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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-27

by Toby Elwin on July 27, 2010

  • Why Interruption Stills Trumps Engagement: Ads that interrupted with sales messages worked so effectively… http://bit.ly/bTdej3 via AdAge #
  • off to hospital with what looks like my boy's first set of stitches – hopefully the new-fangled glue will close up the cut, stitches stink #
  • Zuckerberg had a contract with man suing for 84% ownership of Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg did have a … http://bit.ly/cYePaU via VentureBeat #
  • How Cisco Got the Spotlight in CNBC News Segments: NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Cisco Systems is enjoying prom… http://b… http://bit.ly/aNEBJe #
  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-20: How Cisco Got the Spotlight in CNBC News Segments: NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — C… http://bit.ly/cXl6RF #
  • Reading: "Bad Connection: Inside the iPhone Network Meltdown | Magazine" http://bit.ly/caFBcY > great story of iPhone/AT&T shotgun marriage #
  • Taking Same-Sex Benefits to New Level: Google's decision to underwrite or "gross up" the tax costs of health-insur… http://bit.ly/9R4Xdg #
  • @torbjornrive so far Swift is my favorite Twitter Android app – very clean and intuitive with lots of great features accessed with 1 finger in reply to torbjornrive #
  • Nissan considering Leaf-based electric sports car: As the upper echelon of the world’s carmakers pr… http://bit.ly/caKEdg via VentureBeat #
  • Yahoo Posts Flat Results for Second Quarter: NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Despite having more aggressively mou… http://bit.ly/aOywnU via AdAge #
  • Grid Net, Oracle join forces to extend smart grid software: Grid Net, the smart grid communication… http://bit.ly/dzwI6M via VentureBeat #
  • Roundup: Tesla vanity plates, Apple and AT&T’s impending divorce, and more: Here’s the latest acti… http://bit.ly/bjoGOL via VentureBeat #
  • How to launch and manage your social media identity – the slides http://bit.ly/bRx018 #
  • Google Ventures backs Trada’s crowdsourced approach to search marketing: Trada, a Boulder, Colo. st… http://bit.ly/bjra5r via VentureBeat #
  • What Organizations Can Learn From An Orphanage: My wife and I recently returned from a two wee… http://bit.ly/c0kt48 via @fistfuloftalent #
  • lesson for the day, don't forget the "press" feature on French Press or coffee will be very chew-y, today I had an early-morning reminder #
  • Ownership of Ideas: As It Turns Out, Maybe That IP Policy Does Matter…: As HR pros, we often… http://bit.ly/9uxyt1 via hrcapitalist.com #
  • Google Takes Stake in Paid Search Company, Trada http://bit.ly/9cDoGU #
  • Case Western Reserve Names Interim LGBT Center Coordinator, Advances on LGBT Campus Climate Index: Case Western Re… http://bit.ly/bfGnkv #
  • About 75 percent of online users have bought virtual goods, survey finds:
    Three of out of every fo… http://bit.ly/bwXpv4 via VentureBeat #
  • It's a Small World After All: Continuing to call ourselves "small" puts us at a disadvantage before the r… http://bit.ly/93vqbQ via AdAge #
  • RT @lizgannes Mobile app discovery is big problem. "Jobs took the music model and applied it to software, and I think that's unfortunate." #
  • Options aren't panning out for CEOs: Every year we list the highest paid local CEOs at 100 local companies, and us… http://bit.ly/b8mAj1 #
  • http://bit.ly/a69Jot "objects in mirror ARE closer than they appear" #apple #android #droid #
  • Flipboard CEO talks about the business potential of his ‘social magazine’: One of the hottest subje… http://bit.ly/9YWvsm via VentureBeat #
  • CWRU Dental School to Adopt and Care for Nine Families for Family First Educational Initiative: > Case Western Res… http://bit.ly/agrChM #
  • The Coming Communications Boom: Here’s a link to a memo that I just wrote for the Progressive Policy Institute, en… http://bit.ly/cRLa4r #
  • Managing Malcontents: New research finds that workers who bring a sense of entitlement to the workplace are not on… http://bit.ly/93fyTC #
  • Venture firm DCM raises $400M+ fund, enlists Slingbox creator: DCM, a venture firm that invests in … http://bit.ly/chB8Sh via VentureBeat #
  • Five Things 'Jersey Shore' Taught My Agency About Social Media: Shared links have a longer shelf life on … http://bit.ly/9V8JaO via AdAge #
  • Roundup: Revision3 unboxes porn, Skype multitasks, and more: Here’s the latest action:
    Revision3 a… http://bit.ly/bkDrTS via VentureBeat #
