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Twittering As a Full-Time Job
Pizza Hut's transition from a Twintern role to the introduction of a full-time Tweetologist shows the evolution of jobs in the digital…
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Facebook Giving Users More Privacy Controls
Facebook is rolling out new features today to allow users to have more control over how they share content with others. Users will be able to control who sees each individual piece of content they post. Facebook's new Publisher Privacy Control will allow people to select a privacy setting for every post they make at the time they create it. By making selections in a…
Google Apps Gets Google Groups
Google announced that is now including Google Groups in the Premier and Education editions of Google Apps. The company says Groups is one of its most widely-used applications, so it only makes sense. When a group is set up, employees/students can share documents, spreadsheets, presentations, shared folders, sites, calendars, and videos with the group, rather than having to include individual email addresses or try to…
Google Adds Relevance Option to Docs Search
In Google Docs, there is a new sort-by-relevance feature for search results. When you search in Google Docs, your results will be organized by relevance, rather than "last modified date", which has been the way of the past. There is a menu on the right side of the toolbar that lets you decide how you want your results sorted.
Yahoo Time Spent Stats Up After Ad Campaign
An advertising campaign can have miraculous effects, causing people to feel better about a company and give it more time and money. Or it can be as effective as burning a pile of cash (on primetime TV, no less). Luckily for Yahoo, Nielsen data indicates that its "Y!ou" campaign is imitating the first formula.
Online Holiday Spending Hits $16 Billion
Online holiday spending has reached nearly $16 billion, marking a 3 percent increase compared to the same time period last, according to the latest data from comScore. The most recent week ending December 6 reached 4.6 billion in holiday spending, heavier than any individual spending week in 2008 but still below two individual weeks in 2007. The week began with strong weekday spending, led by…
