TOKYO: Japan self-censors images, words linked to hostage crisis | Celebrities | CentreDaily.com

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TOKYO — Images or mentions of knives, ransom or blood — or anything else that can be seen alluding to the hostage crisis involving two Japanese in Syria — have been omitted. Some anime and other entertainment programs are altering, canceling or postponing episodes violating those sensitivities — typical of the kind of self-restraint shown here to avoid controversy.

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‘It’s like running a marathon barefoot’: the story of a startup in Nepal

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Building a social network from Nepal is not easy. But entrepreneurs are like children; curious and stubborn. They do exactly what they are told not to do. While starting 11Beep last year, most people I talked to said, “What you are trying to do is impossible.” The more I got those responses the more curious I became about why it was so hard to build a social network from Nepal?

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Harry R. Jackson, Jr. - Twitter Revolution: Advancing Freedom

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In the summer of 2009, thousands of Iranians took to the streets to protest what was almost certainly a rigged presidential election. The protests were quickly dubbed the “Twitter Revolution,” because protestors were able to use the well-known social network to communicate with one another and with the world. TIME magazine said of Twitter at the time

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Facebook Challenging YouTube As Place to Watch Super Bowl Ads

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Over the past few years, YouTube has been the place to go to watch, share and comment on Super Bowl ads. But now Facebook is coming on strong.

The research firm iSpot.tv, which tracks ads on TV and the Web, found that as of Friday afternoon Super Bowl ads had been viewed 100 million times online, up from 69.2 million at this point last year.

But perhaps even more noteworthy is Facebook’s surge. The social network, which last year was essentially a non-factor in Super Bowl ad viewing online, now makes up 35% of the views iSpot.tv is tracking, according to the company’s chief executive, Sean Muller.

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Le app per la gestione dei social network on the go

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Oggi, se c’è una cosa da non fare, è tirarsi fuori dai social network site. Ammesso che si abbia qualcosa da comunicare, piccole, grandi e medie imprese dovrebbero presidiare almeno un social network, ma a dirla tutta, oggi non basta.

Per una comunicazione capace di raggiungere tutti sarebbe meglio attivare più profili social tenendo ben presenti le proprie necessità. Ovviamente una presenza così estesa non è facile da gestire e il tempo, oggi più che mai, è davvero denaro.

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Steelers Fans Surprisingly Named ‘Most Profane’ On Social Media | RantSports

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Pittsburgh Steelers fans will probably be the first to tell you: their passion for their beloved steel men knows no bounds, often crossing the line into outlandishness and profanity. Of course, what constitutes “passionate” for some might translate into “arrogant” and “classless” in the eyes of division rivals, doing little to fan the flames in an already-heated AFC North.

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Being “On” a Social Network is Not the Same as Using It

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It is highly likely that you have a profile on at least one social network. You probably have a profile on at least one of Facebook, LinkedIn or Google+. You may also have a Twitter account and maybe an account with Instagram. Indeed, most people have more than one social network profile.

But there is a world of difference between having a social network profile and using that social network.

Whenever I run a workshop for business leaders I ask “are you on LinkedIn?” These days, everyone raises their hand. “Excellent news,” I say, “that means everyone here is on the main business network. So how many of you have used LinkedIn during the past seven days?”

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3 Ways Social Network Use Can Be Positive at Work

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It is common for people to think that social network use in the office is wrong because it will distract employees from their duties. While this can be true in some cases, there are some situations where they can actually be (very) positive for the work’s journey and even bring improved results.

Some social networks are actually targeting the business world with their services, but this article will focus on different aspects where they can be positive for employees (and employers). Let’s look at some of the ways through which social network use can be positive at work:

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Social media sites knocked offline, Lizard Squad hack group claims responsibility

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The hacking group Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for what it said was an attack that briefly knocked several social networking sites, including Facebook and Instagram, offline early Tuesday.

The Facebook glitch was reported in the United States, Asia, Australia, and the U.K. and affected access to the site from personal computers and from Facebook’s mobile app. The social media giant’s Instagram service was also inaccessible.

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Twitter Used by 17 Percent of Social Network Users in India: Report

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While reporting Twitter in India has clocked a double digit growth rate, a market research firm said the micro-blogging site accounts for only 17 percent of the total social network users in one of the world’s largest Internet markets.

