http://www.socialmediamagazine.com/social-blog Social Media News, Tips, Tools, Examples, and Platforms Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:41:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Facebook is becoming a standard in the social networking space.  The identity factor and viral growth based on this identity and tools for adding new members are significant. Facebook gives us a second chance to "do over" the mistakes of Myspace. I you're not already using Facebook, you'll soon be invited or ... http://www.socialmediamagazine.com/social-blog/social-networking/2008/09/facebook-tips/ 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 ... http://www.socialmediamagazine.com/social-blog/social-media-news/2008/09/firefox-302-update-and-google-chrome-note/ 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 ... http://www.socialmediamagazine.com/social-blog/social-media-news/2008/09/digg-funding/ 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. [caption id="attachment_59" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Do you click ads?"][/caption] We certainly aren't writing this post to encourage ad clicks and it's important to ... http://www.socialmediamagazine.com/social-blog/social-media-news/2008/09/do-you-digg-the-ads/ An interesting slideshare.net presentation provided by Brent Leary. The presentation highlights some key social media factors utilized by the Barack Obama political campaign that have social media marketing implications for traditional business owners. Barack Obama's Social Media Lesson to Small Businesses View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: crm 2.0) Please share your ... http://www.socialmediamagazine.com/social-blog/social-media-marketing/2008/09/barack-obamas-social-media-lesson-to-small-businesses-presentation/ 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. This interview with John McCain in a ... http://www.socialmediamagazine.com/social-blog/social-media-news/2008/09/john-mccain-interview-by-maine-local-nbc-affiliate-goes-popular-on-digg/ 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. [caption id="attachment_49" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Sarah Palin Flickr Photo"][/caption] photo by asecondhandconjecture One of the latest outcomes of the rise ... http://www.socialmediamagazine.com/social-blog/social-media-news/2008/09/sarah-palin-us-vp-candidate-stirs-up-the-political-blogs/ 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 ... http://www.socialmediamagazine.com/social-blog/social-media-news/2008/08/new-york-times-ends-print-edition/ Andriod vs. iPhone.... Open, closed system. Does anyone care about Andriod. Any ideas? http://www.socialmediamagazine.com/social-blog/social-media-perspectives/2008/08/social-discussion-on-mobile/ 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? http://www.socialmediamagazine.com/social-blog/social-media-news/2008/07/social-media-for-cause/