2011 may have been the year Google finally got social networking right with Google+ CALGARY, Jan. 1, 2012/ Troy Media - It’s that time of year again for Digital Doug to summarize the year in social, fess up to the accuracy of last year’s predictions (or lack thereof), and break out the crystal ball for 2012. [...]
CALGARY, AB, Aug. 21, 2011/ Troy Media – Last night I downloaded a high-def movie to my iPad on the Wi-Fi here at the “cabin” we’ve rented, and then played it on the widescreen TV in full surround sound. This is what passes for roughing it these days, a far cry from my childhood experiences [...]
The shiny new thing in social media this month is Google+ (aka Google Plus or G+). It launched in beta/invite only mode at the end of June, since attracting an estimated 18 million users. Will it kill Facebook? Twitter? It’s too early to tell and that may not even be Google’s end game, as Rick [...]
Companies are highly motivated these days to manage their reputations and advocate their positions using social media. Sometimes that goes too far. This week Facebook and public relations giant Burson-Marsteller (B-M) appear to have crossed the line in what is becoming known as “Whisper-Gate.” For the record, if anyone at your company asks you to [...]
Ed. Note: This article originally appeared in my Postmedia News social media column. This week people have been asking me how to build a Twitter following. No doubt they’ve heard my rant about how, unlike traditional media, social media publishing starts with no audience and no content. Your first tweet is often a lonely missive [...]
Canada’s privacy commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, really “harshed Google’s Buzz” this week, reminding the Mountain View, Calif., company its new Buzz social media service needed to comply with Canadian privacy laws. As @mashable reported, this is the same office that forced major changes on Facebook last year … Stoddart, in speaking to @nationalpost, said: “We have [...]
The social web was alive with Elvis sightings on what would have been his 75th birthday Friday. At least Blip.fm, a popular music sharing service, seemed to think the King might still be at the mall, according to this tweet from @NathanWurtzel: ” ‘Enter your postal code to find out when Elvis Presley is performing [...]
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