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How To Get Fido To Tweet [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted January 10, 2012
It might not be called a "woof", but Fido has taken to tweeting nonetheless.
People sure love their pets, and they're broadcasting this love on social media. We're seeing cats tweeting about their love of catnip, dogs updating Facebook when they get back from a walk, and gerbils posting p... [AllTwitter]
NEA Launches 'Blue Horse' Charity Auction to Benefit Arts Education - Posted October 21, 2011
The National Education Association (NEA) has teamed up with the NEA Foundation to host "The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse Charity Auction."
The proceeds derived from the Internet auction will benefit the NEA Foundation's "Art Inspires Learning, Learning Inspires Art" initiative. This project funds arts ... [GalleyCat]
eBay's X.commerce Now Runs on Drupal - Posted October 18, 2011
A new article reports, "eBay is the latest tech giant to embrace ... [semanticweb.com]
Facebook and eBay Introduce Commerce Platform - Posted October 17, 2011
Facebook is adopting eBay's commerce platform to create new social shopping experiences for hundreds of millions of consumers, according to a report from CNET.
Together, eBay is integrating Facebook's new Open Graph ... [SocialTimes.com]
Infolinks Introduces Self-Service Semantic Advertising - Posted August 22, 2011
Online advertising that leverages semantic technology is expanding to the do-it-yourself model. Infolinks today is launching its self-service in-text advertising marketplace. The company says the service is designed to speed advertisers' ability to create in-text ad campaigns, which work in the Infolin... [AllTwitter]
eBay Engages Facebook While Considering Twitter and YouTube - Posted June 21, 2011
Christopher Payne, eBay Marketplaces vice president, said the company's philosophy will be to try "a whole bunch of things" in the social media. With that said, eBay is thinking about using Twitter and YouTube to take advantage of the increase in social media activities among shoppers while it launches new social... [SocialTimes.com]
Research Finds Women Really Like Gaming Apps - Posted June 8, 2011
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I Sold it on eBay! - Posted May 16, 2011
Hat fanciers 'round the world, get your credit cards out. As of Monday morning, there will be just five days left to bid on ... [PRNewser]
Working Out the Kinks In Sentiment Analysis -- And Focusing on the Opportunities, Too - Posted April 13, 2011
What's the most important requirement for sentiment analytics to succeed? Make that question plural, and let's start our answers with something that the tools in this area themselves have no influence on: Good quality data.
During yesterday's second annual Sentiment Analysis Symposium in New York Ci... [semanticweb.com]
Survey Finds 75% of College Students Stick to Print Textbooks - Posted January 7, 2011
According to the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)'s "Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education" survey, 75 percent of college students prefer print textbooks over digital versions.
eBookNewser noted that 12 percent of t... [GalleyCat]
Wal-Mart, Target Top Women at NBCU Index - Posted October 25, 2010
Women at NBCU, the female-targeted marketing and research initiative at NBC Universal, has released the September results of its "Brand Power Index," with retailers ... [PRNewser]
Edelman Launches Integrated Marketing Unit - Posted October 4, 2010
Today, Edelman launched an integrated marketing unit that offers graphic design services, direct consumer advertising, event production and mobile marketing, and other branding and marketing services.
Called ... [PRNewser]
Enterprise 3.0: Semweb Commercialization Options - Posted January 16, 2008
Back when I was an industry analyst (VP, E-Business Strategies at the META Group, since acquired by Gartner), I often had to critique emerging markets. Unlike venture capitalists, industry analysts are privy to product roadmaps from publicly-traded companies, including the industry giants (Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, IBM). And unlike i-bankers, they are... [semanticweb.com]
LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted December 26, 2007
Quickie Movie Reviews: Kenneth Turan likes There Will Be Blood Kevin Crust turns his nose up at Bucket List (but ... [FishbowlLA]
Social Graphology | Online Communities and the Small Business - Posted December 4, 2007
In a recent blog post, Tim Berners-Lee, Director of the World Wide Web Consortium, wrote about a new paradigm. In the early days of the internet it was the computers and the wires that were important; more recently it was the documents that were the important things, the centres of focus... [semanticweb.com]
Fergie's Hummer Fetches $63K on eBay - Posted September 14, 2007
Pop songbird Fergie turned to eBay to ditch her gas-guzzling Hummer.
And she did it in the name of charity with all proceeds going to Global Green USA following on the heels of her participation in Live Earth last summer.
So far, the bidding is up to $63,999 and more than 660,... [FishbowlLA]
Amazon Offers Early Galleys, Online Payments - Posted August 6, 2007
Though Amazon tried this idea once before without much success, the company has decided that sending out ARCs to hand-picked customer reviewers is a good thing, Ergo, Amazon Vine, which will "help our vendors generate awareness for new and pre-release products by connecting them with the voice of the Amazon community:... [GalleyCat]
Postal Changes Means Bad News for Used Booksellers - Posted April 9, 2007
The New York Times' Bob Tedeschi reports on an upcoming change by the United States Postal Service that may have a dramatic impact on how used booksellers do business. That's because as of mid-May, it would no longer transport goods internationally via cargo ships for individual customers. Th... [GalleyCat]










