. As Wall Street Journal reported: Apple Inc. has built up a $76.2 billion cash hoard. Now the question is what the company intends to do with the money … Continue reading →

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Social media role in Norway attacks

Yesterday’s deadly attacks in Oslo and Utoya Island are still being investigated by authorities, total casualties number is still increasing and injured people are fighting for their life in hospital. Events like these need us to stop and think – … Continue reading →

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