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The devastating earthquake in Haiti and Japan, and the BP oil spill had something in common. While the first two were natural disasters, the latter a human error – these grueling incidents showed us the importance of social media as the modern-age tool for managing crisis and emergency response. While a lot has been said about how social media is …

If you’ve good intentions, it’s never too late to start afresh. I come across several successful online marketers who aspired to be social media icons but they feel they’ve missed the bus. The immense power of social media is now viewable to one and all – it’s already ranked as the most popular online activity in less than half a …

Bill Cosby has every reason to show the middle finger to Twitter, after all the micro-blogging site has declared him dead, not once or twice – but at least four times in the last couple of years. Welcome to the new age of social media where people die online on Twitter and Facebook rather than in hospitals and accidents. To …

Facebook’s privacy horror stories don’t seem to be coming to an end any time soon. In fact, it’s just went from bad to worse yesterday when a security consultant named Rob Bowes released a file containing a list of more than 170 million Facebook users and the Web address of their profile page on a file-sharing site named ‘Pirate Bay’. …

This morning Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, officially announced Facebook has crossed the half-a-billion milestone. While this is already interesting for a social networking website started barely 6 years ago, Zuckerberg also introduced “Facebook Stories”. See the video bleow:

Two fantastic artists, both heartthrob performers – Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber have been engage in one of the most high-profile and fierce online battles of recent times to outscore each other on YouTube and Twitter. Lady Gaga’s ‘Bad Romance’ video was the most watched video on YouTube until it was toppled by teen sensation Bieber’s “Baby”. Welcome to the …

There’s no question that BP has messed up big time – not just with the oil spill but the way its PR team has managed the aftermath of the incident. If you are looking for a social media disaster, the BP oil spill is the perfect example. The company’s brand value has gone for a toss, customers are disgruntled and …

Twitter and Facebook, world’s two most popular social networks are engaged in a vicious battle to edge each other out as the preferred network for business users. Both networks have their own pros & cons, though neither is perfect but they are as close as it gets to perfection in social media.

Twitter is ringing in the changes big time these days. First, it opted to cash-in on the popularity of FIFA 2010 World Cup by creating a dedicated Twitter site for the sporting extravaganza. Next, it started tweaking its system in order to improve the overall stability and reduce downtimes. And in its latest move, Twitter is improving the Friends functionality …

Salesforce.com released its much anticipated social networking platform for the enterprise – “Chatter”. Touted to be the ‘Facebook for the Enterprise’ and the ‘Beginning of Cloud 2 Era’, Chatter is believed by many analysts to be the next big game changer in social networking, albeit from an enterprise perspective. Will Salesforce.com Chatter live up to all the media hype and …

Diaspora may have started off as a project being developed by a group of four New York University programming students, many believe that it’s about to change the face of social media for good. What’s special about Diaspora and will it live up to all the media hype and attention? Let’s find out. What is Diaspora? Diaspora is privacy-aware, personally …

31st May came and it passed rather uneventfully. Amidst all the hype to protest against Facebook’s recent privacy flaws, the ‘May 31st Quit Facebook Day’ campaign fell flat on its feet. The campaign was run on www.quitfacebookday.com and nearly, 35,000 users have left the social networking site as part of this campaign. Considering that Facebook has a subscriber base of …

Facebook has been undergoing a privacy revolution of sorts in the last couple of years. Every now and then, there seems to be a storm over privacy issues which dies down only to crop-up again after a few months. So, where has Facebook gone wrong in its quest to settle the privacy issues? What do the following terms mean in …

If you thought that Facebook is just another social network just to connect with friends, play games and/ or kill time – you are wrong. It’s a fantastic tool to grow your business online. No matter what the size of your business is, a Facebook page can boost your online presence and provide a great platform for growth. In fact, …

Facebook’s has undergone a phenomenal transition in the last couple of years. It started off as a college photo sharing site a couple of years ago and is now emerging as a leading online marketing powerhouse. There is no doubt that Facebook is quickly moving up the ladder amongst all online advertising techniques. Most people get frustrated if they see …