Going Places

Going Places

Do believe the hype.  Facebook has unveiled Places, its location-based apps service.  Mashable (19/8) has described it as ‘fascinating’.  Initial users will need an iPhone or log onto the networking behemoth’s smartphone site.  Android and Blackberry users haven’t been overlooked and will soon be able to use the service.
Places uses GPS on smartphones and users …

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Why Google Places Will be a Nightmare for Businesses

Last night Facebook officially announced “Facebook Places” allowing however many millions of Facebook users there are, to now check in directly through Facebook. Hooray! Geo-location has now been distributed to the masses instead of reserved for the tech-geeks stalking each other with Foursquare/Gowalla/Loopt. Only a few folks (iPhone users) seem to have this feature at this …

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Could Facebook Keep Your Kid Out Of College?

In an article about how forthcoming kids today are with revealing private information on the very public internet, Parentdish quoted our very own Michael Fertik. Read the article to learn more about the steps to safeguard privacy for children online. As the first generation to grow up with the Internet, our kids think nothing of …

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Reputation Management, Internet Privacy, and Social Media Quick Hits

In today’s Quick Hits, we touch on the new Facebook feature “Places” and its accompanying privacy concerns, an ex-model’s fight to stop cyberbullying, and the latest on Eden Aberjil, the Israeli soldier who posted photos of herself posing with Palestinian detainees on her Facebook page. Facebook steals Foursquare’s location crown As expected, Facebook announced their …

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CEC | A Chat with Karin Kane, Social Media Data Pro & Foursquare Addict

Mining stakeholder conversations in social media has applications beyond just Communications (e.g., value for strategic planning and market research). Karin Kane from evolve24 tells us about about innovative uses for data we may already have – and admi…

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CEC | A Chat with Karin Kane, Social Media Data Pro & Foursquare Addict

Mining stakeholder conversations in social media has applications beyond just Communications (e.g., value for strategic planning and market research). Karin Kane from evolve24 tells us about about innovative uses for data we may already have – and admi…

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Corporate Reputation Management

Personal reputations are the first thing that comes to mind when the word “reputation” is brought up in any sentence. In truth though, dealing with corporate reputation management can be just as hard and complicated as containing issues with person…

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Why Storytelling and Engagement Go Hand in Hand

Everyone loves a good story.  We voraciously consume the popular novel of the week, share unique videos that tell a good story, retell stories others have told to us in social settings, and write blog posts sharing stories of our own. Storytelling has been around for centuries, and it’s powerful. Advertisements always try to tell a …

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Why Tumblr Trumps Micro-Blogging

What do you get when you mix two cups of online editorial, three cups of microblogging and six cups of awesome? Tumblr, no doubt. The popular blogging platform that has been around for a few years is becoming a popular content platform for business.

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A Call To All Your Wordy Journalists

We at the BrandsEye team are what you might call numbers people; to us life appears as series of <span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-lan…

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