According to a report by eMarketer, Japan will boast of the largest Twitter population in Asia Pacific at 26 million, followed by India at 22.2 million users.

Last year, the research firm had forecast that India will have 18.1 million Twitter users by 2014.

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The new app that lets you send messages to other hotel guests

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A new social networking app has been launched that allows lonely hotel guests to connect with each other during their stays.

As well as allowing travellers to send messages to other hotel guests, LobbyFriend also provides messages with information on local events, and hotel deals.

It means that users will be able to connect with other guests via their smartphones, on the hotel’s lobby screens and on the in-room televisions.

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Jynx: A social network that nixes everyone you disagree with - CNET

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On Jynx, users would only see posts from friends who share their opinions on religion, politics, social issues and entertainment.

“With Jynx, you won’t see any more updates from your slightly racist uncle,” Jynx’s creator says in the announcement video. “Unless you’re slightly racist, in which case, that’s all you’ll see.” Every time you share the exact same status as a like-minded friend, your Jynx score goes up letting everyone know how popular your opinions are no matter whether they’re right or wrong.

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Pinterest gets a more manly search engine, for men

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Pinterest has added new search results for men that highlight more manly content. The new feature is an attempt by one of the few social networks used mostly by women to lure men to the site.

The site has introduced a new feature, called Guided Search, that will customise search results according to users’ interests. That is thought mostly to be aimed at helping men get on the site, and avoid them seeing information pinned by and tailored for women.

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Mums post breastfeeding selfies in Facebook protest

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Dozens of mums have taken to Facebook to post their breastfeeding selfies, after one mother’s photo was reported for nudity violations.

Mum-of-two Kaya Wright, 32, posted a picture of her nursing her 16-month-old son Kayden in the bath on a closed breastfeeding group on the social network.

But the 32-year-old said that she received a notification from Facebook saying that they were ‘reviewing’ the image she shared with Liverpool Community BAMBIS.

It comes just days after breastfeeding mothers were outraged after being banned from feeding their children – at a breastfeeding conference.

Kaya, who works as a nurse, told the Liverpool Echo: “At first I thought it was a joke. Facebook said the image had been reported for nudity but you really couldn’t see anything. Then I was a bit disappointed at the thought that someone in the group had reported the image.

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The social media threats to watch for in 2015

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The increased popularity of social media, for business as well as personal use, has opened up a new avenue of attack for cyber criminals.

Risk management company ZeroFOX has produced a list of the top social media attacks to look out for this year.

These include impersonations of businesses and executives using fake accounts. These can be used to send phishing messages, launch social engineering attacks or to damage the reputation of those targeted.

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​Banned UK terror groups continue social media campaign

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wo extremist terror groups are flouting the law by using social media accounts to boast of their activities and recruit new members, prompting further questions about cyber security and the revival of the “Snooper’s Charter.”

Jund Al-Aqsa and Jund al Khalifa-Algeria were banned under UK law by Security Minister James Brokenshire on Thursday, but Labour MPs quickly pointed out that the groups were still maintaining high levels of activity on their YouTube and Twitter accounts.

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How to use IFTTT to win at social media - CNET

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The secret to winning at social media is being, or at least appearing to be, constantly present. As in, never sleeping, never eating (unless you’re Instagramming that food , I suppose), never taking a bad selfie, and never doing anything except Tweeting every second of your life.

The easiest way to cultivate a flawless online presence is to hire someone else to do it for you. But if you’re not a Kardashian, you probably don’t have the funds to pay a PR person, so instead there’s IFTTT — a handy little automation tool that can help you stay on top of the eight different social networks you manage on a daily basis.

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#DeflateGate blows up social media with tweets, memes, videos

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Social media lit up with all things #DeflateGate as news broke that the Super Bowl-bound New England Patriots used 12 game balls in its 45-7 win over the Indianapolis Colts that were below the league rules for inflation.

The NFL is investigating, and the Patriots held a press conference Thursday afternoon to answer (or not answer) questions about the controversy.

Twitter, Facebook, Vine and the entire Internet responded, of course.

There was humor from, among others, Ellen Degeneres and Krispy Kreme:

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Social network co-founder allegedly kills ex-wife's husband

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The co-founder of the social network startup Plaxo allegedly shot and killed a former St. Louis Cardinals minor leaguer in a confrontation over his ex-wife.

