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...Google profile, their name, occupation and location (and photo if they choose) appears in a box on the first page of the search results for their name. Next to the thumbnail info, there's a link to a full Google profile page that in many ways resembles a Facebook page...
...group of female freshmen diners labeled the display as "unnecessary" and "not really that big of a surprise." Considering how many emails about Eleganza this writer has received in the past week (8 emails and 3 facebook messages, according to a Gmail search), this attitude is not surprising. Maybe their strategy should be rethought. When asked about whether they would be going to Eleganza on Saturday these same freshmen said, "Probably...
Advertisers love a winner, even if that winner has no real financial value as a business. That is why marketers are fooling around with MySpace and Facebook, so far with very little success. They will turn to Twitter because its annual user growth rate will probably hit 1,000%. But how does a marketer reach people who do nothing but send tiny 140-character messages into cyberspace? Trying to put a square peg into Twitter won't work, but a lot of capital will be wasted in proving that Twitter is a bad fit for advertising...
...given night, the typical teenager can be found sitting at her desk agonizing over homework—while chatting away online, checking Facebook, and perhaps catching up on an episode of Gossip Girl. She can’t concentrate; her mind flutters here and there without staying too long on any particular thought. Technology like search engines helps her conduct research for her paper, but it also provides a wealth of potential distractions...
...Many of us are so addicted to instant messaging or updating our Facebook albums that it can be hard to tear ourselves away from our precious technology long enough to spend time with real people. The enormous growth in membership in time-consuming online games such as World of Warcraft and Second Life is indicative of this problem—Second Life alone has 1.3 million users who log in per month. Many live in this virtual reality, paying real money for brand-name products or even marrying other characters within the game...