A2SM Podcast #91 – Twitter’s New Features

EU officially agrees that nobody reads terms of service agreements. – The European Commission is planning to stop Facebook’s practice of harvesting your political opinions, sexuality, religious beliefs, location and so on and sharing that data with advertisers without explicit user permission.

Twitter

39% Of All Tweets Are In English, But Arabic Now Fastest-Growing Language On Twitter [STUDY]In Other News
Diaspora* Finally Unveiled, Feels Like Google+

Picks

Neal: How to See What Web Sites Your Computer is Secretly Connecting To

Seth: Circle Count
Jody: Listen To Your WebsiteAnnouncements
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A2SM Podcast #89 – The Pepper Spray Edition

November 25, 2011 By The A2SM Editors Leave a Comment

In This Episode

GoogleLike Twitter, Google+ Now Has Trending Topics

YouTube Video Prompts Calls for UC Davis Chancellor’s Resignation

Lt. Pike Meme via Topsy.com

Lt. Pike on Tumbler

Even Your Mom Knows What A Meme Is Thanks To “Casually Pepper Spraying Cop”

Why Your Brand Should Use Google+Google+ Now Impacting Klout Scores, Active Users See Scores Go Up

Google+ Lets You See Your Contacts’ +1s

Facebook

Facebook Is Badware (and Why Google Should Warn Its Users)

Despite Unproven Market, Facebook To Launch Custom Android OS Phone With HTC

Facebook Makes the World Smaller, Shrinks 6 Degrees of Separation to 4

Twitter

First Football Endzone Hashtag Touches Down in Mississippi – #hailstate

Who’s Tweeting About Black Friday? [INFOGRAPHIC]

In Other News

How Social Media Revived The Muppets

Anybeat, a Social Network for Taboo Topics, Now Open to All [EXCLUSIVE]

eBay Buys Hunch To Improve Long-Tail Shopping Recommendations

Tired Of Facebook? Try Facedrink Energy Shot Before Zuck Sues

Picks:

Seth: Daria Musk – http://dariamusk.com/ – Does G+ Hangout Concerts – New Song +1 Me.
Google+’s secret weapon against Twitter and Facebook
Jody: Black Friday Apps!
Lynette: WomenOfGPlus.com

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Outro: +1 Me by Daria Musk

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A2SM Podcast #88 – Only You Can Protect The Internet

November 18, 2011 By The A2SM Editors 2 Comments

SOPA

Please take a few minutes to learn about this legislation being rushed through Congress. Take Action NOW!
Americancensorship.org
PROTECT IP Act Breaks The Internet (video)
Now a Soap Opera, Heavily-Backed SOPA Copyright Bill Gets New Bipartisan and Popular Opposition
What the web is saying about SOPA
This Senator Wants To Destroy The Internet As We Know It
Save The Internet
Who Is Backing SOPA

Google

Eric Schmidt Doubles Down On SOPA Bill, Describing It As “Censorship,” “Draconian”

Last Week Was Google+’s Third-Biggest Yet for Traffic [STUDY]

Google Buys Katango To Solve The Labor Of G+ Circles

YouTube To Get A User-Friendly Facelift

Google launches music store with social sharing, indie artist hub

Don’t Be Too Disappointed By Google Music’s Lackluster Debut

Google lets you opt out of location database

Third Party Tools To Help Manage Your Google+ Page

Google Checkout Merging Into Google Wallet

Facebook

Facebook Adds PayPal App

Facebook Brings Back the Old “Most Recent” News Feed Option (But It’s Kind of Hidden)

Remains of the Day: The FTC Requires Opt-In for Facebook Privacy Changes

Facebook Porn Was ‘Self-Inflicted JavaScript Injection’
Porn and Violent Images Infest Facebook

Facebook Updates Events, Makes “Not Attending” Less Insulting

Twitter

Reporters Use Twitter to Promote, Not Report [STUDY]

Twitter Can Predict Who’s Winning the GOP Presidential Race [STUDY]
Current Twitter Studies Not All Accurate

