Nick Pickles, directeur du Big Brother Watch Campaign Group, a pour sa part estimé que « les gens considèrent leurs tweets comme leur propriété, mais le deal [passé entre Twitter et DataSift] prouve clairement qu’ils ne le sont pas. Nos posts sur les médias sociaux ne sont qu’une autre façon de mieux cibler la publicité, et c’est une industrie très lucrative. »

How Governments Are Using Social Media for Better & for Worse

Social is over, says top Silicon Valley investor | The Wall Blog

What’s being described as the most violent day in Norway since the Second World War unfolded today for so many via social media.

Pentagon Set To Track Social Media - SocialTimes.com

"I don’t think Facebook has anything to worry about. However, there is a whole slew of other companies that should be on notice. Just as Apple put several app developers on notice with the announcement of its new iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion, Google+ should give folks at companies such as Blekko, Skype and a gaggle of group messaging companies a pause. I personally think Skype Video can easily be brought to its knees by Google Plus’ Hangout. And even if Google+ fails, Google could easily make Hangout part of the Google office offering."<br />
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A lire sous la plume toujours avisée de Om Malik

"There’s a difference between monitoring and listening and there’s certainly a difference between conversations and engagement. How social media is employed today promotes monitoring as a reporting function and conversations as a symptom of reaction. In many ways, the state of social media is eerily reminiscent of traditional marketing. We’re fooled into a sense of collaboration and co-creation because people can respond. But programs are not measured by functionality, they are valued by the value customers take away from the experience. It begs the question, is social media in actuality anti-social ? "<br />
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A lire chez Brian Solis

The Kaiser Chiefs band releases its latest album in a brilliant stroke of #socialmedia http://t.co/hVVibGP #musique

3 Key TV Trends Show Content Curation is King via @TV_Genius cc #CTF2011 (cfr test d'hier soir sur #csoj j.mp/kzJWgN )

By The Numbers: How Facebook Says Likes & Social Plugins Help Websites

BeeTV lets people interact with each other while watching the same TV show or movie, and get more information straight from the same app (think news, gossip, fan pages and so on). The app also lets users rate and get personalized recommendations for TV shows.

Constantly interacting and monitoring a Twitter feed of more than 2,000 sources plus a variety of different lists isn’t easy, but there is no other option if I want to work in this role at a 21st century news organisation.

Can Flattr Plus Twitter Make Micropayments a Reality?

“The new paradigm, particularly for reaching youth, is you have to go to where people already are on the web. People don’t visit you, you have to go to them,” said MacInnes. “The material we produced for the America.gov centralized site is now pushed out to the embassy sites.”

Is Social Media too Engaging for Its Own Good? | DigitalNext: A Blog on Emerging Media and Technology - Advertising Age

California Technology Chief Sees Big Things For Social Media - OhMyGov News

New Facebook Patent: the Huge Implications of Curated Search | BNET

SXSW 2011: The internet is over | Technology | The Guardian

Huge ! tu parles d'un radical move ... "Rockville Central: set to become a Facebook-only outlet"

Year After Google-China Spat, U.S. Pushes Internet Freedom on Social Media - Bloomberg

Al-Jazira utilise Storify pour raconter, avec le réseaux sociaux, les événements actuels en Egypte

BBC - About the BBC: Reshaping BBC Online

Oui on peut gagner de l’argent avec sa musique. Cas pratique n°1: Misteur Valaire | Don't believe the Hype

How journalists are using Facebook, Twitter to write mini serial narratives | Poynter.

In Search of Meaningful 'Social Media Optimization' (SMO) | PBS, by @rolandlegrand (and @xdamman #storify)

pas mal foutu du tout. TF1 iPad et iPhone : catch-up et social TV

RT @Bea_T: 50 faits fascinants sur les médias sociaux en 2010 | PassioN @Net:

RT @benoitraphael: Après Twitter, Quora révolutionne à nouveau le blogging

2011 conferences: Social media, tech, marketing