Minh Nguyen, 38, was charged with first-degree murder in the domestic-related homicide of Corey Mattison on Thursday in Ashburn, Va., according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office.

Nguyen entered his ex-wife’s home — who remarried just months earlier — and shot Mattison, police said. Nguyen’s two children were in the home at the time of the 9:30 p.m. incident. Denise Mattison and another child walked in on the scene, police said.

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A Love Letter to Myspace, the Social Network Where Music and Identity Intertwined | NOISEY

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For some reason, when we talk about the “emo revival” we only talk about a very specific time and sound. We talk about American Football, Mineral, Braid, and all related Midwestern musicians of the 90s who inspired another wave of brooding, twinkle-bands that would roll back into popularity in the 2010s. For some reason, we don’t often address the fact that, between those two time periods, the 00s happened.

As well as being the decade in which every music video editor discovered contrast levels and went to town with them, the 00s were responsible for launching a melodramatic fusion of elements taken from midwestern emo, hardcore punk, and pop to create emo 2.0

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Shocase Launches Social Network Targeted to Marketing Pros

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There are plenty of social networking platforms out there, but few are targeted directly to the worldwide crew of marketing professionals. That’s about to change with today’s launch of Shocase.

Designed to pack the best aspects of LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook and Pinterest into a marketing-oriented punch, Shocase provides pros a platform for their work, with photos and videos as well as other content formats to best showcase their creativity.

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Facebook at Work Is Late to the Office

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Facebook is making a play for the office. On Jan. 14 the social network unveiled a corporate version of its website and app, Facebook at Work, which ditches travel pics and kitten videos in favor of memos and project updates. There are no ads, and the company says it won’t use the platform to track activity or connect people’s business profiles with their personal ones. “We’ve used Facebook for years now as a very powerful tool to get work done,” says Lars Rasmussen, the engineering director of Facebook at Work, who’s testing the product with a few hand-picked companies. “Our experience of using it for almost all internal communications shows that it’s more efficient than anything else out there

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'Social Networking In Real Life' Proves How Weird Society Is Becoming: Watch

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Social media is becoming ever more entrenched in our daily lives. Think about it, did you watch the State of the Union last night, or did you watch the State of the Union tweets?

And yet, real-life encounters still require different social skills and behavioral cues than web interactions, or else you’ll seem totally bizarre. Case in point: Comedian Jena Kingsley recently set out to answer the question, “Do the things we do online make sense in real life?”

Watch as Jena hits the streets of New York City, eager to poke and endorse unsuspecting commuters, share and comment on experiences, and meet new people through first-degree connections:

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Social networks must help stamp out promotion of violence: France

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(Reuters) – France appealed on Thursday for U.N. member states to work together on an international legal framework that would make social network providers share responsibility for the use of their platforms to spread messages promoting violence.

“There are hate videos, calls for death, propaganda that has not been responded to, and we need to respond,” Harlem Desir, French state secretary for European affairs, told reporters on the sidelines of a U.N. General Assembly meeting on the rising threat of anti-Semitism.

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Former oil exec: $5-a-gallon gas on the way

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John Hofmeister attracted national attention in 2010 when he predicted that average U.S. gasoline prices would soar to $5 a gallon in 2012, thanks to rising crude oil prices. His forecast fell short, as the cost of filling up flirted with $4 in 2012, but never went higher.

Now, with national gasoline prices currently averaging $2.05 a gallon, their lowest level since early 2009, the former president of Shell Oil 06is issuing another warning, telling motorists that their joy ride may end sooner than they think.

“The next round of high prices is likely to start later this year, as crude rebounds to the $80s and $90s, perhaps pushing to the $100 level by late in the year or early next,” Hofmeister told me the other day after a trip to Calgary, where he was promoting natural gas as a transportation fuel.

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How to Tap the Power of Social Media to Forge Customer Loyalty

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As social media has becomes increasingly mainstream, the focus on utilizing such networks as Twitter and Facebook for marketing has virtually exploded. There is no doubt that social media sites offer tremendous opportunity in terms of marketing, but focusing a social media strategy solely on marketing can actually be somewhat limiting. It is possible to do much more with social media, including drive customer loyalty.

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Measuring The Impact Of Social Media On Your Business

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Spending on social media continues to soar, but measuring its impact remains a challenge for most companies. When The CMO Survey asked marketers how they show the impact of social media on their business, only 15% cited they have been able to prove the impact quantitatively. This low percentage is not completely surprising given that social media is a recent innovation that companies are quickly trying to understand and direct to the most profitable ends.

