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• 4 Essential Traits for Social Media Success in Your Career – Want to know what it takes to start, and develop, a successful career path in the realm of social media? I recently had the pleasure of talking with 17 bright, enthusiastic professionals who are on the rise in their respective careers about some of the things they have learned and are continuing to learn along the way about using social media in their daily work, and where they see things heading.
• Email Marketers Want a Piece of Geolocation, Too – Well before the end of 2009, it was clear that geolocation would be one of the biggest web trends in 2010. From social services like Foursquare to location-specific trends in Twitter, location is one of the hottest new features for users, businesses and especially advertisers. While we expect the biggest push in geolocation will continue to be its integration with social services, even e-mail marketers like MailChimp are catching the geolocation bug.
• Monster Acquires Yahoo HotJobs for $225 Million – Monster, best known for its online employment website, has just announced that it has acquired Yahoo HotJobs from the Internet giant for $225 million in cash. Yahoo and Monster have also entered a 3 year traffic deal as part of the acquisition.
• Amazon Buys Touchscreen Company for Its Kindle Division [REPORT] – An alleged insider told The New York Times today that Amazon has just bought a startup specializing in touchscreens, and that Amazon will merge the company and its technology into its own Kindle division.
• Los Twitteros: Mexico Eyes Legislation to Regulate Twitter – Politicians in Mexico are reportedly drafting a bill to regulate Twitter and other social networks to curb crime in the country, according to Seattle PI.
• YouTube Elects For Another Site Redesign | DevWebPro – YouTube is rolling out its video rentals program (maybe it’s a good thing Blockbuster is already closing all those stores!). And just in time for the Sundance rentals, YouTube is trying out another stripped-down version of its video viewing page.
• News – Facebook Notifications To Get Cut | DevWebPro – Facebook developers, beware: application-to-user and user-to-user notifications are supposed to meet their end very soon. Communication via stream, inbox, and email is scheduled to take over on March 1st.