Digital Amnesia: Lying on Social Networking Can Cause Personality Disorders

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A new study found that two-thirds of Facebook users are lying on their profiles and are putting themselves at risk of “digital amnesia.”

Digital amnesia involves replacing one’s own memory with false events and living as if they were real.

In a new survey by social networking site Pencourage, more than 68 percent of the respondents admitted exaggerating or lying on their Facebook or Twitter posts. Ten percent of them showed symptoms of digital amnesia as they couldn’t recall what really happened in the past. The youngest users, aged between 18 and 24, of these social networking sites are the most vulnerable with 16 percent of them unable to recall the actual incidents.

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Charlotte startup launches social network for ‘real life’ fun

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Charlotte startup founder Joshua Lineberger had a beef with social media websites: They simply weren’t social enough, he said.

On Tuesday, he unveiled his solution: Socialtopias, a mobile app and social networking site that helps users plan a night out with friends, chat with people in real time and claim deals from restaurants, bars and nightclubs.

Source: www.charlotteobserver.com

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Employees love the internet, but hate social networks | ITProPortal.com

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Surveys often reveal facts that are largely common sense, and this is certainly true of a study by the Pew Research Center – the findings being that the internet is seen as “very important” to workers.

Nearly half of the 1,066 people surveyed said internet, email and cell phones made them more productive, while just 7 per cent said the opposite was true.

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So far, so predictable. But the same study also reveals that just 4 per cent of workers feel that social networking sites like Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook are “very important”.

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Top 10 Social Network Blunders Of 2014 - InformationWeek

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Social networks had a big year in 2014: Facebook celebrated its 10th birthday, closed its third billion-dollar acquisition, and renewed its focus on user privacy with a number of updates and changes.

Twitter, though it struggled to meet investors’ expectations in the first half of the year, ramped up activity in the second half, launching new analytics, a buy button, and a handful of other improvements set to debut in 2015.

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‘Monster Strike’ Gives Former Social Media Giant Mixi a Second Act

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TOKYO — It was a familiar trajectory for a social network like Facebook that did not happen to be Facebook: One moment there were tens of millions of users and a multibillion-dollar stock market valuation. The next, a plunge toward whatever-happened-to-it oblivion.

But the Japanese technology company Mixi, once the dominant social network in its consummately Internet-connected home market, is rewriting the ending to its story, thanks to a striking act of self-reinvention.

Source: www.nytimes.com

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FBI, 'Anonymous' now involved in burned teen case

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JACKSON, Miss. — It has been more than a week since a Mississippi teen was found walking down a road in Panola County, Miss., on fire with burns over 98% of her body.

Jessica Chambers, 19, died a gruesome death at the hands of a still unknown assailant. After she was found Dec. 6, she was able to whisper some last words to firefighters before she was flown to Memphis. She died at the hospital the next day.

On Monday, Panola County Sheriff Dennis Darby said the FBI has joined local and state law enforcement agencies as well as the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms and the U.S. Marshals Service in the hunt for Chambers’ killer.

Source: www.9news.com

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Social Media Saturday: Facebook's Year in Review Can Be Cruel and Foursquare & Twitter Might Team Up to Take On Location-Based Upstart Threat Yik Yak

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This week in social media, Facebook users discovered that an algorithmically-driven “look back” at the year is pretty accurate — maybe too depressingly accurate.

Meanwhile, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo got more pressure to step down from the helm of the troubled company, while rumor has it Foursquare and Twitter will partner to add more location features to tweets in 2015. Also, Facebook found out it has to face a privacy lawsuit over messages from two years ago.

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Students hope to use social media to help food banks

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – There’s finally good reason to upload photos of your food on social media, that’s because students from the University of The Fraser Valley have found a way to use the obsession to help food banks in our province.

Share My Next Meal (#sharemynextmeal) is a campaign started by Global Development students Kara Hanson, Carolina Silva and Cydney Myers.

Together the three wanted to bring awareness to local poverty in a creative way.

Source: www.news1130.com

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Don’t reveal vacation plans on social media: police

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Home break-ins tend to spike during the holidays and police are warning you this weekend to be extra vigilant. If you or someone you know is not in town, they don’t want you to reveal that information on social media.

