Category: Social Media
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Milestones in Iran
While the mainstream media is proving its worth (and its mettle) in its reporting of fast-moving events in Iran, that parallel universe known as social media is a channel for huge volumes of comment and opinion, the type that is…
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First steps in understanding the Arabic-speaking blogosphere
In light of what’s happening in Iran at the moment, and the role of social media in connecting people, a new report on the Arabic blogosphere makes for interesting reading. While Iran isn’t an Arab country, its location and influence…
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Twitter apps: Mobile and sync are the keys
The two primary Twitter applications for the desktop – TweetDeck and Seesmic Desktop – released new versions in the past 24 hours. Both are the latest salvoes in a battle where one winner could gain supremacy as the app on…
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Keeping Twitter up for Iran
In the wake of developments in what’s happening in Iran following elections there last week – continuing violent street protests and the Iranian government muzzling the foreign media – this announcement by Twitter yesterday about its delaying a critical maintenance…
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Voices from Iran will be heard
If you want to follow developments in Iran after the presidential election that took place on June 12, mainstream media reporting online and offline are the logical places to pay attention to. Yet these are not the only places –…