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Social-media website Pinterest brings a new approach to collecting favouritesVictoria Times ColonistThe social media network allows users to "pin" images of their favourite products, places and eye candy to online corkboards. Online, as in life, there is a fine line between collecting and hoarding. And a popular new website is doing a tap dance on it ...Could Pinterest play lead to virtual hoarding? Pintervention, anyone?Vancouver Sunall 15...  

The GuardianWhy Social Media Was Slow On Whitney Houston's DeathCanada Free PressFox News on-air pundits were going on and on Saturday night in dismay as to why the news of Whitney Houston's death was slow to catch onto the social media sites. The answer is simple: most of those who live on Twitter and Facebook weren't around when ...Whitney Houston Disheveled, Disoriented in Last PhotoYahoo! Contributors Network (blog)Pop icon, Super Bowl...  

GeekSocial Media Week kicks off in Hong KongSmartPlanet.com (blog)13 to 17, Hong Kong joins 20 other cities around the world in hosting Social Media Week. The five days of around 40 panel discussions and other activities will center on trends in social media. Topics will include ways that companies and individuals ...Instead of Marketing, Businesses Should Use Social Media for Customer SupportBusiness InsiderSocial Media Survey: Privacy...  

Toronto's Don Tapscott chosen global curator for Social Media Week in New YorkToronto StarMary Ormsby Feature Writer Toronto author and educator Don Tapscott, an expert on the digital revolution, is the global curator for Social Media Week 2012 in New York. He will give the keynote address Monday to kick off the event that runs through ...and more »  

US seeks to mine social media to predict futureThe Associated PressSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The US government is seeking software that can mine social media to predict everything from future terrorist attacks to foreign uprisings, according to requests posted online by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies.and more »  

Pinterest, Path and other new social media platformsJerusalem Post (blog)There have been many pretenders but Facebook and twitter have been able to defend their thrones at the top of the social media totem pole (excuse the mixed metaphors) until recently. (Google+ came close but seems to have become a geek haven which ...  

SalonKnicks' Jeremy Lin Continues Domination of Social Media and NBAMashableIndeed, Lin's status as the rare Asian-American NBA player has contributed to his popularity on social media — but led to some ugly moments as well. Lin's Chinese name, Lin Shuhao, was among Monday's most-searched terms on Sina Weibo, a Chinese ...Jeremy Lin's social media fast breakSalonRicky Rubio Vs. Jeremy Lin: Breaking Down Tale of the Tape in Epic PG...  

PoliticoTV stations stand to profit from super-PAC spendingThe Hill (blog)Dennis Wharton, vice president of communications for the National Association of Broadcasters, said that despite the rise of social media and cable television, campaigns still prefer to run ads on broadcast stations. He explained that viewers of local ...Super PACs vs. social mediaPoliticoall 474 news articles »  

Hindu Business LineThe other side of social mediaHindu Business LineSocial media is flooded with trolls who do little else apart from abusing others, creating fake profiles, generating spambots and indulging in gossip mongering. However, the same social media also has countless users who help others by providing ...and more »