Vancouver Police Constable Brian Montague says thieves monitor Twitter, Facebook and Instagram so they know just when to strike.

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Big Brother is watching

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Sneaky holidays, snide remarks and sensitive information.

Waikato workers who aren’t thrilled with how things are going in their workplaces need to be wary of expressing their discontent on Facebook and other social media.

Chances are their bosses are covertly monitoring what they are saying.

And if their employers happen to be the Waikato District Health Board or many of the region’s councils, that is almost certainly the case.

Source: www.stuff.co.nz

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Mayor Blaming Social Media For Fueling Violent Brawls At Monroeville Mall

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MONROEVILLE (KDKA) — Monroeville Mall was much quieter Saturday; the day after a chaotic melee forced the facility to shut down early.

It was an ugly and chaotic scene at the Monroeville Mall Friday night when violent brawls – caught on cell phone video – broke out inside, frightening shoppers and sending several police departments to the scene.

Source: pittsburgh.cbslocal.com

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Government uses social media to interact with residents

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Governmental agencies in Southern Illinois are using Facebook to keep residents informed.

Murphysboro Mayor Will Stephens uses his own personal Facebook account to keep residents in the loop. He said the city also has a Facebook page for the same reason.

“I, as mayor, maintain a Facebook page and do my best to promote Murphysboro and inform the residents through it,” he said. “I often post about new businesses coming to town, boil water orders and discuss issues facing the city.”

He said his personal page is updated daily. Posts to the city’s Facebook page are less frequent, but are done at least once a week.

Marion also has a strong social media presence, said Information Technology Director Terrance Henry.

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Take Your Networking to the Next Level By Creating Social Ecosystems | Big Think

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We’ve all been told time and time again how important it is to build our personal and professional networks by meeting new people. According to Olga Steidl, writing over at The Next Web, the continued nurturing of these networks forms social ecosystems that can serve as “a perpetual motion machine of ideas, projects and positive energy”:

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Youngsters 'airbrushing reality' with Facebook lies

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To judge by their posts on Facebook, they are having the time of their lives. But almost two-thirds of social-media users lie to ‘airbrush reality’ and make their lives seem more interesting than they are, according to a revealing new survey.

The findings have led psychologists to warn that some may succumb to ‘digital amnesia’, believing their own versions of events and forgetting what really happened.

By lying on sites such as Facebook and Twitter, users may ‘rewrite’ their memories. Nearly half of respondents claimed to feel paranoia, sadness and shame as a result of not being able to live up to their online image.

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Japanese Social Networking: Can mixi survive Line, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.? [REISSUE]

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Long under siege from Facebook, Twitter, and more recently, the semi-social Line, and confronted by a shift toward more open and international social networking options, Japan’s native mixi has signaled what looks a lot like retreat: it’s been announced that they will effectively merge with istyle, an online marketing company best known for its cosmetics sales site, @cosme

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Facebook Inc To Get (FB) Sued For Scanning User Messages

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acebook (FB) accepts the claims but pleads not guilty

The social media company was charged with some state law claims, of which some were dismissed by the judge, but it largely denied the request to dismiss the case against Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), says a report from Reuters. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) accepted that it did resort to scanning users’ messages, but it tried defending itself, saying that an exception under the Federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act covered it.

Hamilton went against Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), saying, “Facebook had not offered a sufficient explanation of how the challenged practice falls within the ordinary course of its business.”

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Tips for Building a ‘Professional Brand’

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When it comes to creating a professional brand, experts say you must be careful about what you say. You want to have a presence on LinkedIn (LNKD), Twitter (TWTR) and even Facebook (FB), but you have to make sure your musings are appropriate and showcase your talent, interests and industry know how. The last thing you want to do is use it as your soap box and say something that might offend.

Source: www.foxbusiness.com

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Iran Censoring 'Offensive' Images on Instagram

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Iran has started censoring images posted on photo sharing app Instagram, removing content deemed “offensive” as part of a government project to screen social networking accounts, AFP reported Thursday, citing Iranian local media.

“The filtering of pages with immoral content began yesterday (Wednesday) evening on Instagram,” the government daily Iran was quoted as having said.

