According to Mashable , “On October 29, 1969, the first two nodes of ARPANET were interconnected between UCLA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and SRI International (SRI) in Menlo Park, California.” In normal person speak? It’s the internet’s 40th birthday! This is a momentous occasion. Let us take this time to revel in the wonder of this day with some beautiful things the internet hath wrought: The fun of “warning” a friend on AIM in middle school.

Here’s an interesting post from Mashable! : Yesterday, we wrote about… Read the rest here: Google Maps Navigation Launch Aftermath: Yes, This Will Be Huge

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The Inquisitr Twitter Warns of New Phishing Scam PC World Twitter is warning users of a new phishing scam spreading through direct messages on the network, which redirect users to a fake log-in page to steal their … Twitter users warned about new phishing attack CNET News Phishing attacks target Facebook, Twitter users MX Logic Twitter warns of new phishing attack V3.co.uk Mashable (blog)  - PC World all 28 news articles »

The Inquisitr Twitter Warns of New Phishing Scam PC World Twitter is warning users of a new phishing scam spreading through direct messages on the network, which redirect users to a fake log-in page to steal their … Twitter users warned about new phishing attack CNET News Phishing attacks target Facebook, Twitter users MX Logic Twitter warns of new phishing attack V3.co.uk Mashable (blog)  - PC World all 28 news articles »

From AdAge : Bob Dole famously cried “Where’s the outrage?” during his presidential run against Bill Clinton. I’d like to revise that, with a twist, when looking at some recent internet video viewership numbers: I’d add in “where’s the analysis?” to “where’s the outrage?” My outrage began when I read a Multichannel News story claiming that Univision’s web series “Vidas Cruzadas” had become one of the “three most-watched online properties ever,” with 2 million video streams served.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29, 2009 — While it is true that recessions take jobs, this one is creating an evolution of business on the web. Staff reductions are forcing businesses to migrate to the web to communicate with their clients even when they are unavailable. Ordinary businesses are rushing to fill the gap left behind when no one is there to answer the phone. Thankfully, the solution is more elegant, consistent, reliable and cost-effective than the staff you replaced.

Realtors use Twitter. Shocked? You shouldn’t be.  Real Estate Agents are voracious consumers of new communications technology. Proving that out, several agents turned out for Twitter training given by Karen Goodman ( Arch City Homes blogger and premier realtor), and me. Agents were aware of Twitter and it being a social network.  A few of the real estate agents were already members, as well as being Facebook members. Universally though, they were using only the basic web sites and none was using Twitter on a regular basis.

You’re already careful about what you say on Twitter, right? I mean, you read my advice on reputation management, so you know not to go around tweeting defamatory tweets in the name of “fun.” Right? Good, then I never have to worry about you getting in as much trouble as Larry Johnson of the Kansas City Chiefs.

Deep fried chocolate cake, tacos wrapped in pepperoni pizza, the “fat bastard burger” … these are all reasons that America has an obesity problem, and the basis for a recent Internet phenomenon – the blog called “ This Is Why You’re Fat ” (TIWYF) that showcases excessive junk food items. The blog recently joined a host of other Internet memes by scoring a book deal, and is celebrating its release by holding a very cool (and fattening) promotion in New York City today where fans of the site can enjoy the type of food items that make up TIWYF’s content.

Bob Dole famously cried “Where’s the outrage?” during his presidential run against Bill Clinton. I’d like to revise that, with a twist, when looking at some recent internet video viewership numbers: I’d add in “where’s the analysis?” to “where’s the outrage?” My outrage began when I read a Multichannel News story claiming that Univision’s web series “Vidas Cruzadas” had become one of the “three most-watched online properties ever,” with 2 million video streams served.

From Source: Mashable Capacity – especially to plan and execute effective marketing strategies – is a big challenge for every small business. In this post, I’ll offer 10 suggestions for how small businesses can supercharge their marketing efforts by leveraging social media. For each suggestion, I will discuss a basic strategy – for those who simply want to get their toes wet, as well as an advanced strategy – for those who want to spend a bit more time and go a bit deeper in their social media marketing efforts.

It was inevitable: a big time pro athlete has been suspended for comments made on Twitter, and the price tag is a big one. The player is Larry Johnson of the Kansas City Chiefs and the cost of his offense is $213,000, the amount he would have earned for the game he’ll miss due to being suspended by the team. Johnson was suspended for the gay slurs he directed at a Twitter heckler earlier in the week, a comment he apparently repeated in the Chiefs’ locker room.

