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Communication, Social Networks, Trends, Web

Friendfeed and Facebook: Trends already?

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15 August 2009

Since the announcement earlier this week that Facebook is acquiring Friendfeed, Steve Rubel wonders whether heâ€™s seeing a trend: [â€¦] I have seen an uptick in friend invitations on Facebook, with these individuals specifically saying they follow me on Friendfeed. Now I don’t know if this is a trend or not, but some others are seeing the same. [â€¦] This presents a bit of a dilemma. To date on Facebook I have only let people into my network who I…
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FIR Cut: If you want your iPhone app to stand out, promote it

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13 August 2009

Overflow from FIR #474 on August 13, 2009. ClickZ: Sherwin-Williams iPhone app soars after mobile ad push ReadWriteWeb: How do iPhone users find new apps? Download this podcast (2.76Mb, 5:57) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as theyâ€™re published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What are FIR Cuts?)
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FIR Cut: How to use Twitter in your job search

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13 August 2009

Overflow from FIR #474 on August 13, 2009. FastCompany.com: Will Tweet for Work Download this podcast (2.7Mb, 5:44) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as theyâ€™re published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What are FIR Cuts?)
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The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #474: August 13, 2009

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13 August 2009

Content summary: FIR Interview on Blog With Integrity with Liz Gumbinner and Susan Getgood posted; diary note for next FIR Live on email marketing: August 22; Dan York reports on Twitter, DDoS, and the need for distributed, decentralized systems; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: survey shows that PR pros are good ethical thinkers, why blocking news aggregators is dumb and won’t work, WOMMA issues guidelines in advance of FTC regulations, 10 things to consider about international…
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Business, Mainstream Media, Public Relations, Trends, Web

Sign up to stop the NLA charging PR for links

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12 August 2009

Last month, I wrote about plans by the Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) here in the UK to introduce a scale of charges for anyone in the PR business who uses a link on their own website to any mainstream media content elsewhere online. PRs need to get a license from the NLA first, in other words. So whatâ€™s been happening in the month since the kerfuffle blew up? Not a lot new or further developed, as far as I could…
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