This guest post is by Jane Meighan of www.RunawayJane.com. One of the main benefits of being a blogger has always been that you could work from anywhere in the world—whether you are surrounded by the hustle and bustle of New York City, or sitting in a quiet, secluded beach hut somewhere in Thailand. Provided you [...]

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Are you a fan of the newsreading iOS app Flipboard? If so, you'll be glad to know that its latest edition lets you create an account. According to Flipboard's blog,...

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RIM released another beta update to its BlackBerry Twitter app. The version 2.1 beta brings the BlackBerry Twitter experience closer to what is available on other mobile platforms.Twitter for BlackBerry Smartphones v2.1 (Beta): Multi-Account Support (Official BlackBerry Blog)The biggest enhancement is the ability to use more than one Twitter account. One common use-case for multiple accounts is a person who maintains personal and business Twitter accounts. There is a Switch Account function to w [...]

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A hacking group calling themselves "Team Swastika" posted what they claimed was over 10,000 comprised Facebook accounts to Pastebin, a service that serves as an online clipboard. However, according to statements from Facebook PR, these email and password combinations don't actually represent live Facebook accounts. Instead, it appears that the hackers obtained the accounts using common phishing techniques, where users were tricked into giving away their personal information.

Read More: The Facebook Hack That Wasn’t? Facebook Says The 10,000 Hacked Accounts Aren’t Ours

Sony has revealed it has suffered more issues with its online data. A third party tried to sign in to and access 93,000 active accounts on its PlayStation and other networks...

Read More: Sony repels attempts to access 93,000 online accounts [Updated]

Back in June we introduced you to Founder2Be, a matchmaking service for entrepreneurs looking to get a startup off the ground. Now the site is taking things a step further with the launch of premium accounts. Following a similar model to LinkedIn, premium ‘Pro Plan' accounts introduce features such as an ad-free experience, a ‘see [...]

Read More: Entrepreneur matchmaker site Founder2Be is giving away $10,000 worth of Pro accounts

Back in June we introduced you to Founder2Be, a matchmaking service for entrepreneurs looking to get a startup off the ground. Now the site is taking things a step further...

Read More: Entrepreneur matchmaker site Founder2Be is giving away $10,000 worth of Pro accounts

Veracode, a cloud-based application risk management platform, released a new infographic today – "Twacked: When Good Twitter Accounts Go Bad." I'm sure you heard about USA Today's Twitter account being hacked over the weekend, so this new report is definitely timely, as well as interesting. The infographic gives details on the most recent and famous ...

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Exclusive - eBuddy, the Dutch company that enables millions of people worldwide to communicate with each other on the Web and a wide range of mobile phones, says it's the first independent messaging app to exceed 250 million user accounts.

A lot of those new users are people who use Android-powered phones, eBuddy says, positing that growth on that particular platform is up 300 percent year-over-year.

Of course, not all of those 250 million user accounts are active, but you'd be surprised to le [...]

Read More: eBuddy Blows Through 250 Million User Accounts, Android Up 300%

There is little doubt that social media has an impact on sales. Companies use it every day to generate leads, increase branding, and improve public perceptions. As a marketing tool at the company level, few would contest the potential. What about at the salesperson level? That was the question that we tried to answer this [...]

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In 1995, in an apartment in Manhattan’s Alphabet City, Jeff Dachis and his partner Craig Kanarick started their first company Razorfish, to pioneer the new media field. Within just a few years, Razorfish acquired several companies and expanded internationally. In April 1999, the company had an IPO that raised $48 million at $16 per share. Now, Razorfish is one of the world’s largest interactive agencies.In 2008, after leaving Razorfish, Dachis founded The Dachis Group, to develop the future of s [...]

Read More: The new Social Business Index ranks over 100 million social media accounts

For all the time, money, and effort that corporations spend on securing their data, email, websites, etc., there’s a surprisingly small amount of consideration given to corporate social media accounts. Need I remind you about Scriptkiddies’ hack of Fox @FoxNewsPolitics that put a number of secret service agents on high alert? Whether it’s your organizations social media channels, or just your own personal rep on the line, taking the time to shore up your account against hackers is time well sp [...]

Read More: The truth about protecting your social media accounts

For brands, social media is a relatively new marketing platform that has grown exponentially over the past few years. And investing in social media now has never been more important, as experts say social media is on target to be a $30 billion industry (per year) by 2015.Hiring a talented social media manager to take your brand from 1 fan to 1 million is a major factor in determining your business's success and failure. We tracked down the globe's finest social media managers behind brands such [...]

Read More: Meet the 18 people behind your favorite social media accounts

Android has further consolidated its top position in mobile advertising by securing 53% of all ads served to mobile devices during the second quarter in 2011, according to the latest report from Millennial Media, the largest independent ad network. Apple’s iOS stands second with 27% (4% increase from Q2 of 2010) market share.

Read More: Android Accounts For 53% Of All Mobile Ads, Beating iOS In Second Quarter

Apple's iCloud promises to provide the network glue between Macs, PCs and iOS (iPhone/iPad) devices that .Mac and Mobile Me could not. 9to5Mac provides an overview of what those with developer account can see today.


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It's Facebook question of the week time (clap, clap, clap!) and we have two questions that are pretty similar in nature. So, no pun intended (which you'll understand when you watch the video), I'm going to kill two birds with one stone. My IRL BFF, Carlos Cruz, asks, "What's your opinion, should you have just [...]

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Stuffing tweets with high-traffic hashtags has been common practice since the advent of the hashtag in 2007. The thinking behind this is simple. Your followers see your tweets in two ways: in their stream and in search. If your B2B company is just starting on Twitter and doesn’t have many followers, then you need to [...]

Read More: Hashtag Stuffing Doesn’t Work for B2B Twitter Accounts