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This past Wednesday brought the third TEDxDetroit to the Orchestra Hall at the Max M Fisher Music Center in Detroit, MI. Speakers came from all over the country to share their inspiring stories, business ideas, and performances, all with one common theme – bring hope to the city of Detroit. It’s not breaking news to [...]

A survey of mobile developers shows they are more optimistic about Google+ than they are for either Apple’s iCloud or iOS5 Twitter’s integration. One of the reasons for this difference in opinion is developers are notorious for taking the long view, whereas the non-developer is cautioned by Google+’s newness. Developers even see Google+ not just [...]

It’s been months since Twitter announced that it would offer up space in Twitter streams to advertisers. Now the twitter advertisements are here, and so far the reviews are favorable. Like advertisements, firms pay for the space. Those ads then appear in a format similar to tweets, but easily recognizable and dismissible. The ads will appear [...]

Despite having put up its paywall, the New York Times is interested in what compels people to share content to others. To satisfy their curiosity they have commissioned and now released a study. The study says some people are motivated by a desire to comprehend the content, as sharing increases comprehension in 73% of respondents. [...]

The firm Community 102 has released new data about the demographics of social media users. The main surprise is in the presentation of the data. It’s an infographic that makes reading easier than a report. The other main surprise is about the age group of the most active social media users. 25% of the users [...]

Since last year the number of online shoppers using a brand’s FaceBook page has increased 3 percent. That bump moves blogs, forums and review sites into second place. Many FaceBook users, about 35%, are willing to make purchases through widgets and apps on FB’s site and more than half of users, 53%, have reached an [...]

All of the talk about FaceBook and Google+ lately might overshadow FourSquare, but it should not be forgotten. FourSquare recently announced 10 million users, and now it claims to have over 500,000 businesses participating in its deals offerings. FourSquare is operating in a tight market, and it seems rumors of its death are premature. HubPages.com [...]

It used to be that Twitter’s direct messaging (DM) function was so constricted it was nearly useless. A Twitter user was only able to DM another user if both of them followed each other. Over the weekend Twitter announced that that policy has been rescinded. Now a user can DM another user without being followed [...]

Google analytics is the widest used analytics tool used by webmasters. The number of metrics and comparisons offered is astounding, especially since Analytics is free. Now Analytics has updated to include metrics for social tools. Analytics will compile data about “Likes”, retweets and “+1”s. Not only is an activity report available but so too is [...]

It’s been known to exist for a few months now and in the works for just over a year. Google+, Google’s attempt to mimic and displace FaceBook, has finally been unveiled. But only to a select few, for the moment. Rumors are that it looks a lot like FaceBook and functions much the same way. [...]