Social Networking

Inbox2 Desktop Combines and Task-ifies Your Email and Social Networks

Mar 11th, 2010 | By Ali Hassan | Category: Social Networking

Like its original webapp, the Inbox2 beta for Windows does a great job of combining your email, Twitter, Facebook, and other social messages into one sortable stream. It also respects your email labels and stars and adds simple task management tools.
To Inbox2’s credit, setup is very, very simple. Enter in a few usernames and passwords, [...]



Prius Fans Will Hit the Road Again with Social Media Mixed in

Feb 11th, 2010 | By suzanne | Category: Featured, Social Networking

Guest editor Melinda Varley  is a Journalist, Commentary Desk, of Business Spectator, based in Australia.

Maneuvering their feet around for the brakes, Toyota execs are desperately seeking an end to the media furor threatening to dent its 73 year old brand image. However, its social media literacy might just save it.
The car [...]



Jaymie Scott & Associates chat with Techistan team

Dec 30th, 2009 | By suzanne | Category: Featured, Social Networking

Jaymie Scotto Cutaia, CEO of Jaymie Scotto & Associates (www.jaymiescotto.com)and publishers of Telecom News Now (TNN) is a graduate of New York University and known in the IP communications industry as a social media innovator and one of the best marketing and public relations consultant experts around. Their group, composed of Jaymie Scotto, Illissa Miller, [...]



ActivePort Julie Fogg and Virtual World Opps

Dec 16th, 2009 | By suzanne | Category: Featured, Virtual Worlds

Eavesdrop soon via audio on the discussion between ActivePort.com’s Julie Fogg, a virtual world passionista (also known as evangelist), discuss Avaya’s web.alive and Second Life. For now, read the transcription.
Suzanne Bowen: How could this interview be different if we used Avaya’s web.alive or Second Life as opposed to Skype?
Julie Fogg: I’m glad you asked that. [...]



Learn English in 30 Days? Hug Google Translate

Dec 11th, 2009 | By suzanne | Category: Social Networking

Ahsan, my colleague, asked me how to pronounce a certain name, Zuckerman. I pointed him to Google Translate because it pronounced it correctly. Let me show you how much fun http://translate.google.com is to learn to pronounce words and labels in so many languages. It may not always be right or the choice that you would [...]



MIT Personas Show You What Everyone is Saying about You

Dec 10th, 2009 | By suzanne | Category: Social Networking

The world is full of people who have so much to offer you and me. I see the Internet and especially the new confidence, inspired by social online media, as the push to you and me to take a chance and connect with each other. I met Julie Fogg of ActivePort (a company who installs [...]



Friendster Buyout Surprises Social Media Industry

Dec 10th, 2009 | By suzanne | Category: Social Networking

On December 10, 2009, the Wall Street Journal published an article that “Malaysia-based MOL Global Pte. Ltd. has agreed to acquire all of Friendster Inc. … MOL Global is an affiliate of unlisted MOL AccessPortal Berhad, a company that operates and develops payment systems. MOL’s main shareholder is Berjaya Corp. (3395.KU) Chairman Vincent Tan.” Berjaya [...]



See for the First Time with fring on iPhone

Dec 1st, 2009 | By suzanne | Category: Channels, Featured, Social Networking

By Gil Regev, Edited by Suzanne Bowen
Remember back in the 90s, Cu-SeeMe from Cornel University, Netmeeting, and other online solutions for video? It was amazing, like being a part of a Star Trek episode. I even used some of these video over IP software with eighth grade students I taught at Carver Middle School in [...]



Social Media Marketing: Your Popularity or Notoriety

Nov 3rd, 2009 | By suzanne | Category: Social Networking

Original by Nusrat Raza, edited by Suzanne Bowen.
Social Media Marketing includes channels through which you can promote and brand and rebrand yourself, your products or services online. Such channels may include Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, TelecomYou, Youtube, Viddler, blogging, and other online social sites. 
Social Media is the marketing tool of the 21st century. You can use social media [...]



Web 2.0 Summit 09: Safa Rashtchy, “What Do Teens Want?”

Oct 31st, 2009 | By hina | Category: Social Networking, Videos

Safa Rashtchy (Former Managing Director and Sr. Research Analyst at Piper Jaffray and Co.)”What Do Teens Want?”



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