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With the buzz this month all about Google’s Chrome, the latest Firefox update probably won’t get much attention.  This Firefox update is critical and fixes some security issues.

Fixed in Firefox 3.0.2 - Get Firefox Update
MFSA 2008-44 resource: traversal vulnerabilities
MFSA 2008-43 BOM characters stripped from JavaScript before execution
MFSA 2008-42 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.0.2/1.8.1.17)
MFSA [...]

Looks like Digg has a new round of funding.  Kevin Rose may have cashed in on this round.
Digg has raised $28.7 million in a Series C round of funding. The company made the announcement earlier this morning. Highland Capital Partners is leading the current round, which will see Highland partner Richard de Silva join Digg’s [...]

Let’s face it, most social media users stay well away from the ads.  Regular social media website users either block or blank out the ads on any given website page.
We certainly aren’t writing this post to encourage ad clicks and it’s important to state that up front.  I stopped clicking on ads many years ago.  [...]

The Internet and social sharing of information has allowed the 2008 political campaign to not only reach new levels of information sharing from the candidates, but it also allows specific media to be shared in television markets where it would not normally be seen.

The Republican National Convention hosted Sarah Palin who spoke Wednesday night.
The Vice Presidential candidate accepted the nomination for the VP position.  Govenor Palin said that she was ready for the challenge of this position.
photo by asecondhandconjecture
One of the latest outcomes of the rise of social media is the instant delivery of perspectives and information from [...]

Will social media and the online news machine signal the end to traditional print news?The New York Times Has not Ended Print but what is their next move? Are the executives still expecting people to fall for paper? “Let’s just wait til this whole Internet thing blows over…”The great thing about the [...]

The Pickens Plan has taken to the social media space in search of supporters to carry the message that we must reduce our dependency on foreign oil. Check out their video and cause site.

Share your observations on the social media campaign for this cause?

Bernard Lunn provides an insightful post about what direction social media platforms might take to remain viable in the future.
So just how will the social sites generate revenue, create unique social participant value, and support a viral and competitive advantage of the next social site that does it just a little better.
In my own opinion [...]

Chris Heuer posts on his satisfaction with friendfeed and even goes as far as saying it might kill twitter.
I agree that comment promotion capabilities and the concept of live social interactions with content are exactely what this whole social media cookie is all about.
So Chris, I say go ahead and kill that mailing list!
Original Post:
http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2008/05/24/join-our-friend-feed-room-kill-a-mailing-list/

OK, [...]

When you get right down to it, social media can also help the collaboration and networking process among business groups. Business Week’s recent article about IBM shows that some large companies are looking to create corporate social media offerings for their employees.
Sure, we are very used to the social structures that have developed in [...]