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​New Illinois cyber bully law lets teachers access students' social media

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Students in the state of Illinois can now be legally compelled to give their teachers access to their social media accounts through a new law that’s intended to crack down on cyber bullying, but it raises concerns about personal privacy.

The law — signed by then-Governor Pat Quinn in August and officially added to the books on January 1 — is reportedly now making waves after letters were sent to the parents of students last week outlining the rules.

According to school and state officials, the new cyber bullying legislation gives educators the ability to access the social media accounts of their students, if it’s pertinent to preventing any hostile online behavior, including cyber bullying outside the classroom and school hours.

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Ocean County Police use social media, including Facebook and Twitter, to catch criminals

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TOMS RIVER – The next time you post a message or status update to social media, choose your words carefully: the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office is watching.

Since the fall, the sheriff’s office has been using software called Geofeedia to monitor and collect all tweets, Facebook and other social media posts sent from smartphones and other mobile devices inside Ocean County, with an eye toward thwarting crime. Other law enforcement offices do the same, though most are reluctant to talk about their efforts.

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Social media: 'no direct association' with stress

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Pew is a Washington DC-based nonpartisan think tank. The aim of their research was to explore whether the use of social media, mobile phones and the Internet is associated with higher levels of stress.

The study consisted of a phone survey in English and Spanish and included 2,013 adults

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The 11 best social media moments at the State of the Union address - CNN.com

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(CNN)And they say people are disengaged from politics.

You wouldn’t know it from the Twitter traffic during the State of the Union. The folks at the microblogging site said more than 2.6 million tweets were sent around the world with the hashtag #SOTU.

It was a case of ‘come for the speech, stay for the spectacle.’

Sure, the President made a fiesty pitch for economic populism and issued a historic call for transgender protection. But SOTU was a feast for the eyes as well.

Here are our 11 favorite social media moments from Tuesday night.

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Business ideas for 2015: Social network - Startups.co.uk: Starting a business advice and business ideas

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Despite the likes of Facebook and Twitter holding the market share, demand for niche social networks is growing as more people move away from the generic mainstream to community sites which cater to their specific interests and hobbies.

In a report on digital trends published last year by Hotwire and 33Digital, the rise in niche social networks was said to be a major “step forward” in the UK’s digital maturity

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How Do Adults and Teens Use Social Networks Differently?

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Even as teens turn away from desktop-first social networks, in favor of more intimate messaging and photo-sharing apps, online adults as a whole are increasing the amount of time that they spend with traditional social media. A recent report released by the Pew Research Internet Project finds that the amount of time that American adults spend with social networks is still increasing, and social networks’ level of user engagement continues to rise.

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Camu Social Networking Camera App Arrives On Android

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martphone app development has become so prolific that, to the average user, it almost looks easy. But it’s not, and that’s why many apps are developed and released on different platforms at different times. Photography apps often get released on iOS first before migrating to Android and other platforms.

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Why Social Networks Still Haven’t Cracked the Job Search Puzzle

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Facebook is preparing a version of its site for the workplace designed, it’s suggested, to compete directly with LinkedIn. This is puzzling at first glance, since Facebook at Work seems geared toward letting people connect and collaborate with colleagues and peers at their current jobs, while LinkedIn is focused more on building professional connections with people outside the firm.

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10 Social Networks Aimed at Improving Enterprise Collaboration

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Historically, social networks were designed for consumers to keep in touch with friends or find out what family members are doing. Friendster and MySpace were once dominant in social networking, but are now distant memories. Today, the king of social networking is Facebook, followed by Twitter, Google+ and many others, and social networking is alive and well. Perhaps that’s why social networking is increasingly making its presence felt in the enterprise. On Jan. 14, Facebook launched a limited release of its enterprise social networking service,

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Stressed Out? Social Media May Help Women Cope

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Face it, ladies: your DIY projects rarely turn out like the ones you see on Pinterest, and your Facebook posts aren’t universally “liked.” But a new survey suggests that despite such woes, social networking is still good for you.

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Three Ways to Handle Social Media Stress

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No matter what we do for a living, most of us have busy days and the ease of technology has not served to be as helpful as we may have hoped. Rather than make the machinations of life easier, all these wonderful time savers makes us more aware of the fleetingness of time. What was once something we could “play with” is now something that stresses people out.

