LinkedIn and Twitter announced a status update syncing arrangement yesterday. From LinkedIn ... "The idea is simple: When you set your status on LinkedIn you can now tweet it as well, amplifying it to your followers and real-time search services...

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I have been spending a fair amount of time on Facebook since they updated the news feed feature, mostly because I can get a quick read on what's new. I like how they show you "trends from friends." In the process, I am discovering that...

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Two new studies point to a growing divide in how moms and kids communicate and are influenced... First up, Nielsen/Pete Blackshaw's  Pocket Guide to Social Media and Kids : "In the hands of children and tweens, today’s cell phones..

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During the first fifteen of years of the Internet's gestation, we searched the web unassisted. In the second era, we'll do so with the curated assistance of our social networks - and be able to spot trends from friends. As we wrote in our search.

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I have an Amazon Kindle but I never use it. However, I constantly use the iPhone Kindle reader - and it has me buying a lot more books. The Kindle Reader for the iPhone got a nice update last night (see the bottom of this page for details). It now...

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