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February 21st, 2010

Google Buzz and Kids – Parental Control Nightmare

by Charlene Li
Like many parents, I try to take steps to keep my kids safe online, making sure that they understand not to share personal information online, or even to use their real names. They know how to write…

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October 22nd, 2009

Social Search: Customers Influence Search Results Over Brands

This post was collaboratively written (in real time) on a wiki by Charlene Li, who maintains a focus on Leadership Strategy and Jeremiah Owyang, who maintains a focus on Customer Strategy. Together, we’re covering the convergence of emerging technologies at…

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October 7th, 2009

Revealing Google’s Stealth Social Network Play

This post was collaboratively written on a wiki by Charlene Li, who maintains a focus on Leadership Strategy and Jeremiah Owyang, who maintains a focus on Customer Strategy. Together, we’re covering the convergence of emerging technology at the Altimeter Group.
Google has quietly…

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March 4th, 2009

Skittles bravely lets social media take over the homepage, redefines branding

On Monday, Skittles changed it’s home page over to emphasis social media, specifically a Twitter search for “skittles”. I’ve included a screenshot of it (click on it to see it full size). The result: “#skittles” was the top trending topic…

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February 25th, 2009

Celebrating birthdays in a networked world

This past Sunday was my birthday and I experienced part of it with my extended networks on places ranging from Facebook and Plaxo to Twitter (and now, my blog). I have to say, it was wonderful to get all of…

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August 24th, 2008

Facebook virus and compromised accounts - are we all vulnerable?

In the past few hours, I’ve received two Facebook messages with suspicious links. The first one I checked out the link carefully and it prompted me to download a “Flash update”. That message was quickly trashed and I thought nothing…

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