Mashable (blog) Facebook outlines its future to developers TechRadar UK The near-future of Facebook has been laid out, with third-party developers being handed the option to ask for user emails and the potential … Facebook Unveils Development Roadmap PC World Facebook woos developers with a roadmap CNET News Facebook Helps Developers Plan Ahead Wall Street Journal Washington Post  - The Next Web  - VentureBeat all 17 news articles »

The Mozilla Firefox browser has just received an update, and you should probably download it if you want to protect your computer from nearly a dozen critical vulnerabilities. Firefox 3.5.4, released earlier this morning, is being called a security and stabil… [Source: Mashable! / 10-29]

CNET News Standalone Twitter with the TwitterPeek handheld T3 Yes, Peek has hopped onto the nearest bandwagon to offer Twitter on the go for the small number of people that use Twitter , but don’t have it on their … Peek goes Twitter only CNET News TwitterPeek: A device just for Twitter ! TechWhack (blog) twitterpeek, A Twitter -Only Handset Wired News Mashable (blog)

Manufacturers Tap Social Networks (Internet Evolution) Now Use Google Voice With Your Existing Phone Number (Mashable) Apprupt: Analytics & Marketing for iPhone App Performance (ReadWriteWeb) Reviews of top 10 wordpress plugins (Tripwire magazine) The Entire Google Story in 2 Minutes (Web Analytics World) Is Google really capable of detecting paid links and webspam?

If you’re new here and find this article useful, please consider subcribing to my RSS feed. Thank you for visiting!It was inevitable: a big time pro athlete has been suspended for comments made on Twitter, and the price tag is a big one. The player is Larry Johnson of the Kansas City Chiefs and the cost of his offense is $213,000, the amount he would have earned for the game he’ll miss due to being suspended by the team.

Facebook Connect is way to make your application more social. With it you gain access to: Identity : the user’s name, photo and more. Social Graph : the user’s friends and connections. Distribution : the Stream, and the ability to communicate. Integration : publishers, canvas pages, profile boxes & tabs. This guide is for using the Mu JavaScript library to access the above on your site. Mu is a very lightweight library which you can use Facebook Connect on your site along with your favourite JavaScript library such as Dojo, jQuery, MooTools, Prototype or YUI.

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Events in Social Media (Mashable) It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership. Mashable’s Weekly Social Media and Marketing Event Guide is proudly … Tweet This Post

    Inviato da ReMa2007net.tk tramite Google Reader:     Would You Pay $199 for a Mobile Twitter Device With “Lifetime” Service? tramite Mashable! di Barb Dybwad il 28/10/09 If you’re not already familiar with Peek, it’s a company making phone-factor handhelds that aren’t actually phones: for about $15 a month they’ll get you a device with a QWERTY keyboard for checking email and/or sending SMS. Now apparently they have made and plan to market a Peek device that does one thing and one thing only: Twitter.

Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL ) is one lucky company to have such a dedicated community of users. On that note, we spotted a fan-made video which we call “iDon’t Care” and which, as you can presume, answers to Verizon’s Droid commercial . The main point of the clip is “iDon’t buy brands who bash other brands.” Personally, I’m impressed with the Droid and see it as one of those devices I’ve waited for so long to appear. However, will iPhone users switch sides is another story. What do you think? And now the “iDon’t Care” video.

Grand Forks Herald Wind blamed in Bay Bridge break; ‘new design’ employed for fix San Jose Mercury News Construction crews work to repair the Bay Bridge which is closed for emergency repairs on Wednesday October 28, 2009 in Oakland, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Staff) Restoring use of the Bay Bridge depends on crews … Fix it right, Caltrans San Francisco Chronicle Bay Bridge shutdown also a headache for Rockets Houston Chronicle Engineers to probe failed repairs on Bay Bridge The Associated Press KGO-TV Related posts: Bay Bridge closing indefinitely after pieces fall – NIMBRUNG.NET Mashable (blog) Bay Bridge closing indefinitely after pieces fall…

It was inevitable: a big time pro athlete has been suspended for comments made on Twitter, and the price tag is a big one. The player is Larry Johnson of the Kansas City Chiefs and the cost of his offense is $213,000, the amount he would have earned for the game he’ll miss due to being suspended by the team. Johnson was suspended for the gay slurs he directed at a Twitter heckler earlier in the week, a comment he apparently repeated in the Chiefs’ locker room.

