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This map depicts the physical movement of and movements of tweets. Created by Social Media cartographer Eric Fischer, this tracks the physical movement (in green) and @ replies from someone in one location to someone in another (in purple) and a combination of the two (in white). Fischer has also created maps on the use [...]

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Zeitgeist 2011: Year In Review

Google has put together a year in review in the world as reflected in social media. Alot has happened this year and the following clip shows what was important around the world in 2011:

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Customers are increasing going online to find the best deals. According to the National Retail Federation, last year a total of $45 billion dollars were spent on the United State’s biggest shopping day of the year. Social media is not playing a bigger role that ever before with the marketing of this year’s Black Friday, [...]

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The creator of Reddit, Alexis Ohanian, tells the tale of a whale’s rise to Web stardom. Well, not really. He talks about the rise of social media in the story of Mister Splashy pants. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conferences, where leading thinkers from around [...]

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Steve Jobs, co-founder, chairman of the board, former CEO of Apple and industry icon for decades, has died yesterday. Apple released this statement: “We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today. Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The [...]

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TED Talks

TED, an acronym for Technology, Entertainment and Design, is a set of conferences taking place globally, to disseminate “ideas worth spreading.” Their mission statement is: We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So we’re building here a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the [...]

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It’s been said and said again: be careful of what you post on the internet! According to Social Media Today, in a ruling by the Federal Trade Commission, entitles such as the Social Intelligence Corporation can keep an archive of your social media activities for up to seven years! This means that any information, no [...]

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Once again, Information is Beautiful comes up with a fantastic visual description of our social media usage. Do you think this is accurate? Do you find yourself taking much longer at a task just simply because you are distracted by social media? How do you shut off those distractions? And do you think there is [...]

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June 30 is Social Media Day! Next Thursday, web enthusiasts from all over the world will come together to recognize the importance of the technological advancements made globally over the years allowing for every layperson to connect with updated real time information as well as be able to publically have their voices heard all over [...]

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