Posts about Social Media as of August 3, 2009

By Laton McCartney , Editor at CIOZone RSA, the Security Division of EMC recently released several research reports that examine the far-reaching security implications of promising technologies such as cloud computing, virtualization, social networking and mobile communications, and explore the pivotal business risks and rewards they represent to organizations worldwide.

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First, it’s not the FCC’s domain but the Federal Trade Commission’s domain whether or not a business practice, like Apple’s (admittedly inconsistent) enforcement of it’s own developer agreements, is an unfair trade practice. And it may well be unfair; that doesn’t make it within the jurisdiction of the FCC, whose stock and trade isn’t social progress or anti-collusion.  Clearly, those are business matters whose definition of justice has little or nothing to do with voice as an application .  We have to be careful not to push the social progress agenda too hard–especially to the extend that we’re routinely punishing those who are earning a great profit, vis-a-vis Apple and the iPhone.

Twitter played a prominent role in Iranian protests over the recent national election results. Unless you are Osama bin Laden’s roommate, you’ll know that 2009 is the year Twitter took off. It has grown by over 1,000 percent and the phrase “tweet it” has become part of the popular lexicon. While many people still “ don’t get it “, it has become incredibly powerful. How did this happen? A bit of background The development of modern civilisation is marked by big changes arising from new communication technologies.

Reuters – Japanese opposition lawmaker Seiji Ohsaka was disappointed, if not surprised, when he found he was supposed to stop posting microblogs on social networking service Twitter once the formal campaign begins for an August 30 election.

I recently joined the Metalhead Radio Social Networking site hosted thru Ning. There are a growing number of groups that have formed on Ning. Even the company I work at during the week has one. I thought it might be cool to try it out and join other metalheads online. Check out my profile badge here. Visit www.metalheadradio.com If you’re a metalhead, too, maybe you ought to come and join me there. The more the merrier.

I love this post because it reminds me of something Greg Stuart used to say during the very early days at cars.com:  “Is it a planet or a comet.”  Chasing after the exact right way to use Twitter strategically is the wrong approach.  Figuring out your social media strategy is as far as you need to be today. Are we in a Social Media bubble? by Josh Gordon in Social Media Today on 07/28/2009 You may not agree with this but you can’t ignore it either.

I’ve been slacking again in updates. My bad. So lets play a game of catch up. First and foremost, I’ve been hugely sucked in by Sims 3. Much to my chagrin. I’ve always been vocal against the Sims and I got sucked in hardcore. I’ve also been hugely sucked in by Farm Town and other various farming game apps on Facebook. I really only use FB for those apps. It’s kind of funny, everyone else uses it for socializing, I like it for the games. I still haven’t put together my thoughts on Harry Potter.

I’ve been slacking again in updates. My bad. So lets play a game of catch up. First and foremost, I’ve been hugely sucked in by Sims 3. Much to my chagrin. I’ve always been vocal against the Sims and I got sucked in hardcore. I’ve also been hugely sucked in by Farm Town and other various farming game apps on Facebook. I really only use FB for those apps. It’s kind of funny, everyone else uses it for socializing, I like it for the games. I still haven’t put together my thoughts on Harry Potter.

A surprisingly Malthusian Richard Corliss takes a page from Andy Rooney and trashes Netflix in his latest Time column. It seems the success of the virtual video giant has resulted in the closing of Kim’s Videos, his favorite local brick and mortar rental store.Why Netflix StinksIt’s Friday night, and you want to watch a movie at home with that special someone. You could go to a video store and rent a film, and instantly it’s yours; popcorn extra. Or you could go to Netflix, and the movie will arrive, earliest, on Tuesday.