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Social Computing: Industry Voices

Social Computing News and Opinions from the vertical industry teams

August 2008 - Posts

Visited the hospital lately?
When is the last time you or a family member stayed in the hospital overnight?  Hopefully, the answer is "quite some time ago".  Unfortunately, for me, my father is in his late sixties and was recently hospitalized for 7 nights due Read More...
Social Networking and QR Codes
The way we exchange contact information has changed very little since the Chinese started using Visiting cards (or calling cards) in the 13th century and the Europeans in the 17th century. These evolved into the business cards of today. Enter QR Codes. Read More...
Location-based Mobile Social Networking Will Generate Global Revenues of $3.3 Billion by 2013
ABI Research’s new study “ Location-based Mobile Social Networking ” offers insight into trends, social networking features, drivers, barriers and includes detailed descriptions of solutions and market players, with special focus on Read More...
Reach out to your Customers via quick SMS Campaigns
I tried out Tagga.com today and think its a neat little application for creating quick SMS campaigns. You can tag items in the physical world and create badges like the one you see alongside and have people text in a key word for more details. For instance, Read More...
Social Networking, Blogging reaches critical mass
An interesting report on MediaPost from the latest installment of an ongoing tracking study from Interpublic's Universal McCann unit. Link to Report Interesting points from the report: More than half of adults now rely on at least one of the so-called Read More...
Online Identities
Recruiters have been known to mine all information about you via Blogs, Twitters and the other digital footprints that you leave behind. An online identity is a social identity that you establish in online communities. Although some people prefer to use Read More...
Microsoft study confirms 'Kevin Bacon' theory
You are one degree away from everyone you know, two degrees away from everyone they know, and so on. The trivia game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is based on the concept of the small world phenomenon and is based on the assumption that any actor can be Read More...
Tapping Tacit Knowledge with Social Networking Tools
By definition, tacit knowledge is knowledge that people carry in their minds and is, therefore, difficult to access. Tacit knowledge has been found to be a crucial input to the innovation process. An organizations ability to innovate depends on its level Read More...
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