Browse > Home / Week In Social Media / This Week In Social Media: November 20, 2009 November 20, 2009 · Print This Article This Week In Social Media: Nov 20, 2009- iePlexus Inc. from iePlexus on Vimeo. From ‘what’s happening?” with Twitter, to Facebook becoming one of the top video sites, this is what happened this week in the World of Social Media. YouTube rolled out some major changes this week.  First the company unveiled YouTube Direct, a new ... Read Full Story

Browse > Home / Social Media, Social Networking / ‘What’s Happening’ With Twitter? November 19, 2009 · Print This Article Twitter users around the world have a few questions to ask themselves.  “What’s happening?” In what might seem like a minor change to some, Twitter users are now implored to answer that question rather than “What are you doing?” Twitter’s company blog had the following to say this morning: ... Read Full Story

Browse > Home / Social Media, Social Networking / YouTube to Support Automatic Closed Captioning November 19, 2009 · Print This Article A few months ago, I opened a message from someone who watched a video of mine.  The message said: “I am intrigued from reading what the people have commented on your videos. Not to mention your charismatic expression…   One teeny-weeny problem here: I am deaf and cannot understand what you have been saying on the videos.... Read Full Story

Browse > Home / Social Media, Social Networking, Viral Marketing / Facebook Ranked Third Most Popular Video Site November 19, 2009 · Print This Article When you think of watching a video online, you most likely think of YouTube. And why wouldn’t you, considering the multitude of videos to be found on that site. In fact, there are so many videos on YouTube, some say that  it would take over 600 years watch all the videos on the site today– and that’... Read Full Story

Last month, Amazon released its wildly popular e-book reader, the Kindle, to an international audience. But while the online retail giant looks to shore up its market abroad, a stiff challenge could be shaping up at home. That competition is coming from an unexpected source: the smart phones many of us already own. Read Full Story

Blogging on your company website, could help you bring more traffic to your website.  At least that’s what HubSpot is saying after a recent survey.  The company sampled 1,531 HubSpot customers, most were small to mid-sized businesses.  Roughly 52%, the equivalent to 795 businesses, had blogs on their sites, while the remaining 736 did not.  Read Full Story

A recent report from Weber Shandwick, a New York-based public relations firm, shows that many of the Fortune 100 companies are still trying to figure out the Twitter phenomenon taking over the planet.  However, they are going to need to get onboard soon if they want to keep up with the world.  The social-networking site has been very useful for companies by giving customers another way to stay in contact with their business. Read Full Story

Browse > Home / Search News / Google Translation Offers New Features November 18, 2009 · Print This Article With the power of the Internet, we are able to connect with just about anyone.  Back in middle school and high school, I had an online pen pal who lived in Munich, Germany.  I personally know about two words of German, while my pen pal was trying to learn English.  While we were worlds apart, we had a lot in common and always had lots to talk about.  However, t... Read Full Story

Last month, we told you about Yahoo shutting down Geocities.  Google has not wasted any time to take advantage of their free website hosting site.  With Google Sites, you are able to create a simple based web page for your company, classroom, or even just your family.  They also allow you to embed any pictures, videos or other documents you want. Read Full Story

YouTube has some great video.  You can find video from just about anywhere, from any event, with almost anyone.  And since anyone can shoot a video and post it, news organizations often showcase YouTube videos from events that they personally don’t have footage from.  Of course this played a crucial role earlier this year during the Iran Election, when journalist were banned from reporting there.  Instead, the citizen’s of Iran, took out their cameras and shot video and posted it ... Read Full Story