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The World's 1st Coffee Social Network Launches

CoffeePledge officially launched its social network today for its 40,000+ users. The world's first social media movement to leverage the coffee industry to fight cancer, is still in its first 120 days of birth, and is beginning to heat up the pot of tens of thousands of coffee-lovers world-wide.CoffeePledge's social movement, provides the opportunity for users to pledge to drink...

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Former MySpace Chief Van Natta Joins Zynga

Former Facebook and MySpace executive Owen Van Natta has joined online gaming giant Zynga, which produces FarmVille and Mafia Wars.Van Natta will serve as executive vice president of business operations, reporting to founder and chief executive Mark Pincus. Zynga declined to provide additional details.The company has been in the news...

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HOW TO: Stop Facebook Photo Tagging Spammers from Bugging You

Have you Been Tagged in Some Random Photo on Facebook? Does it keep happening? You receive a message on Facebook that you've been tagged in a photo, but when you go to look at the photo you discover that it wasn't you at all, but some sort of product,...

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Verizon and Google Reach Internet Traffic Deal

Verizon Communications Inc and Google Inc agreed to a deal over how Internet traffic will be treated, two people familiar with the agreement said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. The deal centers on a set of rules, called net neutrality, that determines how Internet traffic moves over land lines and...

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IPad Knockoffs Taking Over the Internet starting at $50

Low-cost Android tablets resembling Apple's iconic iPad are on sale through retail sites like eBay for US$50 to $125, though observers say they could be a pain to own since they lack hardware and software support.The inexpensive tablets come in different designs, with some resembling the iPad. The devices have...

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iPhone Exec Leaves Apple after "Antennagate"

Mark Papermaster, the Apple executive in charge of iPhone engineering, has left the company weeks after the "Antennagate" controversy over complaints of poor reception on the company's latest smartphone.Apple spokesman Steve Dowling confirmed Papermaster's exit and said Bob Mansfield is assuming his responsibilities. Dowling declined to provide a reason for...

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More Evidence that iPhone going to Verizon in January 2011 [REPORT]

Another great report from Steve Cheney at TechCrunch confirms that Verizon will be getting the CDMA iPhone in January 2011. Steve flat out confirms his sources close to the supply chain, have provided evidence to support the statement. Steve's sources with knowledge of this entire situation have assured him that...

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SeizeTheDay iPhone app good for organizing your hectic life

If your hectic life has you forgetting things that were at the top of your "list," it may be time to think about getting some help. Luckily, SeizeTheDay has been designed to be your polite, if not over-simplistic taskmaster, keeping you on top of your to-dos so you don't miss...

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Apple in talks to buy China's Handseeing

Apple Inc is in talks to buy Chinese software maker Handseeing, an executive at the Chinese company said on Friday, a deal that would mark the iPhone maker's first acquisition in the country."We should have a decision in about one or two months," Tian Bo, vice-president for operations told Reuters...

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Inbound & Outbound Links, Google, & NoFollow Update

Rel=nofollow to the Rescue Years ago Google introduced rel=nofollow, claiming it as a cure-all for comment spam. Once in place, it was quickly promoted as a tool to use on any paid link. According to Aaron Wall, over at SeoBooks.com, Google scared webmasters about selling links so much that many...

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A Third of U.S. Socializing & Playing Games Online [REPORT]

We sure do spend a lot of time complaining about our privacy -- or lack thereof -- when it comes to social networking sites like Facebook, but a recent survey claims that Web surfers in the U.S. spend far more time being social on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace than doing...

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Google's Down in China - Answer Page Inaccessible

A Google question-and-answer page for Chinese users was inaccessible from mainland China on Tuesday less than a month after the search giant's Internet license was renewed amid a dispute over online censorship.The company found no technical problems with the Hong Kong-based service, said a Google Inc. spokeswoman, Courtney Hohne, in...

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Social Networking More Popular Than E-Mail [REPORT]

Americans now spend more time using social networks and online games than they do on e-mail, according to a Monday report from Nielsen.In June, U.S. Internet users spent about 22.7 percent of their online time on social networking sites, up from 15.8 percent just one year ago, the report said,...

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ALERT: Reddit.com is DOWN!

Hello Reddit Lovers... It appears that the Social Network is down currently for an undetermined period of time. No response from Reddit yet. We are trying to get a comment as to what could have caused the downtime. Stand by! UPDATE: Reddit back online. We still have no answer as...

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Twitter down for a Long-Time Last Night... Who Was to Blame?

Not sure if you noticed... but for 100 million Tweeple around the world.... the microblogging site Twitter Inc. was out of commission for a few hours late Saturday night until early Sunday.Instead of the usual screen that allows people to send a tweet, or a big fat whale telling Twitter...

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12 Steps to Make Your Video Go Viral

You want your video to get viral. That means it has to touch a LOT of people. So, how do you take an innocent video and turn it into the life of the party? No, not through massive amounts of alcohol - but through the right mix of charm and...