Twitter visualizes every Tweet mentioning “11.11.11″

In Other News

Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Passes Away At 22
Diaspora Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy: Dead at 22 by Suicide
Following Founder’s Passing, Diaspora Opens Redesigned Alpha To Invitees

Klout CEO apologizes for minors profiles

Picks

Neal: GPlusbanner.com
Seth: CardMunch for iOS – Matches Business Cards with Linkedin Profiles
ExpertFlyer – Alerts You When Better Airplane Seats Are Available, Gets You onto Sold Out Flights
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A2SM Podcast #87 – Two Thirds Improved

November 11, 2011 By The A2SM Editors Leave a Comment

In This Episode

Google

Google+ Pages: connect with all the things you care about
Google+ Launches Branded Pages
Google+ launches an official guide for sharing, promoting and measuring Pages
Google Direct Connect Hooks Search and Google+ Pages Together
Google+ Launches Pages, Opens Floodgates For Brands (And Everything Else)Day 1 of Google+ Pages: The Muppets Fall Flat, But Brands Are Trying to Engage I wish I had never heard of Google+’s brand pages Google+ has some work to do on brand pages Google+ Pages: The power of search is the game-changer

Block unwanted visitors in your Hangouts

Google+ gets YouTube, Chrome integration

Facebook

Zuckerberg on ‘Charlie Rose’: Why Facebook rules

Facebook Is Most Popular Social Network for All Ages; LinkedIn Is Second

Facebook Marks Veterans Day Early With 3 New Services

Why Aren’t More Local Ballot Initiatives On Facebook?

Facebook’s Most Engaging Pages Are Religious Ones

Twitter

70 Percent Of Brits Would Agree With Shutting Down Twitter During Civil Unrest

56% Of Young Professionals Won’t Work At A Company That Bans Twitter And Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]

In Other News

The National Emergency Alert System ignores Social Media

Picks

Neal: ForkLift for Mac

Seth: Think with Google – Insights – http://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/insights/
Jody: Government Approved Apps
Hurricane alerts, TSA travel warnings, Recalls and more…

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A2SM Podcast #86 – Google’s Got It

November 4, 2011 By The A2SM Editors Leave a Comment

In This Episode

Google

Google Reader Not Refreshing RSS?

Google+ Profiles for Business Apps are Here! (Pic)
What Google+ Brand Pages Could Look Like [PICS]

Google Now Indexing Facebook Comments

Paul Roustan gets flagged by Google’s bots on Google+ gets personal apology from Vic Gundotra.

Facebook

Facebook Acknowledges Messages Exploit

Facebook gets serious about security
Facebook Adds Security Features Trusted Friends & App Passwords

Facebook Sees 600,000 Compromised Logins Per Day

Reach versus Frequency – Why Your Facebook Messages Are Not Being Seen

Twitter

Twitter highlights impactful Tweets
Twitter Debuts User Testimonials, Er, Stories: For When 140 Characters Are Not Enough

Miami Heat Owner Fined $500,000 for Tweets

Klout

Is There Room for a Klout for Professionals?

17 Alternatives to Klout

Should You Care How High Your Klout Score Is?

Nobody Gives A Damn About Your Klout Score

50 Kloutless Ways To Get Value From Twitter

Klout’s scoring changes incite a riot of complaints

A More Accurate, Transparent Klout Score
Privacy Fail: Klout Has Gone Too Far.

In Other News

Unthink’s “Anti-Facebook” Social Network Reaches 100,000 Users

Survey: 88% of U.S. Social Media Users Are Registered Voters [Infographic]

Picks

Neal: Google+ Ripples

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Jody: Hangout Canopy
Robert: Uncircle Uncirclers

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A2SM Podcast #85 – Exposed and Hyper

October 28, 2011 By The A2SM Editors Leave a Comment

In This Episode

GoogleGoogle+ to Support Pseudonyms Google Engineer Apologizes for “Great-Granddaddy of Reply-All Screwups”

Google+ To Integrate With Blogger

Blogger to Integrate With Google+

Google’s Music Store To Feature Google+
Google Reader Will Integrate With Google+What Google+ Brand Pages Could Look Like [PICS]Google in Talks to Potentially Fund Yahoo AcquisitionFacebook

