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Free Google AdWords Campaigns for Non-Profits

“Google Grants is a unique in-kind donation program awarding free AdWords advertising to select charitable organizations. We support organizations sharing our philosophy of community service to help... 
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6 Tips for Better Branding with Avatars

“We’re living in a social media world, and, like it or not, our avatar is often the first impression others get about us as we interact virtually on social networks, blogs, microblogs and other... 
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LA Weighs Replacing Software with Google

“Frustrated by a slow and antiquated computer system, the city of Los Angeles is weighing a plan to replace its e-mail and records retention software with a service provided by Google, a move that... 
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Apollo 11 40th Anniversary

In case you’re somewhere on the planet without the internet, today is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission that landed men on the moon on July 20, 1969. NASA has a commemorative site with... 
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The Not-So-Hidden Politics of Class Online

“Many of us in this room have had our lives transformed by technology. Some of us have grown up with tech while others have embraced it as adults. Many of us have become enamored with tech and its... 
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De-friending Professional Contacts on Facebook

“I recently restricted my Facebook account to close friends and family and “de-friended” 205 people. Click after click banished former and current managers, co-workers and other professional... 
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Got an unusual name? Facebook may think it’s fake

“ Alicia Istanbul woke up one recent Wednesday to find herself locked out of the Facebook account she opened in 2007, one Facebook suddenly deemed fake. The stay-at-home mom was cut off not only... 
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Amazon Caves to Author Guild Bullies

“Amazon has caved into demands from the Authors Guild that it disable the ability of the Kindle to read a book aloud. This is very bad news. We had this battle before. In 2001, Adobe released e-book... 
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Gated Internet and Net Neutrality

“Something I knew: if you just put traffic on the Internet, it’s not necessarily going to go by the most efficient route. Something I didn’t know: that can make a pretty big difference. The default... 
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Developing a Personal Brand Online, an Interview with Jeremiah Owyang

“Twitter is part of my overall online personal brand, but like one of the sections of a great orchestra, it’s only one of the parts. It serves a specific, yet important role. I use all the... 
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Blogging is a Low Cost, High Return Marketing Tool

“To its true believers at small businesses, it is a low-cost, high-return tool that can handle marketing and public relations, raise the company profile and build the brand. That tool is blogging,... 
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A Daily Diary of Depression-era Life, Told with Twitter

“Late last year, my family found a line-a-day diary maintained by my great-aunt from 1937 to 1941. She was in her early teens, living on a small farm in rural Illinois with her two brothers, one... 
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Social Networking Challenges Report

“W3C organized a workshop on the Future of Social Networking in January 2009, hosted in Barcelona by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and ReadyPeople, in order to bring together industry actors... 
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What’s Your Social Media Routine?

With all the buzz in the past year about social media — Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and all the rest, not to mention articles about how to measure social media ROI, a missing piece has been how... 
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At First, Funny Videos. Now, a Reference Tool

” Tyler’s way of experiencing the Web — primarily through video — may not be mainstream, at least not yet. But his use of YouTube as his favorite search engine underscores a shift that is... 
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Open Plan Offices Make People Sick, Lower Productivity

“Australian scientists have reviewed a global pool of research into the effect of modern office design, concluding the switch to open-plan has led to lower productivity and higher worker stress. “The... 
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How to Track and Quantify Your Social Media Efforts

“If you’re managing social marketing for yourself or your business, the biggest challenge is where to spend your time, how to maximize your time, and how to show ROI. It’s my challenge... 
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Two Hidden Ways to Get More from Your Gmail Address

“I recently discovered some little-known ways to use your Gmail address that can give you greater control over your inbox and save you some time and headache. When you choose a Gmail address, you... 
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San Fran Olympic Torch Relay is a Social Media Extravaganza!

“I then found @SFtorch which was a Twitter profile that was aggregating all of the related tweets – suddenly sitting in my kitchen in London I was party to probably more information than had... 
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Free Web Version of Photoshop Launches: Adobe’s Hosted Solution For Photos

“While Photoshop is intended for use by graphic design and photography professionals, Adobe says Photoshop Express, which it launched in a “beta” test version, is easier to learn–the... 
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