GM shook the business world by pulling out of Facebook this week. Are they wrong? Can 900 million Facebook users be wrong? WSJ reports that Goldman Sachs, Accel Partners, and DST Global are just some of the companies that are planning to sell their Facebook shares. As Facebook advertising...
FACEBOOK IPO HYPE
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Experts are advising potential investors to wait for the IPO hype to die down before making a move on Facebook. Rolfe Winkler joins WSJ‘s Digits to discuss why investors should wait to buy. THE PULSE is produced by LdC Media The Creative Network: www.ldcmediacreative.com For free daily...
DO FANS MAKE YOU M...
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Does advertising on Facebook work? Every business questions and reviews its advertising streams, but as traditional media takes a beating, and everyone has jumped on the bandwagon of social media presence, advertising companies are still not sure what they’re getting for their money....
HOW TO GET 850,000...
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Royal Dutch Shell, the global oil and gas company, has succeeded in winning the support of 850,000 Facebook fans in just two months. Ben Rooney, Technology Editor of the Wall Street Journal Europe, talks to Doctor Herbert Heitmann, Chief Communications Officer for Shell, at the recent Next...
CHINA SILENCES BLO...
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China‘s government has long history of censoring the internet and filtering foreign websites, but now Beijing has stepped up efforts to clamp down on the country’s micro-bloggers as the Bo Xilai scandal continues to be the most popular topic. The removal of Bo Xilai, who was...
SOCIAL OVERDOSE
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Digital Lifestyles expert Mario Armstrong explains why it’s risky to link your social media accounts, and how it impacts on your privacy. Video courtesy of CNN.com. THE PULSE is produced by LdC Media The Creative Network: www.ldcmediacreative.com For free daily updates on what you need...
@ANGIESRIGHT LEG
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We all know who won and who wore what, but the outside winner at this year’s Oscars was Angelina Jolie‘s right leg. Now with its own Twitter account (@AngiesRightLeg), and over 17,000 followers, ‘the leg’ has been photoshopped around the world into other images, even...
WHAT’S YOUR ...
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The Wall Street Journal‘s Tech Diary Andy Jordan talks about the new lexicon of social media currency made popular by Klout.com, which measures your social audience and the influence of your networking. The Pulse is produced by LdC Media The Creative...
FACEBOOK’S N...
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The good news is that Facebook has announced a host of new features for users, but the bad news raises privacy concerns, yet again. Watch this video analysis by Business Insider. The Pulse is produced by LdC Media The Creative Network: www.ldcmediacreative.com For free daily alerts on what...
POLITICIANS LOVE T...
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As reported on Media Bistro by Lauren Dugan, UK Members of Parliament love Twitter. New research conducted by political lobbying firm www.westminsterpa.com shows that MPs are spending about 1,000 hours a year on Twitter, and the House of Commons sat for just 540 hours and 13 minutes in the...
COULD TWITTER MAKE...
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Recently reported on MediaBistro.com by Lauren Dugan, there are three major ways that Twitter could make newspapers obsolete: births, deaths, and advertising. Twitter is already beating a lot of traditional news sources by reporting the news succinctly and first, but one of the biggest...
THE POPE TWEETS
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After warning about the perils of social media on human relations, the Pope has taken to Twitter on the iPad to reach out to a younger audience. The site www.news.va releases information from radio, television, and print, and makes use of social media, including Twitter, YouTube, and...