Monthly Archives: October 2010

Facebook Creates Individual Pages About You and Your Friends

Facebook announced the launch of new "Friendship Pages". These contain the public Wall posts and commetns between two friends, photos in which they’re both tagged, events they’ve both RSVP’d for, etc.  These pages will be visible to others if they … Continue reading

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Your Social Strategy May Lack Key Elements for Increasing Conversions

More WebProNews Videos As a business, it’s great to get out there and engage with customers. It’s great to use a variety of social media channels to open up communication and spread your marketing message, but what a lot of … Continue reading

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Nielsen Wants to Take the Mystery out of Measuring Online Advertising

What do you say when someone asks how your online advertising is performing? It’s a good question, but the answer can be nebulous because measuring ad results online is a difficult proposition. It’s difficult to decipher what the metrics really … Continue reading

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APNewsBreak: University posts info of 40K students (AP)

AP – The Social Security numbers, grades and other personal information of more than 40,000 former University of Hawaii students were posted online for nearly a year before being removed this week, The Associated Press has learned.

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IT Worker Gets Prison After Stealing Data for Online Surveys (PC World)

PC World – A former IT staffer has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for stealing sensitive information belonging to his co-workers and using the data to make money filling out online health surveys.

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PARTING SHOTS: Prisons helped draft AZ immigration law, Joe Miller in dead last (The Upshot)

The Upshot – Here is our roster of stories that managed to evade full-on blog treatment: • The death toll in Indonesia from the volcanic eruption and tsunami this week has topped 400. (AP) • Tea party favorite and Alaska … Continue reading

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Online Masters Program Focuses on Free Software (PC World)

PC World – Given the expanding strategic role of Linux in businesses and governments around the world, it’s not surprising that organizations are scrambling to find employees with the Linux skills they need. More than a third of the respondents … Continue reading

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Gawker editor defends anonymous O’Donnell post (The Upshot)

The Upshot – Gawker was convicted Thursday in the court of Twitter opinion. The charges: misogyny and reckless link-baiting. “Today, we are all Christine O’Donnell,” wrote Salon’s Justin Elliott. He was one of several journalists and bloggers to criticize Gawker … Continue reading

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Does Urgency Matter More in Email Than in Social Media?

Flock, creator of the social web browser, sent WebProNews some interesting findings about the social media habits of consumers. One finding we found particularly interesting was that based on responses to a survey from the company, 74% say they feel … Continue reading

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Using Social Media As A PR Tool For Your Business

If  you want to promote your product, brand or business you need to branch out from just using traditional public realtions tools such as press releases. Coverage of SES Chicago will continue.  Stay with WebProNews for more notes from the event this … Continue reading

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