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Google Gets Serious About Marketing Apps
Update: Google has expanded the campaign to additional countries: U.K., France, Canada, Japan, Australia and Singapore.
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Comedy and Alcohol at BlogWorld
The closing keynote of the BlogWorld Expo this past weekend was set up like The Late Show. Guy Kawasaki came out and told some jokes in David Letterman fashion (complete with Late Show-like desk and chairs), then he introduced the audience to actor/comedian Kevin Pollak.
Owyang On “The Future Of Social Media And Business”
Jeremiah Owyang worked as a senior analyst over social computing for Forrester Research for almost two years. Now, he's a partner at the Altimeter Group, which focuses on emerging technologies and has a large "Twitter Updates" section above the fold on its homepage. So Owyang was a good choice to speak about social media and business at BlogWorld.
Google, Facebook and Twitter Address Net Neutrality
The Open Internet Coalition , which is a group of consumers, grassroots organizations, and businesses "promoting consumer choice and economic growth through an open Internet," has sent an open letter to FCC chairman Julius Genachowski, supporting open Internet rules. The coalition itself includes a large list of well-known web companies and sites. Companies with founders and CEOs signing the letter include:
Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Social Media
To some people, social media's a shiny, happy, ball o' fun. Or at least an invaluable marketing tool. There are dangers, however, and during a session at BlogWorld titled "Social Media: The Bad and the Ugly," four experts outlined six of them. (Coverage of the BlogWorld conference continues at Webproworld Videos. Keep an eye on Webproworld for more notes and videos from the event this…
Jermaine Dupri, Anthony Edwards on New Media for Celebs
The BlogWorld Expo out in Vegas, which wrapped up over the weekend, attracted some major star power. One session in particular included Anthony Edwards (whom you may remember from films like Revenge of the Nerds and Pet Sematary 2, as well as the television program ER), and Jermaine Dupri, the man who brought us groundbreaking hip hop acts Kris Kross and Da Brat.