  • Reddit hopes to impress users with faster search engine: Just days after the announcement of a prem… http://bit.ly/bQiEqh via VentureBeat #
  • Cognito and Tall Chair team-up for iPad-centric graphic novels: It has been a big year for digital … http://bit.ly/9nWJC9 via VentureBeat #
  • The Temp/Contract Labor Hedge: Don't Confuse It With Independent Contractor Games…: Is the e… http://bit.ly/bHpvMp via @fistfuloftalent #
  • It's Like Alanis Morissette Was Using Her iPhone in her Government-Issued Cube…: Why? Becaus… http://bit.ly/dxCNWY via hrcapitalist.com #
  • RockYou signs five-year deal to support Facebook Credits (exclusive):
    RockYou and Facebook have si… http://bit.ly/cHkjAf via VentureBeat #
  • 4G foretaste: On Wednesday I got a taste of the 4G future, unexpectedly, sitting outside the Cosi restaurant on Fe… http://bit.ly/9NsddP #
  • Mixpanel brings its analytics tools to the iPhone: Mixpanel, a startup promising detailed data abou… http://bit.ly/cXfzoB via VentureBeat #
  • Tall Pay Wall for The Times in the U.K. Hits Traffic Hard: LONDON (AdAge.com) — Rupert Murdoch's experim… http://bit.ly/dtQweT via AdAge #
  • Energy Dept. pours $122M into turning sunlight into fuel: The U.S. Department of Energy announced t… http://bit.ly/dzgEzM via VentureBeat #
  • State-Based Incentives: A number of states have passed laws similar to the federal HIRE Act by exempting businesse… http://bit.ly/90KEFe #
  • Digital Helps New York Times Stem Ad Slide: NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The New York Times ended the slide, r… http://bit.ly/axUwjG via AdAge #
  • Microsoft’s Xbox division posts $172M loss even as slim models start selling:
    Microsoft’s Xbox bus… http://bit.ly/bI3YXM via VentureBeat #
  • Energy Dept. spends $106M to put captured CO2 to use: The Energy Department followed up its pledge … http://bit.ly/bWAD0g via VentureBeat #
  • Casual games expand in new directions at Seattle conference (photo gallery):
    Casual Connect is one… http://bit.ly/dn1tNt via VentureBeat #
  • Pull Power: One of the high points of my visit to the Aspen Ideas Festival was spending time with… http://bit.ly/cAFXMz via CreativeClass #
  • Drug Pricing Drama: Plan sponsors and pharmacy-benefits managers had expected big changes in the way drugs are pri… http://bit.ly/cvv9YB #
  • SRI chief: Now’s the best time for innovation — just don’t choke it:
    Curt Carlson, the president a… http://bit.ly/970Lqh via VentureBeat #
  • Informal chronicler for social unrest: overrated = Bob Dylan ; underrated = Ray Davies #
  • Case Western Reserve Welcomes New Assistant Director for Faculty Leadership Programs: Merle Graybill plans to spen… http://bit.ly/dt5nLp #
  • a 2/3rds drop in the brand’s market share since Murdoch began demanding registration erected a tall pay wall on July 2http://bit.ly/bPd277 #
  • Microsoft’s new license with ARM reveals interest in mobile chip design:
    ARM and Microsoft signed … http://bit.ly/cUVqmb via VentureBeat #
  • Organization sabotage and the butterfly effect: An intervention. “Interventions” are principal learning processes … http://bit.ly/b1PS8U #
  • An intervention. “Interventions” are principal learning processes in the “action” stage of organization developmen… http://bit.ly/cLjlu3 #
  • Does A Growing Multicultural Market Threaten Multicultural Agencies?: They see the writing on the wall –… http://bit.ly/brlPO0 via AdAge #
  • Boston drug hub for a day: Politicians love to laud the centrality of the state’s biotech sector, but on Friday, B… http://bit.ly/cCjq6c #
  • Study shows Twitter lags other social networks in reliability, load time: Under stress from heavy W… http://bit.ly/aJMlFL via VentureBeat #
  • RT @ChrisPirillo: In a genius marketing move, Samsung is handing out a free Galaxy S phone to disgruntled iPhone users http://lgno.me/dwJ7wb #
  • More firms engaged in mass layoffs in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics; this confirms a very slow… http://bit.ly/99rRSP #
  • Cheeseburger Smoothie: Jamba Juice's Answer to McDonald's: Check out this ad for Jamba Juice's Cheeseburg… http://bit.ly/diN0JL via AdAge #
  • @robbiecat @John_Burrows thanks for the RTs you are both also great recommendations from me for #FF check out @robbiecat and @John_Burrows #
  • Downloaded, launch Firefox 3.6.8, launched 3 times, crashed 3 times before loading – perhaps I'll wait for 3.6.9 #
  • RT @carolharnett: investors eyeing up hospitals around world. Global demand for high quality healthcare exploding http://econ.st/9Nq2cp #
  • EC Roundup: Financial reform and the lost decade for entrepreneurs: Here’s the latest from VentureB… http://bit.ly/cdjfrP via VentureBeat #