The Shargh newspaper said that access to other posts was still possible.

“With the successful filtering of offensive content on social networks, it is no long necessary to completely block them and users can access the site properly,” it added.

Source: www.israelnationalnews.com

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Kids on Facebook? How to keep them safe on social media

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After John Juech welcomed his dark-haired, doe-eyed daughter Josephine into his life last May, he announced her arrival on Facebook.

The decision to splash little Josie’s face on social media came with some debate.

“I thought about it, and my wife talked about it a lot,” said Juech, 35, who works as senior policy adviser to Cincinnati City Manager Harry Black. “We thought, what are the implications? As parents, your first concern is never doing anything that adversely affects your kids in any way.

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Iran censors 'offensive' Instagram pictures: Media

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The filtering of pages with immoral content began yesterday evening on Instagram,” the government daily Iran said.

The Shargh newspaper, citing the official Fars news agency, said that access to other posts was still possible.

“With the successful filtering of offensive content on social networks, it is no long necessary to completely block them and users can access the site properly,” it added.

According to Fars, telecommunications minister Mahmoud Vaezi said the first phase of a government plan to filter content had been “successful on the network which was under the most pressure”, referring to Instagram.

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Judge: Cops can use fake Facebook accounts to lure suspects

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A federal judge ruled last week that law enforcement can create fake social network profiles in order to search through a suspect’s account. Cops can lure suspects into “friending” them and then use the content of their Facebook, Instagram or other social media accounts against them in court.

United States District Judge William Martini denied a defendant’s motion to suppress evidence collected from his Instagram profile after he connected with an undercover account created by police officers.

Source: www.wcvb.com

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Attivo il social network made in Suzzara - Cronaca - Gazzetta di Mantova

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Un social network solo per persone facoltose. Ma che vuole aiutare chi è in difficoltà. Da qualche settimana è online Forslash ( www.forslash.com ), una sorta di Facebook esclusivo pensato per uomini d’affari, vip e chiunque abbia familiarità con gli zeri sul conto corrente. L’idea è di un 26enne di Suzzara, Sharma Anù.

Negli ultimi anni il web ha visto nascere diversi social network, alcuni dei quali pensati per i rappresentanti dei ceti sociali più alti. L’obiettivo principale di questo genere di siti dovrebbe essere, almeno in teoria, creare uno spazio virtuale in cui parlare d’affari. La realtà, dicono le malelingue che hanno avuto accesso ai circoli privati online, è che i vip amano sfidarsi a colpi di fotografie, in modo da generare una sorta di competizione a chi possiede la supercar più veloce o a chi è stato in vacanza nel paradiso terrestre più incantevole.

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Notabli: Notable for Child Safety

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Notabli, a start-up media archiving tool developed in Burlington, Vermont, aims to give parents a handy way to curate pictures and other content documenting their kids’ growth, with safety in mind. Parents manage a private network by inviting only their closest family and friends to view photos and videos of their children.

The company describes its free-to-download app and new desktop web service, now in the beta phase, as changing the dynamic of social media.

Source: www.necn.com

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It’s a social web out there

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And consumers spend the most time there. So, where consumers go, brands need to follow

It’s funny how things evolve. Social media, a phenomenon which is barely six years old, was touted at first to be a medium where people could be exactly that: social. Exchange photos, updates on each other and a medium where one could keep in touch with friends around the world and feel good about it.

Source: www.thehindubusinessline.com

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How social networking sites affect ADA students’ academic performance?

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Today the advancement of technology has had significant impact on peoples’ lives. Abundance of social media such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter etc. attracts millions of users around the world.First recognizable site was SixDegrees.com which launched in 1997, enabled users to create their own profiles, add friends and engage in chatting. High increase in using SixDegrees.com gave incentive to create other networking sites such as Ryze.com, Friendster, Facebook etc. Today, Facebook is among the most popular social networking sites and it has 1,19 billion monthly active users. According to the statistics of 2013, which provided by Ministry of Communication and High technologies, Facebook users in Azerbaijan are more than 1 million. This indicates that social media have already integrated into our daily and academic life and people spend significant amount of time on network hubs. It is clear that there are both positive and negative effects of social networking sites.

