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Tag Archives: social media
Why Oakland Firefighters Are Tweeting Fire Photos
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I glanced at my Twitter feed the other day and did a double take. Flame was erupting from a house in Oakland in a photograph tweeted by OaklandFireLive. Another photo showed firefighters on the roof of the building, smoke billowing … Continue reading
San Francisco's Zynga Narrows Losses as Game Maker Cuts Costs
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by Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Online games company Zynga said its loss narrowed in the latest quarter even though revenue was largely unchanged as the company cut expenses by laying off workers, closing offices and … Continue reading
Facebook Announces Social Search; What it Means For Privacy
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Facebook officials announced a new social search feature called Graph Search at a much-hyped press event this morning. You can try it out, sign up to be a beta tester and get a preview here. From Facebook's website: Graph Search will … Continue reading
The Year in Social Media
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Some might call the Bay Area the very hub of social media….Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google+. And some other sites you haven't yet heard of but will make you feel bad next year because everyone will be using them except … Continue reading
Mark Zuckerberg Admits 'A Bunch of Mistakes' as Facebook Settles Privacy Complaints
If you've ever felt that your information was never truly private on Facebook, the federal government agrees; and today the Palo Alto-based social network announced it would settle charges related to those very concerns. The Federal Trade Commission announced a … Continue reading
Video: Poet Billy Collins on Social Media, Twitter, and Poetry
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Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins was on our KQED Forum last week to discuss his new anthology, Horoscopes of the Dead. Afterwards, KQED News Interactive Producer Amanda Stupi asked him what he thought, as a poet, of social media. … Continue reading
Love It or Hate It, Twitter Turns Five
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Twitter, the micro-blogging service you either love or love to hate, turns five today. It was March 21, 2006 when Twittr (there was no "e" in the name back then) co-founder Jack Dorsey sent out the first tweet: "Just setting … Continue reading
