This is the weekly R&R report on important social media and technology news stories.
New features and services announced by Google and Facebook this week. On the Google side, the much anticipated Google Doubleclick Ad Exchange (advertising), plus Google Data Liberation (download data from Google services like Gmail, Blogger, Calendar, etc) , and Google Fast Flip (visual news reader). Watch out for reports from beta testers on Google Wave (revolutionary communications platform) set to launch for 100,000 invited users on September 30th. I’m keeping my fingers crossed to be selected as one of the 100,000 lucky users!
In the Facebook world, I’m very excited about the @Mentions launch: a Twitter-like tagging feature enabled in status updates. Twitter/Facebook users can also take advantage of SocialToo’s app that allows tagging of Twitter users in Facebook status updates. Also announced was Facebook Prototypes, which has been described as the Facebook equivalent to Google Labs.
Mashable
Fast Flip: Google Launches a New Way to Read the News
STUDY: 57% of TV Viewers Use the Web Simultaneously
HOW TO: Get Your Data Out of Google
Google Still Dominates in Search Engine User Testing
One in Five Tweets Are Free Brand Advertising
New York Times Latest Victim of Malware Ad Injections
Tag Twitter Users in Your Facebook Status Updates With SocialToo
HOW TO: Use Facebook’s @Mentions Status Tagging
Facebook Prototypes: Facebook’s Version of Google Labs
Google Launches New Ad Marketplace; Display Ads Will Never Be the Same
Is Google Wave Ready for Its Debut?
Wired
Seeqpod-like SongBeat 360 Charges for Search, Not Music
Ad Age
How to Spot Social-Media Snake Oil
Your ‘Social Netiquette’ Questions Answered
What Adobe’s Omniture Acquisition Means for Advertising
TechCrunch
Yeah Ok, So Facebook Punk’d Us
TC50: Clicker Wants To Be TV Guide For The Web
Blogs
7 Moves Facebook Has Made to Outflank Twitter in the Last 6 Months
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