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Is your social marketing strategy future-proof?

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Social networks have to make money — and they can’t do it by continuing to offer their audience engagement platforms to brands for free. So, with Facebook at the helm, they’re evolving into ad platforms, slowly chipping away at the number of fans a brand can reach without paying to sponsor its content. On top of that, there are 7x as many users on social media than there were just five years ago, and those users — both brands and individuals — are also creating and sharing record amounts of content. And as a result, news feeds are surging with more brands, people, and content than anyone could realistically consume.

Source: venturebeat.com

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There's another new social network in town | ITProPortal.com

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Describing itself as “the mobile YouTube for the Instagram generation,” the network has been designed to cater for the demands of video and, amazingly, was created and launched in just 30 days.

WAE CEO Chris Averill comments: “We followed a rigorous design process of test and learn. Day after day our research team tested different ideas with consumers and as a result we were able to deliver a solution that we know consumers really want.

“We set up a war room in Forbidden Technologies offices and I think in total had over 1,000 ideas on the wall which we tested with consumers.”

Source: www.itproportal.com

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Momo launches new social network in the US

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Momo, the Chinese location-based social network for meeting strangers with similar interests, has backed a new venture in the US – Blupe. This English-language app serves a similar function of finding nearby people with the same hobbies and interests.

Blupe is a separate company from Momo, but is led by Momo’s US team and CEO, reports TechNode. With “origins and support” from its Chinese parent company, Blupe is now available on the US Apple App Store, and an Android version is on the way.

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Vindy.com - The personal finance social network WalletHub conducted an analysis of 2014’s best and worst

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The personal finance social network WalletHub conducted an analysis of 2014’s best and worst cities for singles. To help singles find the right partner while saving money, WalletHub ranked the 150 most populated U.S. cities across 25 key metrics, including the percentage of singles, the number of nightlife opportunities per capita and mobile dating opportunities. Youngstown was not included on the list. Pittsburgh was 18, Akron 111, Cleveland 119, and Yonkers, NY, was dead last. Here are the top five:

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Marriott Creates Social Network For Guests

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It was a busy year in social media — so busy that inevitably I missed some cool stories. Here’s a neat one from this summer that flew under my radar: it seems one of the world’s largest hospitality chains is getting into the social media business, with Marriott’s ongoing experiment to create a social network for guests staying at its hotels, focused on the hotel lobby as a place to mingle and meet other guests.

Source: www.mediapost.com

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Facebook Loses Among Teens, Says Another Survey

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Facebook has the largest user base across the world and is the biggest social network in the world. The company has teenagers and youth as its most important user base.

Frank N. Magid Associates is the research firm that conducted the recent study, which found that by the end of the year, its user base was comprised of 88% teens in the age group of 13 and 17. This was lower by 6% than what it was in 2013 when it was at 94%. Not only among teens, but also among users of other age groups a decline in popularity was noticed, which within two years has fallen to 90% from 93%.

Source: www.valuewalk.com

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Skype aspiring to launch a social network? – Will it compete against Facebook?

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If there has to be one company in the world of technology that I have to personally name to be the largest factor in the growth of technology today, and the biggest ‘IT’ Company as such, the answer would probably be that of – Microsoft.

And why not! The company is the leader when it comes to operating systems, and has their hands everywhere from the internet technology to education to certification to philanthropy to gaming to you-name-it-they’re-there!

Source: www.therem.org

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Dish Network dumps Fox News setting off social media war on Facebook

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Satellite-TV provider Dish Network dropped the Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network on Saturday night after the companies couldn’t come to terms on a new distribution contract, reports TVNewser.

According to Fox Executive Vice President of Distribution Tim Carry, contract talks have broken off and nothing is happening, depriving Dish’s 14 million subscribers of Fox News’ “fair and balanced” approach to current event coverage.

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The Future of Social Media: 25 Experts Share Their 2015 Predictions

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Social Media has cemented its hold on businesses as more and more marketers indicate that they are placing a high value on it and are wanting to master social tactics that effectively engage their audience. The past year has seen an increase in Social Media Marketing through countless studies, practices, industry trends and even some major acquisitions in the space. However, the exciting possibilities are yet to come as Facebook and Twitter announce potential “buy” buttons that help drive an even more personalized experience to consumers. Trends such as paid amplification, content directed to new wearable tech, native advertising are just some of the examples of what’s to come in 2015.

