In the News: The Outer Limits of Social Media

What’s next for Twitter’s co-founders?  Here’s a clue: an app that will unlock human potential.  Is that bad or good?  With the rapid growth of social networking these days, it may be bad for your heath, among many other things.  What’s the new angle?  Online ads can take on a new dimension as they target untapped markets in the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa region.  I’d say it’s time to level up the game… speaking of which, courtship has gone 2.0 these days as well.  The upside or downside?  Just ask your peeps who are loving flash mobs lately.  Social protest may have yet to prove a high risk to public safety.

Twitter Co-Founders Want to Help Unlock Human Potential With New App
( Source: Mashable )

Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams have announced their first project since leaving Twitter: a partnership with Lift, a new app designed to unlock the human potential.  The project falls under… READ MORE

Social Networking May Be Bad for Your Health
( Source: Huffington Post )

What might have once been called ‘intellectual networking’ seems to have been displaced by today’s ‘social networking.’ During my years living on our planet, ideas often led to deep thinking, discussions, and of course… READ MORE

Online Ads Take on New Dimension in Social Media
( Source: Business World Online )

SOUTHEAST ASIAN customers are highly influenced by advertisements on sites such as Facebook and companies should strive to engage users of social networks in brand promotions, measurement firm Nielsen said… READ MORE

Using the Social Media Whirl to Date
( Source: Star Telegram )

The game of courtship has changed for singles who are increasingly plugged into several social networking sites, but are the rules different? With hundreds of millions of users using Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr… READ MORE

The Upside Downside of Social Media Protests
( Source: Reuters )

In Bahrain, Iran and Syria, tough rulers are using social media to entrap activists and crowd source the identity of people who attend protests. After Anders Breivik’s massacre in Norway, flash mobs in Philadelphia and… READ MORE