Anna’s Social Media Picks of the Week (03/05/10)
Do you have time to search the web everyday to find the newest and coolest Social Media tools? If the answer is no, then you have come to the right place. I have searched the World Wide Web for social media information all week, and stumbled upon a few favorites along the way. Here are my picks of the week:
10 Billion Tweets
http://bit.ly/9yWbSI
Late Thursday night. Twitter hit, and has now surpassed, 10 billion tweets. Thats a lot of Tweets. Other milestones: Twitter broke 1 billion Tweets in November 2008 and 5 billion Tweets just four months ago.
Social Media In Dollars & Cents
http://bit.ly/cZRDu1
Staying on the topic of billions, my second pick of the week is how much different social media networks are worth. According to SharesPost, Facebook is worth $11.5 billion, Twitter is worth $1.4 billion, and LinkedIn is worth $1.3 billion.
YouTube Captions
http://bit.ly/bycIlk
YouTube automatic captions are now available on ALL English language videos. As Google noted on ReadWriteWeb, there will be over 700 million people who will suffer from hearing impairment by 2015 so this will be a great tool to help address those needs.
ShareThis Gets More Social
http://tcrn.ch/aSvJpV
Share buttons are getting more social. This week, one of the largest sharing button networks, ShareThis , has introduced Share Stream, a site that shows you what your Facebook friends are sharing across the web. Soon, your Twitter followers will be included in this new share stream as well.
Facebook: Larger Photos
http://bit.ly/co2dJi
Facebook has officially launched resized photos. Facebook has increased photo image size by almost 20%, giving users a higher quality photo. As AllFacebook mentioned, While on the surface this isnt a big deal, Facebook runs the largest online photo storage product which means this is a relatively substantial technical feat.
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Jeff Pulver: “Social Media Experts” Should Get A New Job
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/25/Digital_Life_Design_2010_Real_Time
Blogger and Vonage co-founder Jeff Pulver argues that social media will soon “go away.” “Those of you who call yourselves a Social Media guru or expert, you should find a new job,” he says. Pulver believes we are witnessing the evolution of communication and that online interaction will soon become more personal.
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This session on the real time web features Raj Narayan (Tinker), Loic Le Meur (Seesmic), and Baratunde Thurston (The Onion). Moderated by Jeff Pulver (Pulver.com). – DLD
Jeff Pulver has been called “a habitual entrepreneur who likes to start Internet communications companies.” He is known globally as someone who helped popularize the use of Voice over IP (voip) and as the co-founder of Vonage. In 2009 he created the global #140 Characters Conferences, which explores the emerging real-time Internet.
On February 12, 2004, Mr. Pulver’s petition for clarification declaring Free World Dialup as an unregulated information service was granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This landmark decision by the FCC was the first decision it made on IP communications.
Duration : 0:2:24
Google’s Buzz: A Twitter/Facebook mashup
Technology writer Mark Milian takes a look at Google’s latest social networking product. Here’s a related story by Jessica Guynn: http://bit.ly/aPXQiC
Duration : 0:1:38
NBR | Scott’s Guide to Social Networking – Part 3 | PBS
http://www.pbs.org/nbr/site/features/special/scotts_guide_social_networking/
PBS Airdate: January 28, 2010
In part 3 of “Scott’s Guide to Social Networking,” NBR tech guru Scott Gurvey points out the viral marketing rewards from Social Media can be great – if you put in the time. As Scott says in his three part series, you’re a “dummy” if you’re ignoring the social networking trend. For more information visit:
http://www.pbs.org/nbr/site/features/special/scotts_guide_social_networking/
Duration : 0:3:3
Malcolm Gladwell on Social Media
Author Malcolm Gladwell tells Katie Couric why Social Media doesn’t fit into his lifestyle.
Duration : 0:1:4
IA Social Media Glossary: Status Updates
Social Media Maven, Lori Ruff, discusses the various status update uses for LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
Duration : 0:4:15
Ford’s Approach to Social Media
Liz Claman & David Asman from Fox Business News interviewed Mike Howard, COO of Kiwibox.com and Scott Monty, head of Social Media for Ford Motor Company about social networking. From advertising to interaction and viral to personal, hear what they say about the social networking space and businesses.
Duration : 0:5:37