Source: www.business2community.com

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Five things great brands will do differently on social media in 2015

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Social media marketing came of age in 2014 with Facebook named advertising medium of the year and big brands doubling down on their paid media investment. Marketers have begun realising that these channels have huge potential to drive results when done right. It’s a good time to take stock and think about what brands could be doing even better going forward and here are five suggestions I think should shake up the industry a little in 2015.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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Ukip tells members: ‘Don’t go on Twitter’

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Nigel Farage is cracking down on Ukip supporters’ social media activity after a series of scandals over racist comments. The party has changed its constitution to prevent unauthorised use of the Ukip logo by supporters, members and officials, while Ukip’s chairman has warned those tempted to join Twitter: “My advice: just don’t.”

The move follows hugely embarrassing revelations about the publicly stated views of a host of Ukip European and local election candidates.

In one of the more notorious episodes, William Henwood, a Ukip candidate in Enfield, was exposed by this newspaper for tweeting the suggestion that Lenny Henry, who had recently lamented the lack of ethnic-minority faces on television, should emigrate to a “black country” and does “not have to live with whites”.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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New INTO THE WOODS Social Media Image Marking Five Days Until Release

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INTO THE WOODS hits screens in only five days!

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s cherished fairy tale-themed musical INTO THE WOODS is coming to movie theaters nationwide on Christmas Day and a brand new social media image marking five days until release is now available to view.

Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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An Extreme Case Of How Some People Use Social Media To Get Attention

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Remember Me is a typical boy-cheats-on-girl story that turns into a surprising tale of someone so narcissistic that he would do anything to get attention. Add Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to the mix, and things get crazy fast. It’s exaggerated, yes, but I’m sure you know people like this online — and in real life too.

WARNING: The short contains a very strong scene at the end.

This fantastic short film by Jean-François Asselin is in French subtitled in English, but don’t let that stop you from watching it. You will be glad you did because it’s such a brutal critique of the narcissism that permeates all social media today.

Source: www.gizmodo.com.au

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A Facebook TV show? HLN teams with social-media giant on pilot | Boston Herald

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Facebook is trying its hand at TV, teaming with Time Warner’s HLN network to produce a pilot for a series that will use the popular social network to find and tell interesting stories.

“We don’t and they don’t want this to feel like ‘The Facebook Show,'” said Kari Kim, vice president of development at HLN, in an interview. “It’s really about the stories and how we are using their tools” to discover information and identify what’s happening around the world.

Executives at the network, which is part of CNN Worldwide, said initial details remain sketchy. The pilot will make it to air in the first half of 2015, said Lila King, HLN’s senior director of product strategy and partnerships, but the network remains uncertain so far as to what form the program will ultimately take.

Options ranging from a weekly format to a series of specials have all been discussed, said Kim. No hosts have been decided upon either.

Source: www.bostonherald.com

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Trending: Policy on social media backfires

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The small Tennessee town of South Pittsburg has a troll problem, at least according to city leaders.

South Pittsburg is home to some 3,000 people and, just like everyone else in America, they love their social media. But city leaders have had enough.

“Criticism is one thing,” Mayor Jane Dawkins is reported as saying at this month’s commissioner meeting by the Chattanooga Times Free Press. “Out-and-out lies and untruths — that’s another thing. Those kinds of things are the things that will be directed.”

Source: www.turnto23.com

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Real estate: Social media a game changer

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Social media is a major part of the marketing plan for real estate agent Rich Tyson of Realty USA in Greece. Each day, he sets aside time to promote his business and his clients’ homes on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

“When they see activity, they associate success,” says Tyson, 32.

Realtors such as Tyson say engaging people through social media is an effective way to market their brand. It’s also an additional tool to reach potential customers who may share their listings.

Tyson started in the real estate industry two years ago and had to build his business from the ground up. This year, he will record $4 million in sales. He credits social media for much of his success.