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Buyers of Sold-Out Charlie Hebdo Show Off Cover on Social Media

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Charlie Hebdo’s editors first thought 1 million copies would be enough. For a satirical newspaper that used to sell fewer than 60,000 copies before the Jan. 7 attack on its office left 12 dead, including eight of its journalists, the number seemed extraordinary.

But faced with an unprecedented demand in France and across the world, Charlie Hebdo’s print order was bumped to 3 million, then 5 million today.

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Think before you post vehicle accidents on Social Media; be sensitive

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LEWISTON, ID – Law enforcement officers have to deal with tough situations every day, including having to notify family members that a loved one has died in an accident or from a crime.

One thing that makes their job more difficult, is when family members learn of a death first, from social media.

Earlier this month a woman saw a post of Facebook about an accident her husband was involved in on Highway-12.

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10 Social Media Marketing Trends to Watch Out for in 2015 (Infographic)

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It was a little over five years ago when MySpace was still popular and Facebook just rolled out the now iconic “Like” button. Since then, social media grew into a huge worldwide phenomena with more than 1,730,000,000 users uploading 20 thousand pictures on Tumblr, 104 thousand images on snapchat and 2.46 million posts on Facebook every minute.

These figures are expected to grow substantially next year, with a projected 2.44 billion users networking with friends and family on their favorite social networks. Such figures attest to how influential social media can be in how people communicate and engage with others online, as well as how they do business and commerce.

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When sport and social media collide - Telegraph

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Manchester United had to fire European scout Torben Aakjaer recently after allegations that the Dane posted racial anti-immigration slurs to Facebook.

If he did post the comments, and his sacking by the club would indicate that he probably did, then Mr Aakjaer has clearly done a very stupid thing – but he is certainly not the first.

The growth of social media use in football has lead to a directly proportional increase in clubs’ press officers tearing their hair out in exasperation. Here I’ve taken a look back at some of the worst offenders

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Social Media and the Cost of Caring

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For generations, commentators have worried about the impact of technology on people’s stress. Trains and industrial machinery were seen as noisy disruptors of pastoral village life that put people on edge. Telephones interrupted quiet times in homes. Watches and clocks added to the de-humanizing time pressures on factory workers to be productive. Radio and television were organized around the advertising that enabled modern consumer culture and heightened people’s status anxieties.

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Charlie Sheen creates social media firestorm after showing up at Lambeau; going out in Howard

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GREEN BAY (WITI) — From the Jonas Brothers, to country star Brad Paisley, there were plenty of celebrities at Lambeau Field Sunday, January 11th as the Packers declared victory over the Dallas Cowboys. However, if social media is any sort of a barometer, none made an impression on Green Bay like Charlie Sheen.

Just after Charlie Sheen was spotted cheering for the Packers at Lambeau Field, pictures and posts started hitting social media, showing the actor out and about in Howard, Wisconsin.

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News Wrap: Islamic State supporters hack U.S. military social media accounts | PBS NewsHour

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GWEN IFILL: The U.S. Central Command’s social media Web sites were hacked today. The hackers called themselves a cyber-caliphate and said they acted on behalf of Islamic State militants.

Threats posted on CENTCOM’s Twitter feed included a warning that said — quote — “American soldiers, we are coming. Watch your back.”

Other postings showed soldiers at work and even listed names and phone numbers of military personnel. And there were scenarios for conflict with North Korea and China, but it appeared that none of the material is classified.

Brian Fung of The Washington Post has followed the story all day.

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What Teens Really Think About YouTube, Google+, Reddit and Other Social Media — Backchannel — Medium

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What Teens Really Think About YouTube, Google+, Reddit and Other Social Media – Backchannel – Medium

YouTube is a website that has truly changed the world. It’s a site that everyone uses, and I have plenty of friends who go on it daily. For an avid internet user it’s almost impossible to ignore YouTube. The content is not only entertaining but also extremely helpful; there have been many classes where I have needed supplementary help on YouTube to understand the material.

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Survey finds 14% of employees spend over an hour on social media at work

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One in seven employees spend more than an hour on social media during work hours, according to a new survey by recruitment firm CPL.

CPL’s Employment Market Monitor for the fourth quarter 2014 found 14 per cent of employees use social media for more than one hour each day.

