Category Archives: Social news

Google forays into Social Media – an infographic

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Stefano

Uber-guru and friend Max Guadagnoli shared this on Pinterest. It’s a Mashable-made infographic of some Google forays into social media (sometimes unhappy ones). [click on image to enlarge] [Via Visual.ly]

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London 2012: James Bond escorts The Queen to the Olympics Games opening ceremony

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Stefano

Ok, I’m a James Bond/007 long-time fan, but this video by BBC gets the real Crown (!) for the London 2012 Best Promotional Video ever (IMHO)! Forget about boring TV ads, old-style promotional video reels: this is the kind of … Continue reading →

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SEO is dead, long live good content curation and Social PR – says Forbes

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Stefano

Ken Krogue on Forbes just posted an article that will for sure ignite polemic flaming on the ‘Net. He reports Adam Torkildson, one of the top SEO consultants in Utah and one of the best in the country told him … Continue reading →

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Economic downturn? Not for IT & consumer electronics, which will reach $2.1 trillion in 2012 – Gartner reports

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Stefano

ComputerWorld today reports a Gartner projection for 2012: the spending amout for IT, consumer electronics, mobile phones, digital media and services will reach $2.1 trillion by the end of the year. That’s $114 billion more than 2011 (roughly +5%) which … Continue reading →

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London 2012 Olympic Games: opening ceremony, media coverage and… plenty of smartphone and tablet apps!

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Stefano

London 2012! Opening ceremony will start today at 9PM (London time) at the Stratford Olympic stadium, well-known director Danny Boyle is in charge of directing the show. Friends at theiFile.com have just released a post including all official London 2012 … Continue reading →

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What Facebook knows – about human behaviour and a lot more by mining its huge users’ database

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Stefano

Technology Review, published by MIT: if you still don’t know it you’re in trouble. Get a copy, now. I love it, it’s one of the very best publications around. Period. August 2012 issue features a cover story about Facebook and … Continue reading →

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Forget economic downturn: here come the top 10 luxury social media marketers!

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Stefano

What’s really selling in these hard times, when economic downturn depresses economy, markets and people? Luxury, of course. Overpriced goods, exclusive stuff gets more attention by more people – not only those who can afford it. Even though it’s still … Continue reading →

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Twitter drops Linkedin partnership?

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Stefano

This is the kind of news that deserves much attention. As reported by Mashable: LinkedIn announced via a blog post on Friday that Twitter would no longer be partnering with the business-networking site to sync updates from one site to … Continue reading →

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Meebo has been acquired by Google for a reported $100 million

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Stefano

Meebo now goes with Big G, that is it’s been acquired by Google for some $100 million. Meebo, started in 2005 as a web-based messaging service, but has since developed “the Meebo bar,” its flagship offering which “wraps” a web … Continue reading →

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A social media parody viral video that’s sooo true!

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Stefano

Great Viral Video from ThePoke and a lot of unsaid truth about social media as well!

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