Someone had to take the lead, and Mashable has deemed June 30th as National Social Media Day. Finally a holiday I can get behind! While it doesn’t look like our US government, which has used Twitter, Facebook and other platforms to engage its constituants has caught on, British Columbia in our neighbor to the north

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Life’s been tough for Stormtroopers since the demise of the Empire. Sure, there’s the mundane security jobs and parking garage attendant gigs, but when you’re destined for more you have to take the search into your own hands. That’s why these two enterprising Stormtroopers have started a blog and applied social networking techniques to drive

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Yesterday (June 28, 2010) I posted a story about a rumored social network under construction over at Google called Google Me. No one had any hard proof about the system other than a tweet by Kevin Rose and some industry speculation. But today, FastCompany has an article providing some more details, even confirming that Google

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Maybe sensing some weakness at Facebook due to some huge security and public relations issues, tech giant Google may be setting up to attack Facebook with a rumored new service called Google Me. Fanning the rumor flames was a tweet from Kevin Rose indicating he heard from a credible source Google Me is on the

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This morning I read an interesting blog post by Ben Land on Ben-Lang.com that made the argument that Twitter is Bound to Fail. While I respect the opinion and know people who share his views on this matter, I do not agree.  So rather than post a comment on his blog, I thought it would

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Hubspot posted this informative group of infographics on Facebook usage, demographics, and other facts. These charts and graphs look over the nearly 500 million user accounts and break them down by age, gender, and usage patterns. A few items of interest : South Dakota… yes SOUTH DAKOTA has the highest percentage of the population with

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With July 4th right around the corner, I turned my attention this #FollowFriday to the military. North Dakota has a long history of active military involvement that carries on today.  Our National Guard soldiers have been deployed virtually since the beginning of the current conflicts and active recruitment into the military remains robust with volunteers

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Google Voice has finally been released from it’s private beta cages to be used by everyone who hasn’t already gotten an invite. The service works like this; you get one number, for free, and that number will call all your other numbers listed under the service.  That way you can give out one phone number

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