The survey also found that 50 per cent of people would reject a job offer if the interview process was too long or took more than three interviews.

Location, insultingly low salary offers and negative social media commentary about employers were also factors in the jobseeker’s decision-making process.

The survey findings also show that 60 per cent of workers believe smoking breaks should be banned and that such breaks are unfair due to the amount of time smokers were away from their work duties.

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Viral power: Social media can kill a business

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How valuable has social media become to the success — or failure — of South Jersey businesses?

“Very, very valuable,” according to Les Vail, CEO of the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce.

So valuable that the chamber is hosting a forum later this month called “Blurred Lines: How One Post Can Change Your Life.”

Vail hopes the Jan. 28 seminar at Auletto Caterers in Almonesson will educate business owners to the value and the dangers of social media sites such as Facebook, Yelp and Instagram as more and more consumers take to those sites to offer their opinions and feedback.

“Social media is here to stay,” Vail added. “When it’s done right, and done with a plan, it’s a great marketing tool. And it’s affordable.

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How Social Media Can Elevate Your Marketing Automation

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Over the past two or three years, full-power marketing automation has finally become available to businesses of all sizes. It’s now relatively easy and affordable to set up systems of triggered messages that help your leads to progress along the sales funnel. And with an effective social media marketing program in place, you can attract new, highly targeted audience members who are likely to find your product to be a great fit for their needs.

By finding and engaging with these people on social media, always in a manner that’s more helpful than sales-y, you can expand your audience and capture a consistent flow of qualified leads for automated follow-up

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U.S. military social media accounts apparently hacked by Islamic State sympathizers

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Hackers claiming allegiance to the Islamic State took control of the social media accounts of the U.S. military’s Central Command on Monday, posting threatening messages and propaganda videos, along with some military documents.

The command’s Twitter and YouTube accounts were eventually taken offline, but not before a string of tweets and the release of military documents, some of which listed contact information for senior military personnel. A Centcom spokesman confirmed their accounts were “compromised,” and said later that the accounts have been taken offline while the incident is investigated more.

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5 Cereals Twitter Users Are Desperate to Bring Back

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When General Mills relaunched its sugary French Toast Crunch cereal on Friday after an eight-year hiatus, Twitter exploded with gratitude.

Ever since, the cereal has been consistently trending on Twitter. And the news is stirring up chatter about other breakfast treats worthy of a comeback.

It’s not the first time consumers have lobbied companies on social media to bring back old-school products. (That’s why Burger King started cooking up chicken fries again and Bobbi Brown re-released its Wine lipstick.) But people seem to have a nostalgic streak for cereal in particular—likely because of the muscle that packaged-good brands put into marketing them.

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The power of hashtags in social media

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When the hashtag (#) symbol was created in 2007, it began generating a tremendous influx of trends and buzz around varying topics worldwide..

If you use social media daily, you are probably aware of how hashtags can draw attention to your profile.

By searching for a hashtag of your choice on social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, you can effortlessly locate others who have previously used the same hashtag.

According to Business Insider, 2014’s two most popular locations to post about on Instagram were in California: Los Angeles and Anaheim. With more than 7,922,134 results for #losangeles on Instagram, let’s hear what these students visiting California have to say about hashtags and the effects it has on social media.

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A Teenager Finally Explains What Adults Just Don't Get About Facebook, Instagram, And Snapchat

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What do teenagers really think of social media?

How do they use it?

What are they looking for in an app?

The case of teenagers and their thoughts on the world around them has long been a code just waiting to be cracked.

Plenty of people have tried to do so, and some have been more successful than others.

But who better to discuss what teenagers think of social media and technology than teenagers themselves?

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Gallagher: new bands are scared of social media

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Noel Gallagher has said that new bands are “careerist” and are afraid to be outspoken because they’re scared of the backlash on social media.

During a round table interview with the NME, which also included Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods and Elly Jackson of La Roux, Gallagher was asked why so many bands have so little to say.

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Here’s how a real teenager uses, and doesn’t use, social media

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There’s a whole category of social-science fallacy that revolves around extrapolating from one or two cases, so we should be careful not to read too much into a recent Medium post by 19-year-old Andrew Watts about how he and his friends use various social-media platforms. That said, however, it’s still fascinating to look at how differently his age group approaches some of the services we older folks take for granted.

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