Our newspaper, the Duluth News Tribune, highlighted our local business. Just passing it on

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Forget Healthcare Reform - We Need Technological Reform!

In the mad rush to Christmas, I made the mistake of going to Beast Buy to shop for my own Christmas present this year. My wife had been looking to get me a new phone, but couldn't decide whether or not to do it (not to mention which one to get).

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I like the new feature on the Twitter home page- but not so much in TweetDeck. On Tweet Deck with all the small avatars it's hard to tell who has retweeted.

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Julia Angwin's column entitled How Facebook is Making Friending Obsolete provides a revealing look into the ways that supposedly free services like Facebook and Twitter are mining the data of unsuspecting users for profit.

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Last week we asked you about your favorite Facebook apps, and we have the results. Perhaps expectedly, social games figured prominently on the list. Take a look below to see the Top 10 as voted by you. Is your favorite Facebook App not represented here? (Mashable)

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Poll. I'm Thinking About Stepping Off My Soapbox...

I've been on the vine for just a few months now, and it's been really fun. I've really enjoyed trying to mix things up, and support my views, and have the opportunity to express my opinion. But, I've got a problem with it.

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One of the downsides of having a president who is also Celebrity in Chief is that it creates the impression that the leader of the free world is part of a milieu that is more TMZ than C-SPAN.

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I have several local audience clients so this is valuable information!

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The mandate for small businesses is clear--set up a Twitter account, establish a Facebook page, and start talking. What isn't always obvious, however, is what you should expect from your social media efforts.

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No longer just for posting funny links and telling the world what you ate for breakfast—Twitter has a new use for New York City gang members.

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Social media could transform the NHS and other public services in the same way that file-sharing changed the music industry, a conference has heard.

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Social media has become the newest holiday strategy for some retailers, who are hoping the technology can bring some luster to their efforts to reach customers who are holding tight to their money this year.

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Computer-based social media such as Facebook and Twitter are low-cost ways that businesses large and small can use to net new customers or promote their products and services, despite the lethargic economy, an online marketing expert says.

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THE Facebook juggernaut has claimed the scalp of AOL Time Warner's $US850 million ($921 million) acquisition of Bebo, with the social media site tipped to close its Australian operation before Christmas as part of a global retreat and rethink.

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Ian Paul reviews Twitter's new Retweet feature and suggests ways to improve its usability.

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Bet many of you have seen them but for those who have not, read on! They are awfully hilarious.

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So in honor of Dan Kennedy, who sometimes styles himself as the "Professor of Harsh Reality," I thought I'd talk today about some of the not-so-kumbaya aspects of social media marketing.

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Even more than blogging, Twitter seems to be the ultimate way to say exactly what you mean, sometimes without thinking about the consequences, and sometimes not caring.

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It's 4:46AM as I write this. I'm en route to two events today, one in the north of the country and the other at the southern tip. In the middle, I've got work to do on planes that might be cramped.

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By now you've heard of Twitter's newest feature, Twitter Lists.

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Interview With Verizon on Social Media

For a research paper that's worth 30% of my final grade in my Argument and Research course, I interviewed several companies on their use of social media. My most enjoyable interview was the phone interview I conducted with Verizon.

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Facebook groups are under attack. But the attackers say they come in peace and insist they want only to highlight a flaw in the way Facebook handles group administration.

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Jenny's secret is to choose to find the humor and to laugh.

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Paul Carr writes in Techcrunch – After Fort Hood, another example of how 'citizen journalists' can't handle the truth. Paul describes that during the Fort Hood news blackout, Twitter updates contributed to the disinformation.

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There are thousands of businesses on Twitter, and certainly many businesses are doing a fine job of connecting with their customers.

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