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Google going after Facebook with a 'NEW' Social Network

Google Inc has held talks with gaming companies as it looks to develop a new service to compete with social networking website Facebook, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.The Internet giant has had talks with makers of online games for the service including...

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Amazon updates Kindle App with In-line Dictionary

Amazon on Thursday released significant upgrades to its Kindle app for iPhone and iPad. Just days after the company announced the new Kindle 3, Amazon's made the iOS version of its e-reader even more competitive with its hardware device: The app now includes a dictionary with 250,000 entries, according to...

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CBS Entertainment using Social Media to find their Next Big Hit

CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler said on Wednesday the top-rated TV network was "restless, motivated and paranoid" about developing new shows and looking increasingly to social networking and the Internet for its next big hits.At a time when traditional television audiences are being lured away by the Internet, videogames and...

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William Shatner on Twitter: WTF is Twitter? - '$#*!' My Dad Says

William Shatner confesses he has problems with the digital age. At 79 years old, he doesn't use Twitter and can't remember computer passwords. So what is the actor -- who started in television when it was aired exclusively live and became a pop culture hero in "Star Trek" 40 years...

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Facebook may postpone IPO to 2012 [REPORT]

The move may give Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg more time to gain users and boost sales, but Zuckerberg could still push for a stock sale at any time, the agency said.Jonathan Thaw, a spokesman for Facebook, declined to comment, Bloomberg said. Facebook could not immediately be reached for comment by...

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Excessive Worrying over SEO can cause Missed Opportunities

We found another great article from seobook, discussing the missed opportunities when it comes to keyword research, seo planning and execution. Excessive Worrying = Missed Opportunities Do you worry too much about who you are competing against? Do you feel competitive research leads to many more "move on please"...

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The Portrait of a Blogger, SEO Expert & Everything in between.

We came accross this posting from a guest contributor on seobook.com that grabbed our attention. It was a great way to sum up bloggers at various stages in their evolution. Read through this and see if any of it applies to you. A long time ago, on an...

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What's private on Facebook anyway?

Today's revelation about the existence of a document that details the names, URLs, and unique Facebook IDs of 100 million of the site's users has raised new questions about what is and what is not private on the immensely popular website.Facebook says no data was "stolen," the site was not...

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GameStop Acquires Social Gaming Company 'Kongregate'

Video game retailer GameStop on Tuesday announced that it has acquired Kongregate, a social gaming destination and community.The deal is expected to close around Aug. 1. Kongregate will become a wholly owned subsidiary of GameStop and retain its current offices in San Francisco. Co-founders Jim and Emily Greer will continue...

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Disney Buying Social-Gaming Website 'Playdom'

The Walt Disney Co. is buying online social-gaming company Playdom for $563.2 million, the latest sign the company is becoming a formidable player in the video-game industry.Disney said Tuesday it is buying Playdom to strengthen its digital-gaming portfolio. According to Yahoo News, the purchase will help bring Disney's characters, stories...

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Zynga Gets $150M From Japan's Softbank

Zynga, the online gaming company best known for its Farmville Facebook game, has received a US$150 million investment from Japanese Internet company Softbank.The two companies plan to form a joint venture, Zynga Japan, that will develop and distribute social games across Japan, they said in a statement.Softbank is one of...

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CDMA iPhone in Production for Verizon.

DigiTimes, a Taiwanese industry publication, reported Thursday that Pegatron Technology received orders from Apple for a CDMA iPhone 4, according to industry sources. "Pegatron will also start shipping a CDMA version of the iPhone 4 to Apple in the fourth quarter and is currently using its plants in Shanghai, China...

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Top 10 Mistakes of Social Media Wanabees.

Accelerate your Social Media Success by avoiding these top 10 mistakes made by social media wanabees.1) Lack of Consistent Visibility.You cannot make a path and create a presence in Social Media, without CONSISTENTLY being SEEN and HEARD with your message. Ask Carrie Wilkerson. Or Timothy Carter. NOT going to happen....

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What is Social Media Optimization?

Social media optimization as the term indicates is related to development of constant presence in the mind of reader through different incidents or news; in short through something interesting.Search engines are always eying the website for their work. There are many websites which have understood this fact and are very...

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Why Do You Need Social Media Branding?

A brand is a center stone for a company. Building a brand required a balance marketing efforts across various channels. As days are passing there are sign of new beginning of an era. In which opportunities are countless for businessman, companies, organization & etc to establish or mark their name...

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GM Pays U.S. Back

DETROIT -- General Motors Co. has repaid the $8.1 billion in loans it got from the U.S. and Canadian governments, a move its CEO says is a sign automaker is on the road to recovery.GM CEO Whitacre will formally announce the loan paybacks Wednesday at the company's Fairfax Assembly Plant...