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Best in social media this week: Bing set to ‘reinvent’ social search to compete with Google. As if Google didn’t have enough problems recently with the FCC and Oracle, Bing just vowed to up the social search competition. [The … Continue reading
Social media is ushering in a whole new era of communication—and with it, comes the need to redefine conceptions of ‘free speech.’ Is a Facebook comment protected by freedom of speech? What about a YouTube video? As more of the … Continue reading
Best in social media this week: LinkedIn will buy Slideshare. The major business networking site is set to purchase PowerPoint app Slideshare for $119 million. [PC World] Facebook announced IPO price of $90. Yep, the social networking giant … Continue reading
StumbleUpon hits 25 million users. StumbleUpon, everyone’s favorite user-generated discovery site is officially a big wig, now that it has hit 25 million users and is growing by a million per month. [Mashable] Social media is good for human … Continue reading
We love social media here at Social Web Daily, so when we came across a ZDNet article on Google’s new plan to catch fake reviewers, our interest was more than piqued. While comments make the social media world go ‘round, … Continue reading
MyLife.com just issued a report, The MyLife Social Media Sharing Report, on the state of social media sharing across multiple networks. The report unearthed some interesting social networking trends among MyLife’s users: According to the report… * Nearly half … Continue reading
Best in social media this week: Battle for the Internet: It seems like a tech spin on the old space race, but major tech companies are battling for control of the Internet. These are exciting times, and this week, … Continue reading
In an exclusive interview with UK’s Guardian newspaper, Google co-founder Sergey Brin publicly aired his grievances against Facebook, Apple, Hollywood, and the government for promoting a confined Internet—a climate that he theorizes wouldn’t have enabled Brin and co-founder Larry Page … Continue reading
This week, Mashable profiled the Tumblr blog, Who Needs Feminism?, and the results have been astounding. In a short time, this Duke University-based blog has gone viral by encouraging people to tweet, post, share, e-mail, and spread the word about … Continue reading
Best in Social Media This Week If last week was dominated by all things ‘Google,’ this week was Facebook’s turn. Facebook+? Facebook syncs Timelines profiles and e-mail addresses, which is a move curiously familiar to Google+’s G-mail integration. … Continue reading