Source: www.democratandchronicle.com

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Brooklyn Cop-Killer Suspect Identified; Social Media Examined

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Two police officers have been shot dead in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources have Breitbart News. Witnesses told WABC said they the officers were in their car when they were shot. The shooter, an NYPD source says, is dead. Hundreds of police officers are now on the scene.

The text of the Instagram post (above) reads as follows:

I’m Putting Wings On Pigs Today. They Take 1 Of Ours…… Let’s Take 2 of Theirs #ShootThePolice #RIPErivGardner #RIPMikeBrown This May Be My Final Post

The suspect has been identified as Ismaaiyl Brinsley, though the spelling of his first name is in question.

Source: www.breitbart.com

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The Interview social media accounts shut down

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The Facebook and Twitter accounts for The Interview have been shut down.

Sony Pictures decided to cancel the release of The Interview this month after hackers threatened to attack cinemas showing the film.

Now the studio seems to have closed the social media accounts for the Seth Rogen comedy. Neither the Facebook or Twitter pages are currently inaccessible.

The Interview starred Rogen and James Franco as two civilians recruited by the CIA to assassinate Kim Jong-un.

A spokesman for Sony said at the time that they were ‘deeply saddened at this brazen effort to suppress the distribution of a movie.’

In protest, Secret Cinema are hosting screenings of an unknown film today in London, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Rome.

Source: metro.co.uk

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Wedgies.com Raises $700K For Its Social Media Polling Tools

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Polling startup Wedgies.com (yes, that’s really its name) is announcing that it has raised $700,000 in seed funding led by Greycroft Partners.

Co-founder and CEO Porter Haney told me the company’s goal is to “legitimize web voting,” and its approach is to bring those polls to social media: “Think about what Gallup or SurveyMonkey would look like if they were starting today.”

For example, the company says The Wall Street Journal used Wedgies to poll readers about things like how many cell phones they use and their response to a speech by President Obama.

Source: techcrunch.com

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The Season for Social-Media Self-Loathing

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One of the funniest items to wash up on the shores of my social-media beaches over the last week was the case of Bridget and her hostile Christmas cards. “Bridget,” one of four sisters, used to appear regularly on her parents’ traditional holiday card — well into adulthood. But then, according to the accounts I read, her siblings got married, had children, and began producing offspring — and Christmas cards — of their own. Still single, Bridget became a holiday-card exile

Source: nymag.com

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A Facebook TV Show? HLN Teams With Social-Media Giant On Pilot

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Facebook is trying its hand at TV, teaming with Time Warner’s HLN network to produce a pilot for a series that will use the popular social network to find and tell interesting stories.

“We don’t and they don’t want this to feel like ‘The Facebook Show,’” said Kari Kim, vice president of development at HLN, in an interview. “It’s really about the stories and how we are using their tools” to discover information and identify what’s happening around the world.

Executives at the network, which is part of CNN Worldwide, said initial details remain sketchy.

Source: variety.com

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6 Must-Have Tools to Boost Your Social-Media Productivity

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Let’s face it. The daily demands of running a business and managing multiple social media accounts can eat up a big chunk of your time.

Nearly all marketers use social media in their marketing mix, which means more and more businesses are getting actively involved. Business is always affected by the consumer environment, and social media makes a great environment for leads and prospects.

Source: www.entrepreneur.com

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Commuters urged to post 'safies' with taxi driver

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MANILA, Philippines – Commuters are encouraged to take their “selfies” with taxi drivers for safety purposes.

Youth group Y&R urged commuters to post pictures with taxi drivers on social networking sites immediately after boarding with the hashtag #safie and the taxi’s license plate number.

Using the hashtag would help identify abusive taxi drivers, as well as to share good experiences of commuting, Y&R Philippines Executive Creative Director Herbert Hernandez said.

The youth group is working with the Philippine National Police (PNP) to promote the “safie” campaign.

The word “safie” is a combination of the words “safe” and “selfie.”

PNP spokesperson Gen. Wilben Mayor said that posting selfies online would assist the police force in investigating and identifying erring drivers.

Source: www.philstar.com

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Bablr challenges Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin in 2015.