  • Music as Economic Development: Nashville is the Silicon Valley of the music industry – a concentr… http://bit.ly/dbgjl0 via CreativeClass #
  • Organization sabotage and the butterfly effect: Iintervention are principal learning processes … http://bit.ly/b1PS8U new post #
  • WikiLeaks.org’s post of classified Afghan reports causes a furor:
    WikiLeaks.org has posted tens of… http://bit.ly/cHnNfv via VentureBeat #
  • TaylorMade-Adidas Pits Two to Twitter Way Into a Job: NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — How far would you go for a … http://bit.ly/bQ8VvA via AdAge #
  • New business model conquers games as Live Gamer signs up EA for virtual goods platform: Electronic … http://bit.ly/aaVSSx via VentureBeat #
  • Cautionary Career Tale from Mad Men: "Who is Don Draper?"…: I read a couple of things this w… http://bit.ly/dsO1RN via hrcapitalist.com #
  • Building a Process that Includes Assessments: Many managers don't understand assessments are just one piece of the… http://bit.ly/dqEoeA #
  • Organization sabotage and the butterfly effect: Iintervention are principal learning processes … http://bit.ly/b1PS8U Friday post #
  • iPhone and Andriod is really gadget versus and operating system, chioce only write for iPhone or write for all Andriod http://bit.ly/9BMqk5 #
  • iPhone vs. Andriod is really gadget vs. operating system, choice: only write for Apple or write for Andriod universe http://bit.ly/9BMqk5 #
  • If you missed them, 2 posts from last week on business/org development http://bit.ly/cfXdIP and http://bit.ly/b1PS8U please RT if you like #
  • Zattikka raises $5M to expand in social and mobile games:
    Zattikka, a London-based maker of browse… http://bit.ly/bMST1S via VentureBeat #
  • Leading sustainability: Three teen-aged girls are at a shopping mall looking for sunscreen. It’s an impulse purcha… http://bit.ly/amIrRY #
  • Reducing, Embracing, and Amplifying Uncertainty: Uncertainty-reducing and uncertainty-amplifying ap… http://bit.ly/9ZSXeh via @RyanWQuinn #
  • Why Mobile Technology Is Still Going to Save The World: I bet I got your attention with that one. Right? … http://bit.ly/c5ERxO via AdAge #
  • Red Lambda raises $10M for network security software: Red Lambda has raised a $10 million round of … http://bit.ly/cDjxiW via VentureBeat #
  • @ebyers just moving the ball down the field glad you found it of value in reply to ebyers #
  • 14 Risk Factors in Social Media to Avoid : Inbound Marketing Strategies http://bit.ly/a45MCS #
  • Augen's $150 Android tablet hits Kmart circular, coming to stores later this week http://bit.ly/bUJQ3M #
  • U.S. Government: You Can Jailbreak Your iPhone http://bit.ly/daAUjY #
  • Sailthru lands $1M for targeted company newsletters: Sailthru, a behavioral marketing email service… http://bit.ly/beYCMi via VentureBeat #
  • An interesting project management blog that calls social media a fad with little help for project managers http://bit.ly/c8oWSF #pmp #pmi #
  • Just got my NE Patriot Season Tix – next step September games, holidays, a new year; my how time flies the older you get the faster it goes #
  • @shim_marom, great points for anyone in the project/program management trenches, I'll look forward to the read http://tl.gd/2oreql in reply to shim_marom #
  • ePAC gets $6M to make printing easier for tech companies: ePAC Technologies, a company that manage… http://bit.ly/aIj33c via VentureBeat #
  • Energy consultant Nexant brings in $32.5M: Nexant, a consultant to the energy industry, has brought… http://bit.ly/8ZOoT2 via VentureBeat #
  • Forrester: Why Most Marketers Should Forgo Foursquare: NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Marketers, hold off on Fou… http://bit.ly/bQ0DIm via AdAge #
  • CardStar connects loyalty cards to Foursquare check-ins: The check-in game as popularized by locati… http://bit.ly/cFPTmo via VentureBeat #
  • How to Overcome Your Candidates' Fears & Getting Them to Yes.: A business partner once told me… http://bit.ly/dthHPJ via @fistfuloftalent #
  • When In Doubt: Hire the Best Writing Skills…: That's right. I'm taking the stand that all ot… http://bit.ly/c6PDPd via hrcapitalist.com #
  • Federal Employees Largely Satisfied with Jobs: Nearly all federal employees thought their work was important and l… http://bit.ly/dsEFgN #
  • Apple Store goes down, get your credit cards ready http://bit.ly/azKQV0 > new upgrades to Macs! #
  • An interesting project management blog that calls social media a fad with little help for project managers http://bit.ly/c8oWSF #pmp #pmi #

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