Quite often I am sent something that gets me laughing real hard straight up, I enjoy it and that is it.  But then there are those occassions when something like this finds its way into my day and I giggle about it for hours if not days!! This readers is one of those times – I aplogize in advance if any of you find it offensive, but please, please just look past that at the really achingly funny thing about it….enjoy!! If You Can’t Find The Book You Want…Then You are Probably … Shopping at…… Related Posts A WOMAN’S WEEK AT THE GYM : Hilarious Oh yes I have been there.

If you’re not already familiar with Peek , it’s a company making phone-factor handhelds that aren’t actually phones: for about $15 a month they’ll get you a device with a QWERTY keyboard for checking email and/or sending SMS. Now apparently they have made and plan to market a Peek device that does one thing and one thing only: Twitter. There’s already an Amazon page for the TwitterPeek device, and a photo of the packaging has appeared courtesy of Peter Ha (pictured below).

Earlier today, Hitwise published a report estimating that music-related searches currently make up about 6% of total queries on Google. Clearly then, by integrating actual audio content that could be purchased online, Google would create a big opportunity for all of those involved. Well, Google has just answered that call, by launching a major new feature that incorporates streaming audio previews when you search for an artist, album, or song using the search engine.

If you’re new here and find this article useful, please consider subcribing to my RSS feed. Thank you for visiting!Earlier today, Hitwise published a report estimating that music-related searches currently make up about 6% of total queries on Google. Clearly then, by integrating actual audio content that could be purchased online, Google would create a big opportunity for all of those involved.Well, Google has just answered that call, by launching a major new feature that incorporates streaming audio previews when you search for an artist, album, or song using the search engine.

If you’re new here and find this article useful, please consider subcribing to my RSS feed. Thank you for visiting!Facebook has just published a detailed roadmap of the features it expects to add to its Platform over the next six months, along with projected launch dates.While the roadmap is intended largely for developers of applications – both on Facebook and on third-party sites and mobile apps using Facebook Connect – it gives users an idea of how we might interact with these apps in the future.

If you’re new here and find this article useful, please consider subcribing to my RSS feed. Thank you for visiting!Throughout its history, Walmart has been disruptive to a number of industries, from local retailers to grocery stores. Now, you can add funeral homes to the list. The company’s website has started selling several models of caskets, starting at $999. Walmart is not the first major retailer to offer caskets online, but its branding and reach certainly makes it a force to be reckoned with in the world of family run funeral homes (though many funeral homes are now part of big chains too).

If you’re new here and find this article useful, please consider subcribing to my RSS feed. Thank you for visiting!Verizon’s very first phone running the Google Android mobile operating system launches next Friday, November 6. We’ve seen the marketing campaign, the commercial, and the iDon’t care spoof of the commercial — and today Verizon offers a demo video of the highly-anticipated phone.First a refresher on the specs: 3.7-inch touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, both physical and virtual keyboards, 16 GB microSD memory card included and a beta version of the Google Maps Navigation feature we just wrote about earlier today.

Throughout its history, Walmart has been disruptive to a number of industries, from local retailers to grocery stores. Now, you can add funeral homes to the list. The company’s website has started selling several models of caskets, starting at $999. Walmart is not the first major retailer to offer caskets online, but its branding and reach certainly makes it a force to be reckoned with in the world of family run funeral homes (though many funeral homes are now part of big chains too).

Pete Cashmore, founder and CEO of Mashable.com, has written an interesting opinion piece on social media and the death of privacy for CNN.com. Cashmore lists and discusses numerous developments in social media that threaten to blow away the idea of personal privacy, including the SenseCam – a personal camera worn around your neck that will capture [...]

Recently, the popular social media technology website Mashable joined forces with CNN.com to provide technology and social media news. As part of the arrangement, Mashable Founder Pete Cashmore will be writing a weekly column for CNN. This morning, Cashmore came out with a bang for his first column, making the bold proclamation that “Privacy is dead.” If you’re going to write a column for CNN, you might as well make it worth talking about, right? From Cashmore’s article : Privacy is dead, and social media hold the smoking gun.

Ross Kimbarovsky is the co-founder of crowdSPRING , a community of 43,000+ graphic designers that helps small businesses from around the world with graphic design needs. You can follow Ross on Twitter @rosskimbarovsky and @crowdSPRING . Capacity – especially to plan and execute effective marketing strategies – is a big challenge for every small business. In this post, I’ll offer 10 suggestions …

Here’s a great post on 10 Small Business Social Media Marketing Tips from the great folks at Mashable. To summarize, get your content on sites like YouTube, Twitter and Facebook and drive that traffic to your own website or blog. I’d also add that your focus should be to build a community around your products or services. For local businesses (where you rely on local offline customers) also set up a Google Local Business listing. Share and Enjoy: