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Do you think Google ever Googles itself?

By Greg Cargill | Published: February 10, 2010
The big news yesterday was the launch of Google’s newest feature, Buzz, furthering their reach into social media (I am not going to recap everything that was said by others; check out the links at the end of my blog post if you haven’t already been carpet bombed with information about Buzz). What does this [...]
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Where the Grammy’s Fell Short On Bridging the Social Media Divide

By John Furnari | Published: February 1, 2010
They’ve been fading away from relevancy for years.  The street-cred of the Grammy Awards has slipped in parallel with the steep decline of sales for the recorded music industry they celebrate. This year was supposed to be different. A new strategy, and a call to arms. “We’re All Fans” was the tagline for the 2010 Grammy [...]
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Twitter, My Most Reliable News Source: Thoughts From My Purchase Of The HTC Hero

By John Furnari | Published: October 29, 2009
I’ve been considering the purchase of a new phone recently, specifically Sprint’s new HTC Hero.  The Hero is built on Google’s Android platform, and is supposed to be the open source answer to the iPhone.  All of which sounds lovely to me.  While the quality of the phone and whether I decide to take the [...]
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Balloon Boy Hysteria: Takeaways From Twitter’s OJ Moment

By John Furnari | Published: October 15, 2009
At around 2pm today Twitter erupted with an overwhelming output of messages related to 6-year old Falcon Heene, who at the time was believed to be traveling across Colorado trapped in a makeshift flying balloon.  All at once, #balloonboy, Balloon Boy, and #saveballoonboy were dominant trending topics on the micro-blogging platform. The incident itself was reminiscent [...]
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Getting Burnt Out By Social Media: You’re Not Alone and How To Deal With the Wear and Tear

By John Furnari | Published: October 13, 2009
There are literally millions of conversations happening every day, all day, all across the world. wide. web. If you have invested any time into social networking in the past few years; if you have established a Facebook profile, a Twitter account, and any number of other social tools, then you understand how this can very [...]
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