Facebook and Spotify could beat iTunes

Egyptian Sentenced to Prison for FB Post

NATO Uses Facebook To Report End Of Ops In Libya

Twitter

100K+ Hashtags for Occupy on Twitter

Twitter Now Lets “X Factor” Viewers Vote via DMs

WARNING: Twitter Phishing Scam Spreads by Direct Messages

Twitter Quietly Testing Timeline Feature

In Other News

Foursquare shows worldwide checkins

Forty Million Mobile Users Access Social Nets Daily — comScore

Bing and Firefox – Search with Bink through Firefox using “AWESOMEBAR” button

Picks

Neal: SwipeGood
Seth: IFTTT.com // Plus Minus on Chrome for Google+
Jody: Facebook DISLIKE Button

Announcement

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A2SM Podcast #84 – Jody Lost Her Lower Third

October 21, 2011 By The A2SM Editors 1 Comment

In This Episode

GoogleFinally! Eric Schmidt Joins Google+Google+ Lets You Search in Real Time — and Supports Hashtags Google+ Has 40 Million Users, Says Larry Page

RIP Google Buzz

Google Plus Traffic Surges, Closes In on Myspace, Linkedin

YouTube Now Allows Music Partners To Sell Merchandise, Digital Downloads And Event Tickets

YouTube Merch Store to Sell Songs, Concert Tickets and Merchandise

YouTube and Google+ brings shared videos

Social Media Winner or Loser: Facebook, Chris Brogan and Google Plus

Facebook

Facebook Behind Academic Success

What Is Facebook’s Role In Political Debates?

Facebook Gets More +1 Clicks Than Google Plus

Sean Parker on Facebook: “There’s good creepy and there’s bad creepy”

Sean Parker: Facebook Power Users Have Gone to Twitter or Google+

Twitter

Twitter CEO: Promoted Tweets Working “Better Than We Could Have Ever Hoped”

Twitter CEO On When Users Will Be Able To “Liberate” Old Tweets: We’re Working On Working On It

How Twitter Tracks the Spread of Disease in Real Time

Other News

How Bit.ly Now Predicts the Future

Bit.ly Wants To Predict The Future With Realtime Social Search

LinkedIn gets into the Alumni game with new ‘Classmates’ feature

Picks

Seth: Google Explains Online Safety and Privacy at Good to Know

Jody” Siri by Apple
Antony: Gplusglobe.com

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A2SM Podcast #83 – Troll Kicking

October 14, 2011 By The A2SM Editors 1 Comment

In This Episode

RIP Steve Jobs

Tribute Video to Steve Jobs

Tech and Media Titans Pay Tribute to Steve Jobs

Will There Ever Be Another Steve Jobs?

2.5M Steve Jobs tweets in 12 hours
50%+ of Jobs tweets from Apple devices

Google

G+ lets users decide who can notify them

Google+ Traffic Falls 60% From Post-Launch Highs [REPORT]
The site is still new. These numbers are skewed. There is much more to G+ than just page views. Hangouts are booming, and engagement is high if you know where to look. Is it where Facebook is? No, not yet!
The Mystery of the lost Google+ Numbers – G+ Post by Mike Elgan

Topsy Launches Realtime Search Engine For Public Google+ Posts

Facebook

Less than 1% of FB fans are engaged

Facebook now allows non-friend tagging

FB to Check Outbound Links for Viruses

Facebook’s iPad App Finally Arrives [PICS]

Twitter

Why is Twitter penalizing people for sharing links?

Twitter to Reformat All URLs With T.co

Twitter to gain trademark for Tweet

#OccupyWallSt Twitter Analysis Shows Tweets Peaking On Weekends

In Other NewsLinkedIn lets you post a company update

Picks:

Neal: Adaptable Gimp

Seth: SocialBro: Twitter Tools Chrome App | (Chrome Webstore Link)
Jody: Troll Kick: right click on the name label > inspect > locate kick dom > remove display attribute for style