A2SM Podcast #54 – Your Social Media Friends… Are They Real?

Social Media PodcastIn This Episode

Twitter

Twitter Drops The Ecosystem Hammer: Don’t Try To Compete With Us On Clients, Focus On Data And Verticals

Only 58% of Tweets Come From Official Twitter Apps [REPORT]
Twitter ups its security w/ HTTPS

In Other News

Post-Facebook Deal, Beluga Gets A Final SXSW Tune-Up

The Google Loophole Has Become The Facebook/Twitter Loophole

Officials Push For Action In ‘Online Privacy War’

U.S. Military Launches Spy Operation Using Fake Online Identities

Picks

Neal: Facebook Disconnect (Chrome)
Seth: GTrot – Social Traveling
Hashable
Jody: My Skype Office INFO

Link Post for March 2nd through March 3rd

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  • 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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