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The Marines Ban On Social Networking Is Only On Government Computers

I want to try to bring some balance and understanding to the latest news about the Marines banning social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. A recent blog post at Digits – The Wall Stree Journal’s technology blog – stated that: The Marine ban formalizes an existing block on social-networking sites on its government computers, […]

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Yahoo & Microsoft Deal Not Just About Search

There was a filing today (Tuesday) from Yahoo to the Security and Exchange Commission that gave us more insight into the details of the Yahoo – Microsoft merger. Around the end of page 4, however, we start to get a glimpse that the deal is not just about search: In addition, Yahoo! may at its […]

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What Apple and LeBron James Have In Common

Question: What does LeBron James and Apple have in common? Answer: they both made the mistake of thinking they can keep information “silent” in today’s information age! LeBron made this mistake when he thought that he could keep a video leaking of Xavier’s Jordan Crawford dunking on him at some basketball camp (see video below). […]

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Should Businesses Use Sponsored Tweets For Advertising on Twitter?

I’m going to make this is as plain and simple as I can – businesses SHOULD ABSOLUTELY NOT use the new sponsored tweets system. The most successful businesses on the web are those that have established themselves with trust.  The way you do this is through consistently delivering great content, information, products, or services, and […]

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Looking For A Reason To Use Social Media? I Just Found 83 Of Them

So are you still asking yourself, “Why Should I Even Bother With Social Media?” If that’s you, then I want to first encourage you because this blog post has a slide show presenting 83 pages worth of reasons as to why you should be using social media.  (see show below) However, when I say “you […]