Today my Twitter friends are going nuts about Klouchebag, the service that takes social media parody (and Klout puns) to the next level, with algorithms and stuff. As with Klout, you enter your Twitter handle and are given a score between 1 and 100. But .....»»

Social media is everywhere these days. You can’t watch a TV program, enter a store or pass a billboard without being asked to “Like” or “Follow” these entities on Facebook, Twitter or other social networking websites. So what.....»»

By now, we know that our online reputations hold implications for our employment, love lives and even insurance claims. But some emerging companies believe that our online identities - and our social data in particular - are valuable sources for evaluatin.....»»

vKontakte's file-sharing feature got the social networking site into hot water. Russian social media site vKontakte—a platform with 135 million accounts across Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus—has lost its court appeal seeking to overtur.....»»

Companies must embrace enterprise social media in 2012 or be overrun by it, says Marcel LeBrun......»»

Measurement & Analytics: Using Google’s data to reach consumers. Social Media: Facebook launches suggested events feature based on checkins. Facebook has put games stories in the mobile news feed. Ecommerce: Apple has more online shoppers than Wa.....»»

By Ronan de Renesse.....»»

Benefits include lead generation, awareness-building and thought leadership.....»»

Marketers have a chance to establish metrics that matter.....»»

Mobile apps and presence on social media sites top investments in the coming year.....»»

Many of us have a social media presence -- a virtual personality made up of status updates, tweets and connections, stored in the cloud. Adam Ostrow asks a big question: What happens to that personality after you've died? Could it ... live on?.....»»

Heather Dougherty, the Director of Research at Experian Hitwise, has written about a “Pinteresting Trend in Social Media.” She says, “Pinterest, a site launched in March 2010 that describes itself as an online pinboard to organiz........»»

Android phones, Twitter, Google, and YouTube are among the tools you can use to keep tabs on the jolly old elf during his travels for Sunday's holiday......»»

Microsoft will now focus on social media and its own conferences like BUILD.....»»

The popular program for managing social media accounts now runs in your browser......»»

Tell someone they're special, remind them you care, share a memory, say "I love you" -- it's easier than ever. Thanks to mobile devices and social networks, love is becoming more scalable. Tweet or status update how you're thankful for their friendship. T.....»»

As budgets increase, marketers hope to understand more about social media.....»»

Pew - Roughly two thirds (67%) of social media users say that staying in touch with current friends and family members is a major reason they use social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or LinkedIn; about half say they use these sites to reconn.....»»

Lack of defined metrics and smaller scale keep marketers from tackling measurement challenges.....»»

Shaun Nichols, V3.co.uk Google makes the biggest splash with a challenge to Facebook The social networking market expanded and matured over the course of 2011 as new entries made a splash and established players consolidated their power. A new set of ch.....»»