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Reuters to Journalists: Don’t Break News on Twitter

Last night, Reuters released their social media policy, which includes instructing journalists to avoid exposing bias online and tells them specifically not to “scoop the wire” by breaking stories on Twitter.The strict instruction makes it clear that even though ...

15% Off Search & Social Spring Summit for SEJ Readers!

I am very happy to announce the countdown to Search & Social Spring Summit 2010, the official search marketing and social media conference of Search Engine Journal! Search & Social Spring Summit 2010 is the second annual conference from Search & ...

New Google Maps Mashup Exposes Chatroulette User Locations

You can now see Chatroulette users’ locations, thanks to a new Google Maps mashup that pinpoints where in the world people are signing in to the voyeuristic video-conferencing service.The new Chatroulette Maps website presents markers of users’ IP addresses ...

Facebook Threatens to Sue Daily Mail Over Sex Predator Claims

According to the Guardian and Global Dashboard, Facebook has threatened to sue Daily Mail over an article that wrongfully claimed Facebook makes it easy for older sex predators to approach and seduce minors.Daily Mail’s article, which can (in edited ...

3 Tools to Analyze the Sentiment of Your Brand Social Mentions

Sentiment analysis is something very new and immature. Sentiment analysis allows you to identify general attitudes towards your brand (or a product). The goal of sentiment analysis is to assign a given social media comment with a degree of association ...

Customer Experience: Do You Really Know Your Audience?

It’s no surprise that the increasingly social web have enabled customers to be heard while helping to improve the very products and services they’ve purchased. As millions of people continue to sear...

Revamped Foursquare for iPhone Hits the App Store

Last week, an App Store error got the latest version of Foursquare for the iPhone into a few users hands a little bit early.That hiccup resulted in the app briefly disappearing from the App Store before finally returning early ...

Share Your Latest Purchases with Scordit

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by ...

Conference Productivity Tips For SXSW

South by Southwest Interactive begins in ernest tomorrow as geeks from everywhere descend upon Austin, Texas. If you’ve heard of “South by,” you’ve probably been told it’s an amazing experience that is largely defined by parties ...

Google Fiber Sparks Online Competition Between Cities Nationwide

It seems like every city in America wants Google Fiber. And who can blame them? Ever since Google announced its plan last month to bring ultra-high speed Internet connections (as in, up to 100x faster than what most of ...

SXSW 2010: The Complete Social Media Guide

This year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) festival is rapidly approaching. Beginning with the Interactive Media events on March 12th, Austin, Texas will be the place to connect with the brightest in tech and media and get the scoop on ...

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Social Media Jobs

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want ...

MySpace Courts Gamers and Developers with New Platform

One of the many initiatives on MySpace’s upcoming roadmap is a renewed focus on the applications platform, most notably surrounding games. The company announced this morning at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco the launch of a new ...

What Happens When You Introduce 350 Staff to Social Media

Find more photos like this on So You Think You Can Do Social Media Guest post by Kira Marchense Note From Beth: Since 2007, I've been using, adapting, and remixing the Social Media Gamesocial medi...

Free Tools for Social SEO

Plenty of bloggers are talking about the inevitable intersection of social media marketing and search engine optimization. Keyword optimized social content and channels of promotion provide abundant...