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Link Post for March 2nd through March 3rd

March 3, 2010 By The A2SM Editors Leave a Comment

This is the A2SM Link Post for March 2nd through March 3rd. To see more of the bookmarks we’ve found, check out our Delicious Feed.

Narus Develops a Scary Sleuth for Social Media – PCWorld – Narus is developing a new technology that sleuths through billions of pieces of data on social networks and Internet services and connects the dots.<br />
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The new program, code-named Hone, is designed to give intelligence and law enforcement agencies a leg up on criminals who are now operating anonymously on the Internet.
Can This Rutabaga Get More Fans Than…? – ClickZ –
Social Media Today | Developing an Authentic Social Media Personality for Your Brand – Social media has revolutionized the way that companies are now interacting with their target market. However, in order to be a successful player in the social media field, you must be seen as a thought-leader with a personality. This is not an easy task to accomplish, since so many companies are now invading social sites every day. I believe that creating an impressionable personality through your social media communications is a huge key to good relationship building.
Twitter Location API to Support Places – I know what you may be thinking: Twitter location API already supports places; that’s why they call it the location API, right? Well, yes and no. Currently, it supports latitude and longitude, which tells the world where, exactly, you were located when you tweeted.
Apple Eyes HTC in Latest Patent Lawsuit – Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, gather round for the latest round of: Patent Lawsuit Theater! The players in this round are Apple and HTC. Apple is alleging that HTC infringes on 20 of its patents related to the iPhone user interface.

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Link Post for February 3rd

February 3, 2010 By The A2SM Editors Leave a Comment

This is the A2SM Link Post for February 3rd. To see more of the bookmarks we’ve found, check out our Delicious Feed

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.

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Link Post for January 24th through January 25th

January 25, 2010 By The A2SM Editors 1 Comment

This is the A2SM Link Post for January 24th through January 25th. To see more of the bookmarks we’ve found, check out our Delicious Feed.

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louisgray.com: RowFeeder Tracks Twitter Terms In Real-Time Database – For $2.49, you can ask RowFeeder to track a Twitter search term and back up all positive hits in the next 48 hours to a Google spreadsheet. Should you need more time, such as for a 3 or 5 day conference, you can send a note to RowFeeder and ask for the time to be extended.
Top 10 Most Popular Topics on Twitter This Week – Social media is not only a great medium for conversation, but it’s also an effective way to discover and analyze the popular topics of the day. By aggregating and picking apart the millions of tweets, status updates, and posts generated on the web every day, it’s possible to figure out what people care about in real-time.
Why Twitter Wants to Know Where You Are – Now more than ever, where you are is more important than what you’re doing. So as location-sharing is poised to be the breakout technology trend of 2010, the Local Trends feature points us to look towards the future of local services brought to you by Twitter (Twitter), made possible by the location-aware tweet.
What the ####: Google’s Nexus One Censors Your Curse Words –