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Facebook wants to keep users on Facebook. So far, they are doing a pretty good job of that. More and more people are spending more of their online time on Facebook, not to menti...

Twitter Arranges for Free SMS Tweets in Haiti

Twitter is offering free SMS tweets for Digicel Haiti customers. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone credits...

Context Optional Launches Facebook Brand Management Suite

Social marketing company Context Optional has launched Social Marketing Suite (SMS), a customizable platform for brands to manage and build their presence on Facebook....

LinkedIn Can Be One of Your Most Valuable Traffic Sources

LinkedIn is often discussed as a powerful social networking tool, particularly for business professionals, employers, and jobseekers. What is not discussed as frequently is the...

Could ChatRoulette Become the Next Social Hit?

ChatRoulette is a site that is getting a lot of attention. Some think it could be the "next big thing" on the web. The concept i...

PleaseRobMe Hits Foursquare Users with a Dose of Reality

Update: Fousquare has issued a respons to the attention PleaseRobMe has brought to potential privacy issues associated with location sharing. What it boils down to is that...

Facebook Users Set Up Fan Group(s) for Suicide Pilot

Update: Ok, make that multiple Facebook groups...(via ...

Buy Facebook Credits And Ads Using PayPal

Facebook said today it will allow advertisers to pay for ads on its network using PayPal. The two companies have entered into a strategic relationship that will a...

Reasons to Have a Facebook Page and Ways to Make it Better

I don't have to tell you that Facebook can be a tremendous source of web t...

FoxSports.com To Launch Animated Golf Series

FoxSports.com has partnered with Skadaddle Media on a new animated online golf series called "Of Course." "Of Course" is set to debut on FoxSp...

Twitter Reaches 140-Employee Milestone

Twitter's long been associated with the number 140; it is, of course, this number that defines how the site's users communicate with each other. And the number now represe...

Social Media and Email Continue to Get Cozy

Update: Microsoft also reportedly has deals in place with Facebok and MySpace which...

ChaCha Introduces New Facebook App

Mobile answers service ChaCha has introduced a new Facebook application that allows users to access answers from both ChaCha and their Facebook friends. The...

Consumers Favor Companies Engaged With Social Media

A majority of consumers react positively when companies respond to postings on social media sites, indicating the value of the channel as way to engage people in a dialogue whil...

UCLA Turns To Social Media To Improve Teen Health

With the average teen spending nine hours a week on social networking sites, the UCLA School of Public Health has partnered with Health Net of California to develop a health lit...

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