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Everloop, a social media site for kids under 13, recently announced that they will be aligning with National Geographic’s Animal Jam and Mattel’s Monster High. Everloop's safe and secure network for tween socializing will provide National Geographic and Mattel a cool platform for interactivity with their kid-centric content. More after the jump.

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This guest post is by Melissa Cassera of www.casseracommunications.com. You write a blog post. You post it. You tweet, Facebook, Digg, Stumble, and perform every other type of online promotion to supersize your presence. What are you missing? Promoting “offline” using a major influencer like a national magazine can bring a blizzard of traffic to [...]

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To commemorate the upcoming 10th anniversary of September 11th, the National Geographic Channel has launched an interactive Facebook application called "Remembering 9/11".The app, which to be frank– I can't for the life of me get to work– was developed in partnership with Neo-Pangea, and allows users to post short, geotagged accounts of their experiences, which are then featured on an interactive map. According to National Geographic, users will then be able to explore all posted ane [...]

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If anyone can figure out how to produce amazing 3D photos and videos using a smartphone, it is probably the photographers associated with National Geographic. And, that is what National Geographic and phone maker LG announced today.LG and the National Geographic will help us to the world in 3D (Akihabara News)The LG Optimus 3D is an Android smartphone with two lenses on the rear of the device used to record 3D photos and video. Still photos have a 5 megapixel resolution. 2D video can be recorded [...]

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China's Ministry of Culture has thrown its red book at music download sites in its country. They are ordering music sites to delete songs by Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, the Backstreet Boys and other pop stars within two weeks or face some sort of punishment.


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Everyone is looking for social media help these days, including some of the biggest names in media. MTV is on the hunt for a social media manager, and National Geographic needs a manager of social media and promotion. Figment is searching for a community manager, while DoctorOz.com is on the hunt for a social media manager. Get all the details on these jobs and more, and check out additional opportunities on mediabistro.com.

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I'm glad that more and more companies are putting significant effort into their social media programs. Really, I am. But, we can't let enthusiasm obfuscate reality, and that seems to be occurring with alarming regularity these days in all corners of the social Web. The most recent example to cross my inbox is from restaurant

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I’m glad that more and more companies are putting significant effort into their social media programs. Really, I am. But, we can’t let enthusiasm obfuscate reality, and that seems to be occurring with alarming regularity these days in all corners of the social Web. The most recent example to cross my inbox is from restaurant

Read More: Did This National Restaurant Chain Put Too Much Love Into the Like?

I’m glad that more and more companies are putting significant effort into their social media programs. Really, I am. But, we can’t let enthusiasm obfuscate reality, and that seems to be occurring with alarming regularity these days in all corners of the social Web. The most recent example to cross my inbox is from restaurant

Read More: Did This National Restaurant Chain Put Too Much Love Into the Like?

One of civilization’s most impressive engineering achievements, the Inka Road (or Qhapaq nan, “The Royal Road”) was built without the use of iron, the wheel or stock animals. While much has been written about the Inka Empire as a whole, little has been published on how the Inka planned and built the road, which united the four regions of the ancient empire that encompassed large territories of present-day Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina and Chile. At its height, the [...]

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