This is the weekly R&R report on important social media and technology news stories.
Facebook is making waves in the social sphere by debuting Facebook Lite in the US, and then announcing a new feature to come out in a few weeks: @Mentions. The former is not friendly to advertisers, but @Mentions could be very good for brands and marketers.
Also found some great articles on conversational marketing, consider these a must-read. Check out 5 Rules for Better Web Writing, Embeddable Waves: The Google wave WordPress Plugin, and Conversational Marketing: Talking Isn’t the Same as Selling.
And finally, some updates on the ad tracking and behavioral targeting debate. Be sure to read up on the issue that will face congressional review.
Mashable
5 Rules for Better Web Writing
Flickr Officially Comes to the iPhone
WordPress Enters Real-Time: 7.5 Million Blogs Reach Twitter Speed
Embeddable Waves: The Google Wave WordPress Plugin
Find Your Friends on YouTube, Facebook Style
Google Micropayments Coming: Can It Save Newspapers?
BREAKING: Facebook Introduces @Mentions in Status Updates
Facebook @Mentions: Five Ways They Could Impact Twitter
Wired
Motorola’s First Android Phone Takes Aim at Social Networks
Digital Contacts Will Keep an Eye on Your Vital Signs
Ad Age
Facebook Lite Is a Black Hole for Brands
Conversational Marketing: Talking Isn’t the Same as Selling
‘Social Media Dad’ Sees an iPhone-Powered New World Order
The Ad-Tracking Debate: Where Should Disclosure Live?
As We Move From Citizen Journalists to Citizen Marketers, Am I Obsolete?
Brand Week
Twitter, Facebook Pinch-Hit During Gmail Outage
Pressure Mounts on Web Tracking
In Online Chatter, Target Bests Walmart
Web Shoppers Trust Customer Reviews Most
TechCrunch
iTunes Connects With Facebook And Twitter
Preview: Foursquare’s New iPhone App Ups The Social Ante
Blogs
MyTwitFace: TweetDeck Adds Major Facebook and MySpace Features
Twitter Postings: Iterative Design
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GlenStef
I can not participate now in discussion – it is very occupied. But I will be released – I will necessarily write that I think on this question.
Have a nice day
Truden
Greatings, Not sure that this is true:), but thanks for a post.
Miato