“Facebook this week was awarded a patent pertaining to streaming “feed” technology, more specifically “dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network,” complementing another patent filing that has been published but not yet approved.” — The Social - CNET News
“Until we in this time include the eradication of poverty as part of our economic recovery efforts, as FDR tried to do in his time, no matter how much we attempt to rebuild the nation’s economy through better trade practices, enhanced workers’ rights, and investments in infrastructure and the ‘green economy’, tens of millions of Americans, literally, will still be left impoverished.” — Leo Hindery, Jr.: America’s Dirty Little Secret: Who’s Really Poor in America?
“Consumers May Not Pay for Content Online, but They’re Happy to Purchase for Mobile” — Magazines Forge New Vision of Digital Future
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“Hey, do you have a Twitter account? Have you ever noticed those messages in which people tell you where they are? Pretty annoying, eh. Well, they’re actually also potentially pretty dangerous. We’re about to tell you why.” — Please Rob Me
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“1. Figure out what your gift is, and give it to them on a regular basis. 2. Make sure it’s received as a real gift, not as an advertising message 3. Then figure out exactly what it is that your trail of breadcrumbs leads back to.” — the three keys to social media marketing | gapingvoid
“Words are powerful. They are mightier than the sword and all of that, but if you let them have too much power, you can create what I feel is evil. You create a society of people who are so concerned about what they say and what is PC and you destroy creative expression.” — Michael Arrington via TechCrunch, Washington Post
“That’s not an indictment of social media and its relationship-building, it’s an indictment of veracity.” — The Social Impact of Friendships and Lies
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iPhone 4G Visual Rumor Roundup via www.nowhereelse.fr
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“…not many people feel there’s a compelling reason to enable the location service just yet.” — Twitter Grows Internationally, But Very Few Use Location
from The Social Bird icon set at Inspired Magazine