In spite of increasing regulation and a March 16th deadline for microblog users to have their identities verified by the state, Chinese social media is still a fast-growing business.
Articles tagged with: Twitter
Written By: Serena Dai on March 1, 2012
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Written By: Marissa Oberlander on June 6, 2011
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Almost half of employers are visiting the social network sites of potential hires. What are your profiles saying about you?
Written By: Traci McMillan on August 18, 2010
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Social media marketing types flocked to Alterian’s “Engaging Times Summit” in Chicago to compare notes and learn new ways to reach consumers.
Written By: Emily Co on March 22, 2010
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Now, job hunters are given an additional arsenal—Twitter. With the unemployment rate at 9.7 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, job seekers are exploring new avenues like social networking sites that have sprung up in the last few years.
Written By: hannahkokjohn on May 12, 2009
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Online gaming through open source software like Shaspa is designed to allow players to monitor their energy use through a virtual world. (shaspa.com)
BY HANNAH KOKJOHN – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Starting this week, the traditionally geeky realm of online gaming and virtual simulations are colliding with the trendy world of energy saving.
Jumping on [...]
Written By: sidvee on May 1, 2009
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BY SIDDHARTHA VAIDYANATHAN – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Few diseases have been so prevalent in the social media world as the ongoing swine flu crisis. Facebook and Twitter are flooded with messages and both sites even offer maps to show the spread of the virus. You can check out the interactive map [...]
Written By: sidvee on April 27, 2009
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BY SIDDHARTHA VAIDYANATHAN- MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Been to Google’s homepage and seen the quirky doodle? It’s dedicated to Samuel Morse, the inventor of the single wire telegraph, who was born on April 27, 1791. The code on the page is below:
…. .- .–. .–. -.– / -… .. .-. – [...]
Written By: Ming Zhuang on April 23, 2009
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(A screenshot of the offensive video)
BY MING ZHUANG – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
It’s a hard lesson, not only for Domino’s Pizza Inc., which has been struggling through a tough crisis this week. The alarm should be going off for all companies.
Everything started on YouTube. When two [...]
Written By: Ming Zhuang on April 15, 2009
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A screenshot of IE8 ads on YouTube
BY MING ZHUANG/MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
According to a recent tracking record from Net Applications, a market search firm, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 “has quietly yet quickly” ascended its usage market share to over 3 percent.
“We say ‘quietly’ because Microsoft curiously [...]
Written By: hollistempleton on March 5, 2009
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Photo courtesy of BusinessWeek
BY HOLLIS TEMPLETON – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
While everyone—and I mean everyone—is wired to social networking sites, marketers are tapping into mainstream use of LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.
