Monday, July 22, 2013

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  • Calcutta News.Net - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    Australian player David Warner has been put into another controversy after his brother Steven reportedly abused Shane Watson on his Twitter account. According to the Daily Telegraph, Steve Warner called Watson a pretender along with the abuse and tweeted minutes after Watson unsuccessfully reviewed his leg before wicket dismissal in Australia's first innings. David Warner issued a statement ...

  • Save Sgt. Sean Murphy Facebook page takes off

    Washington Times - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    Facebook posting states. It?s not known who created the page. ';He did what I think most of us would have liked to do or would have done had we had the same resources.';Posters, so far, have deep sympathy for the trooper.';Definitely broke a regulation so I would expect a warning and reprimand,'; Edward M. Sheridan wrote. ';After that, they should ...

  • SEO is dead. Long live social media optimisation

    The Guardian - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    As Google search results throw up more and more ads, using SEO to reach your audience is becoming increasingly futile. Could social media optimisation be the ...

  • Google Social Content Marketing Can We Quantify Quality Qualify Quantity

    Search Engine Watch - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    my previous SEW posts to see if I could find some commonality in the posts that were the most popular. I defined most popular by the number of shares each of them got and the number of comments. I found that there is almost no correlation between how good the posts were (in my opinion) and how popular they were. It made me think about all the great content I was missing. If my best posts, even ...

  • Social media reacts to Kate labour

    News.com.au - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    The topic was trending on Twitter, while hundreds of mothers logged on to parenting website Mumsnet to give their opinions on the news.Broadcaster Piers Morgan tweeted: "Keep Calm...and Carry On. #Kate" and added: "My money's on an Australian cricket birth - all out by tea."Labour's former deputy prime minister John Prescott joked: "Great to hear the Duchess of ...

  • Royal Baby Stars Take to Social Media as Kate Middleton Goes Into Labor

    Hollywood Reporter - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    LONDON ? Social media on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond lit up Monday with comments of support, excitement and jokes following news that the Duchess of ...

  • Kenya Flashcasts Hybrid Play Seeks to Create Both an AD Medium to Reach the New Middle Classes and a Mass-Based Twitter

    All Africa - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    Flashcast's founder Jeremy George wanted to solve a simple problem. There were very few low-cast advertising channels for small businesses in Kenya. He decided to create a geo-locational, wireless-run bus service in ...

  • Twitter users react to news Duchess of Cambridge is in labour

    Globe and Mail - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, cuts a ribbon to release a bottle of champagne during the naming ceremony of the Royal Princess cruise ship in Southampton, southern England, June 13, 2013. (STEFAN ...

  • Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Touts Benefits Of Facebook Premium Subscriptions

    RedOrbit - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    Facebook should adopt a ';freemium'; model, asking users to pay a monthly subscription fee in order to remove ads from the popular social network. In a post on his recently-launched ...

  • Royal baby fever sweeps across social media

    New York Post - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    Royal baby fever is sweeping across social media.People took to Twitter Monday speculating on the gender and name of Prince William and Kate's baby. The royal birth is a historic event, with the couple's child becoming third in line for the British throne."Let's face it though, Kate Middleton's baby is already more famous than any of us ever will be and it's only ...

  • Twitter moves to block child abuse images

    The Guardian - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    Twitter is to introduce a tagging system to prevent child abuse images being posted on its service, which now sees millions of pictures posted among the 2bn tweets every five days.The intention is to introduce the system, which uses a Microsoft-developed industry standard called "PhotoDNA", later this year if possible.The move was revealed exclusively to the Guardian as the prime ...

  • Facebook accused of liking Somalia pirates

    New Europe - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    UN experts on sanctions blasted Facebook for refusing to answer questions about maritime piracy that is believed to be organised on the social media website. Reporting to the UN Security Council, they say that Somali pirates are supported by a network of accomplices, including bankers, businessmen, politicians and aid workers . "Investigations have confirmed that these myriad facilitators ...

  • Think before you app

    IT Web - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    Not every mobile app is worth the money and resources they take to build, and investing in the wrong app can even damage a brand, says Gartner research director Richard Marshall. Marshall says while many companies are scrambling to release an app in an effort to be on trend, developing an app can sometimes do more harm than good. "If an app is going to succeed, there must be a good reason ...

  • Instagram Video How Brands are Using Their 15 Seconds

    Search Engine Watch - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    When Instagram announced the platform was adding video in mid-June, it sent marketers and consumers into an exciting frenzy on the heels of the very popular Twitter ...

  • Can Your Social Media Image Affect Your Chances of Getting Into College

    CBS 5 - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    How many admissions officers are using the internet to screen applicants? What kind of online behavior affects a student?s admission to the college of their choice, and how can students prepare their online footprint for inspection? According ...

  • Apple site still down after hack

    IT Web - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    Apple has given no indication of when its software developer Web site will be up again, after it was hacked last week. No customer information was compromised during last week's hack of Apple's software developer Web site. The computing giant revealed yesterday that it had to take its software developer site down after it was hacked on ...

  • Importance of securing VOIP

    IT Web - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    Hacks, spoofs and false registrations.these can result in your company paying for someone else's telephone calls all over the world. VOIP fraud is on the rise. If you and/or your company have not protected your PBX and/or VOIP account, you are at serious risk. The risk is so devastating that, if not secured, your business could be closed down within weeks. Globally, VOIP fraud has ...

  • How Social Media Moves Consumers from Sharing to Purchase

    Forbes - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    provides some answers to exactly how a company's social media strategy could be tailored to drive sales. Using interviews from almost 6,000 participants, the company evaluated social media purchasing against participation in Twitter, Facebook and ...

  • New ad strategy hinders Google

    IT Web - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    The lowest price target was $860, compared to the stock's closing price of $910.68 on Thursday on the Nasdaq. "Investors should assume continued margin erosion as new investments will never match the margins of the core search business," BMO analysts said in a note to clients. The brokerage cut its target price on Google shares to $890 from $915 and maintained its ...

  • Vodafones European woes continue

    IT Web - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    Vodafone does not expect any let-up in the pressures weighing on its business, as the world's second-largest mobile operator reported first-quarter results hit by regulation and recession across Europe. The British group, which has been battling regulator-ordered price cuts, economic pressures and competition throughout its European markets, said on Friday it expected the next three months ...

  • Google launches service for charities across England and Wales

    StuckOn - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    Google for Nonprofits - a services that gives charities access products from the web giant that businesses pay to use - has been launched for organisations based in England and Wales. While the programme was first launched in 2011, this marks the first time the service has been made available outside the US. Speaking about the new service, Google UK's managing director, Dan Cobley, ...

  • Tradition _ mixed with social media _ to dictate how royal baby birth will be announced

    Fox News - Monday 22nd July, 2013

    Now that Kate is in the hospital, what can royal baby watchers expect next? How do royal fans find out when the infant has arrived? The short answer: Ignore all rumors on social media until there is an official announcement from Buckingham Palace. Unless you are Queen Elizabeth II or a senior member of the royal family, you will have to rely on a small piece of paper to get confirmed news that ...

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