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Is A Retweet Considered An Endorsment?
[twitter]Short answer? No. Longer answer? Sometimes it can be hard to tell. The default option to retweet using Twitter via the web interface does not offer an opportunity to add …
Global TV Tech Buzz: The Rise Of The Second Screen
Welcome to the era of the second screen. It’s not referring to having a second tv in your home, it’s all about how we interact with the screen that’s in …
Content Curation Versus Content Creation
Audience, like flood-waters, follows path of least resistance. Publishers wised up just in time for #Sandy to this immutable truth. — Tim Windsor (@timwindsor) October 29, 2012 [twitter]I have had …
Global TV Tech Buzz: Can You Get Fired For Social Media?
[twitter]Can you get fired for something you put on Facebook or Twitter? Yes you can. Now there is a grey area that depends on what you say, whether or not …
Ricky Gervais’ Rules For Happy Twittering
Ricky Gervais explains that Twitter is like one of those dreams that you can control. Nothing can actually affect you. Have fun. Then wake up and live a real life.
Global TV Tech Buzz: How To Travel Smartly With Your Smartphone
The news cycle is littered with stories of people who take their smartphones on vacations only to come back to bills worth thousands of dollars for the data they consumed …
Twitter Backfires For Politicians
[twitter]It has been 4 years since Barack Obama swept to power on the backs of what many hailed as a mastery of social media. Books have been written on the …
Like. Share. Repeat.
[twitter]The directions to use shampoo are very simply – lather, rinse, repeat. Note there is no end to the directions, it’s an endless loop of lathering and rinsing. Social media …
Facebook’s Timeline Pages For Media Brands
Facebook Pages for brands are now upgradable to the new Facebook Timeline layout. You have the month of March to test and tweak, the layout will be pushed out to …
Can You Manage Instant Success?
[twitter]ALANIS OR ELASTICA? Back in the summer of 1995, Alanis Morissette arrived at Vancouver radio station Z95.3FM for an interview. However, just as quickly as she had walked in the …