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BlackStar Technologies has released its Universal Social Networking Mobile application, Bablr to one of the largest smartphone user markets in the world, China.

The Company has entered into a joint development with a Chinese based technology and marketing group to develop and market a Chinese language version of ”Bablr” its mobile universal social-networking platform.

Founder, Ted Flowers said, “We cannot ignore the growing power of the Chinese consumer market and their desire to communicate and be connected to the world via social networking.”

Mr. Flowers believes that as the China market adopts Bablr it will surpass both Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn in users because it’s an inclusive platform that integrates multiple social networking streams, versus isolated mobile networks offered by Facebook and others.

Source: www.prweb.com

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Bebo returns as bonkers hashtag-fuelled messaging app - Telegraph

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Social networking company Bebo has been reincarnated as a bizarrely brilliant messaging app, that uses hashtags to trigger animations, games, drawings and all manner of other features.

Bebo was once the most popular social networking site in the UK, boasting 10.7 million unique users. The site was purchased by AOL in March 2008 for $850m.

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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The Year-In-Marketing: Which 2014 Predictions Came True?

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We have seen some game changers and new players in the digital marketing landscape this year: marketers finally fair-welled organic reach on Facebook, and paid social has turned into a necessity for brands. Those that predicted image-centric social networks would take off were on the money (see: Pinterest, Instagram), and short-form visual storytelling platforms like Twitter’s Vine and Instagram have proved to be immensely popular for brands looking to connect with younger audiences.

Source: www.business2community.com

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Social Media For Facility Management | Today's Facility Manager (TFM) Magazine

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acilities managers (fms) in the current era of social media ascendancy must think outside the building and become executive liaisons not just in matters regarding their facilities, but also in the very business conducted inside and outside of them. Customers and employees are using social media to interact with public spaces, and fms are using it to engage new customers, network with employees, and enhance operations.

Since it is so critical, fms should know as much as possible about and consider enlisting social media tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Twitter, and YouTube.

Source: todaysfacilitymanager.com

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Case for the The Social Media Executive

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This topic is one that is hotly debated over and over. Many articles I have read over the past few years suggest that all companies should share in the responsibility for sending out communications to people on behalf of their client. Some companies achieve this through shared access through a company profile on different social media platforms. Other companies insist that employees have their own profiles and use their best judgement or formal policies to insure they are meeting proper company protocol when communicating with others.

Source: www.business2community.com

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This NYC Startup Raised $1.6M to Help Put Your Social Networks to Work

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You’ve already done the hard part: meeting all of those people, making contact, inputting them into your database. Now it’s time to put them to work for you, and that’s where nextSociety (xS) comes in, helping professionals to quickly identify the most relevant connections in their network based on their relevance, location and travel plans. By filtering connections based on relevance, xS allows users to categorize, organize and focus on staying connected with key contacts, based on their location.

Source: www.alleywatch.com

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High schoolers wise up about social media when applying for colleges

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High schoolers are increasingly aware that those embarrassing Facebook posts or tweets could cost them a shot at getting into their dream college.

The test prep company Kaplan found that only 16 percent of the 403 colleges surveyed found anything troubling in the social media posts they viewed — a drop from 50 percent a year ago. That decline comes as the survey found more colleges are factoring social media into the application process: 35 percent in the latest survey compared to only 9 percent six years ago.

Source: www.cbsnews.com

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Nutter: City and Nextdoor.com to partner free for social networking

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Nextdoor.com, a for-profit social-networking site, and the Nutter administration announced a partnership Thursday that will enable the city to communicate directly with Nextdoor’s 17,000 local users.

It will allow the city to more narrowly focus its online interactions with residents who belong to the online network.

The Streets Department, for example, will be able to send a notification of a street closing to residents in the affected neighborhoods.

Source: www.philly.com

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This Could be the Next Major Legal Marijuana Brand

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The continuing trend of state-level marijuana legalization has led to growing business establishment, the likes of which this recently illegal trade has never seen. At the tail-end of 2014, which saw legalization initiatives pass in Oregon, Alaska and Washington D.C., joining the ranks of Colorado and Washington, numerous purveyors of cannabis are throwing their hats into what promises to be a booming ring of commerce.

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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